Spain: Coalición Pro Acceso
The Coalición Pro Acceso is a platform of Spanish civil society organizations to promote access to information in Spain.
The Coalición Pro Acceso has defined nine essential principles that should be included in a future law on access to information in Spain.Sign the principles here and find out more information at www.proacceso.org
Materials about the right of acccess to information in Spain (include texts of the laws and analysis made by Access Info Europe). Go to documents...
New Spanish government's first meeting with civil society on the future of transparency in Spain
Madrid, 20 January, 2012 – Access Info Europe today attended a meeting with the Ministry of the Presidency, organized by the Secretary of State for Relations with the Parliament, to discuss the future Spanish law on transparency and access to information in Spain.
During the meeting, Access Info Europe emphasized the need for the law to address issues which were not satisfactorily resolved in previous proposals. These shortcomings include recognition of the right of access to information as a fundamental right and the need to create an independent oversight body that will guarantee correct implementation of the future law.
Spain's Navarra Region Presents Progressive Open Government Law
Madrid, 20 January 2012 – Access Info Europe has welcomed today's publication of the Navarra region's draft law on Transparency and Open Government, qualifying it as a "highly progressive law" which sets new standards for Spain and internationally.
The draft law was developed in consultation with the public and input from expert groups such as Access Info Europe and is now subject to a further public consultation until 7 February 2012. It contains three main sections: proactive publication, the right to request information, and public participation.
"This is a strong law in line with the best access to information laws globally," commented Helen Darbishire, Executive Director of Access Info Europe "and it goes even further than many laws by incorporating open data principles and public participation as inherent parts of the concept of open government."
Results from the 100 Question Campaign
Spain is the only country in the EU with a population over one million people that does not have an access to information law. This fact explains why there has been no measured improvement since 2006 on transparency monitoring carried out in Spain[1]. On average, administrative silence is the answer to 50% of the requests for information filed to spanish public institutions and only 20% are found to have satisfactory answers to the questions asked.
The 100 Question Campaign is the last transparency monitoring carried out in Spain and confirms this tendancy. 110 questions were sent during this monitoring period to spanish public institutions at the national, Autonomous Community and local level from which 55% did not receive any reply from public bodies. Only 20% of the requested information was correctly received, the rest being inadequate, incomplete or rejected responses. On two occasions the institutions in question refused to accept the request.
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