Article 3
The right to information
1. Everyone has the right to access public information, without having to explain the reasons as to why.
2. The public authority shall inform the applicant whether or not it has the requested information.
3. Every person has the right to access public information, by receiving the original document or a copy
of it in the form or format allowing full access to the content of the document.
4. Public information given to a person cannot be refused to any other person who requests it, unless
the information contains personal data of the subject, in accordance with Article 17 of this Law.
Article 4
Preparation and approval of transparency programs
1. The public authority, within 6 months of this Law entering into force or its creation, shall implement
an institutional transparency program, to determine the information categories to be made public
without request and the disclosure method of this information.
2. In preparing the draft transparency program, the public authority shall take into account the best
interest of the public and in particular:
a) to ensure maximum access to public information;
b) to make available without request as much information as possible, to reduce the need for individual
requests for information;
c) models approved for the public authority category by the Commissioner for the Freedom of
Information and Personal Data Protection, under Article 6 of this Law.
Article 5
Review of the transparency program
1. The review of the transparency program shall be conducted according to the same procedure, used
for its adoption.
2. The timeline for reviewing the transparency program may vary, depending on the nature of each
public authority, but in any event, it cannot be longer than 5 years.
Article 6
Model transparency programs
The Commissioner for Freedom of Information and Personal Data Protection approves and distributes
the model transparency programs for different categories of public authorities, in accordance with the
current legislation on personal data protection, within 3 months of this Law entering into force.
Article 7
Categories of information made public without request
1. In accordance with the approved transparency program for each public authority, the latter shall
prepare in advance, in easily understandable and accessible formats and make available to the public
on their internet site the following categories of information:
(a) a description of the organizational structure, functions and duties of the public authority;
(b) full texts of ;
i)
Conventions ratified by the Republic of Albania,
ii)
Laws;
iii) Bylaws;
iv) Codes of Conducts;
v) All policy documents;