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Transparency to Fight Corruption in Post-Pandemic Development

2021-04-14T11:47:54+02:00

Date: 25/03/2021 The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed inadequate transparency frameworks, allowing for public funds to be diverted and stolen. In this context, the UNCAC Coalition and Access Info Europe hosted a Knowledge Partner session at the virtual 2021 OECD Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum  under the title "Transparency to Fight Corruption in Post-Pandemic Development". The online event featured the participation of: Alfredo Durante Mangoni, Chair G20 ACWG, Coordinator for Anti-Corruption at the Italian Foreign Ministry Anamarija Musa, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb and from 2013-2018 Croatian Information Commissioner Antonio Baquero Iglesias, European Editor for the Organized Crime and

Transparency to Fight Corruption in Post-Pandemic Development2021-04-14T11:47:54+02:00

ACT! Project: 5 solutions for local governments to prevent and fight corruption

2021-08-30T12:03:36+02:00

Madrid, 24 March 2021– Access Info together with its partners in the pan-European project ACT! have presented a range of technical solutions for local governments to increase their levels of transparency and prevent any risk of corruption, covering the following areas: whistleblowing, access to information, open data in public procurement, transparency of meetings involving public officials and risk analysis.

ACT! Project: 5 solutions for local governments to prevent and fight corruption2021-08-30T12:03:36+02:00

Open Government – international trends?

2021-04-14T11:15:03+02:00

Date: 24/03/2021 Access Info Executive Director Helen Darbishire participated in the Scottish Public Information Forum (SPIF), the event bringing together rights holders, duty bearers, government, the Scottish Information Commissioner and the public around a table twice a year to discuss, equally, the practical enjoyment of access to information rights in Scotland.  Learning from each other helps improve understanding and practice across and within sectors. It is organised by Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland (CFoIS), an independent, non-party political organisation that campaigns for a robust legal right to access information so people can find out how they are governed

Open Government – international trends?2021-04-14T11:15:03+02:00

MEPs to vote on Frontex claiming legal costs from transparency activists

2021-04-01T14:37:29+02:00

Madrid/Brussels, 19 March 2021– Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the Budget Control Committee will vote on Monday 22 March 2021 on whether or not Frontex was right to claim €23,700.81 from two transparency activists after they lost an access to documents case at the Court of Justice of the European Union.

MEPs to vote on Frontex claiming legal costs from transparency activists2021-04-01T14:37:29+02:00

Spain: Local Authorities need Training and Transparency Tools

2021-08-30T12:05:16+02:00

Madrid, 17 March 2021– Spanish local authorities need more training (85%) and specific transparency tools (75%) in order better to fight corruption, according to a survey conducted by Access Info Europe in collaboration with the Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias (FEMP) and the Red de Entidades Locales por la Transparencia y la Participación Ciudadana.

Spain: Local Authorities need Training and Transparency Tools2021-08-30T12:05:16+02:00

The importance of transparency in Covid-19 Recovery Plans

2021-04-15T12:46:49+02:00

Date: 16/03/2021 Since the European Union announced, through the Next Generation Funds, the allocation of 140 billion euros for the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, Member States are making a major communication effort to ensure that the whole process is carried out under the principles of transparency and accountability. However, managing these funds in a timely manner requires certain procedural flexibilities that may lower the standards of the projects funded, leading to corruption and mismanagement. How can this situation be prevented, what control mechanisms should Spain implement, and how can they reach decentralised administrations? In order to answer these questions,

The importance of transparency in Covid-19 Recovery Plans2021-04-15T12:46:49+02:00

Governments delay access to public records during pandemic

2021-03-22T11:42:33+01:00

The Independent | 09/03/2021 A year after the first coronavirus shutdowns, public records have become harder to get in many US states and cities. As states prepared to reopen their economies following coronavirus shutdowns last spring, The Associated Press asked governors across the U.S. for records that could shed light on how businesses and health officials influenced their decisions. Read more...

Governments delay access to public records during pandemic2021-03-22T11:42:33+01:00

Call on MEPs to end Secrecy of EU Fishing Controls

2021-04-01T14:38:30+02:00

Madrid/Brussels, 9 March 2021– MEPs are being urged to vote on 9 March 2021 to end secrecy surrounding the control of fishing by removing a controversial clause that dates from 1993, long before the EU’s transparency norms got adopted.

Call on MEPs to end Secrecy of EU Fishing Controls2021-04-01T14:38:30+02:00
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