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Civil Society Calls for Greater Transparency in International Negotiations on the Fight against Corruption
Marrakesh, 28 October 2011 – Transparency International Spain and Access Info Europe have joined civil society organisations from around the world in calling on governments signatory to the UN Convention against Corruption to show greater commitment to fighting corruption and to be more open in what they are doing to tackle it.
The 154 countries which have committed to United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) are currently meeting at the 4th Conference of States Parties, making it the world’s largest forum for adopting measures to combat corruption and to evaluate advances in reducing it.
Goteo funds Access Info
New Spanish crowd-funding platform presents first cheque to Access Info
Madrid, 20 December 2011: The new crowd-funding platform Goteo on Tuesday presented the first cheque for a successful project to Access Info, which received for €5,150 for a project to build an information request platform in Spain, in anticipation of the new access to information law expected to be adopted in the first half of 2012.
The Goteo platform, whose name makes a reference to the "drop by drop" nature of crowd funding, was launched in November. In just 30 days Access Info received the minimum funding it needs for project, €4,100. At time of writing the total donated was €5,700 and still rising.
The request platform is called Tuderechasaber.es (Yourrighttoknow) and will be built by Spanish programmer and open data activist David Cabo based on the mySociety Alaveteli software already used by Access Info in to build AsktheEU.org.
L-R: Enric Senabre of Goteo presents a cheque with the faces of those to donated funds to Helen Darbishire and David Cabo at an event at MediaLab-Prado in Madrid. Photo courtesy of Goteo, more photos avialable here.
Receiving the donation, Helen Darbishire, Executive Director of Access Info, noted that 2011 has seen a rise in activism in Spain and that the contributions to this project demonstrate how members of the public are keen to have a more transparent and accountable government.
Call for proposals: web design
Call for proposals: web design
6 February 2012: Access Info Europe has opened a call for proposals for a web design for a new project which aims to increase the participation of citizens in the decisions taken by the European Union.
The project is called "ALTER-Citizens" which stands for Allicance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethical Regulations. The project is a collaborative initiative by six organisations in five different countries.
We are inviting proposals with designs and budgets for a dynamic and attractive website for this project. The deadline is 20 February 2012.
6 Question Campaign
Global Monitoring Finds Widespread Violations of Right to Information
4 October 2011, Ottawa – The largest global monitoring of the right of access to information in practice, the Ask Your Government! 6 Question Campaign has found widespread violations of the right to information with only 1 in 4 requests resulting in provision of full information.
480 requests for budget information were submitted in 80 countries by a global network of civil society organisations. No information at all was provided in response to over half of the requests and 38% of the requests elicited no response from the government body to which the request was sent (mute refusals).
The poor results come in spite of the fact that requesters made multiple resubmissions of the six questions, totalling 1061 formal requests made in the 80 countries, accompanied in many cases by phone calls, additional letters, faxes, and e-mails, and in some countries personal visits to the relevant public authorities.
As they presented the findings of the Ask Your Government! 6 Question Campaign in Ottawa during at the 7th International Conference of Information Commissioners, human rights organisations Access Info Europe and the Centre for Law and Democracy called on governments to improve respect for the right to information in practice.
Country Ranking Chart by Results: 
Full Report for the Ask Your Government! 6 Question Campaign:
Detailed Results Chart by Country:
RTI Rating
World's First Rating of Right to Information: 89 Countries Ranked
www.RTI-Rating.org
28 September 2011 - On International Right to Know Day, Access Info Europe and the Centre for Law and Democracy launched the first detailed analysis of the legal framework for the right to information (RTI) in 89 countries around the world.
The findings of the RTI Rating show that there is a significant variety in the quality of the legal framework, with scores out of a maximum possible 150 ranging from 39 (Austria, one of 30 countries currently pending final review by national experts) to 135 (Serbia).
The current national scores can be found here:
The full details, maps, methodology, and graphics can be found on the dedicated website www.RTI-rating.org
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