Global conference: The corridors of power – where money meets politics
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:41:23+01:00Date: 6-7 December 2017 Place: Brussels
Evidence of agencies relocation vote ‘will be destroyed’
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:41:23+01:00Euobserver | 09/11/2017 English - There will be no permanent record of how EU member states voted in the relocation process of two London-based EU agencies, it emerged on Thursday (9 November). Read more...
General Court of the European Union hears arguments for transparency of EU-Turkey Deal
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:03:06+01:00Luxembourg, 8 November 2017 – Access Info Europe had a hearing today in the General Court of the European Union in the case for access to documents it brought against the Commission, seeking access to certain documents containing legal analysis and advice relating to the EU-Turkey refugee return deal. This case started at the very same time as the EU-Turkey deal was reached (EU summit 17-18 March 2016) in the face of concerns raised by key human rights bodies such as the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner and the UNHCR about the deal’s content. "Our goal was to get
Transparencia Internacional cree que el nivel de incumplimiento en las instituciones es “demasiado alto” y “preocupante”
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:41:23+01:00El diario.es | 06/11/2017 Spanish - Transparencia Internacional España ha constatado que el nivel de transparencia en las instituciones públicas ha experimentado una "cierta mejora" pero ha alertado que, pese a ello, el nivel de incumplimiento de la normativa legal sobre contratos sigue siendo "demasiado alto y preocupante". Read more...
Seminar on Access to Documents in the EU and Beyond
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:41:24+01:00Date: 20-21/11/2017 Place: Brussels
Conference on “The application of the new Transparency regulations: assessment and future perspective”
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:41:24+01:00Date: 27/10/2017 Place: Faculty of Law, University of Seville
Access to information generating changes: the fruitful outcomes of one single release: Cabinet Agendas + data journalism: irregular payments revealed
Helen Darbishire2020-01-30T16:52:37+01:00THE FRUITFUL OUTCOMES OF A SINGLE REQUEST CABINET AGENDAS + DATA JOURNALISM: IRREGULAR PAYMENTS REVEALED In March 2017, leading Spanish newspaper El Confidencial published an exclusive story revealing the Spanish Cabinet’s review of irregularities in public procurement contracts. This story was made possible thanks to a single access to information request by Access Info Europe, leading to a collaboration with data journalist Jesús Escudero. When, in June 2016, Alba Gutiérrez of Access Info submitted an access to information request for the agendas for the regular Friday morning meetings of Spain’s Cabinet (“Council of Ministers”)
Review process tackling MEPs allowances avoids public scrutiny
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:03:07+01:00Madrid, 17 October 2017 - Access Info Europe has criticised the European Parliament’s refusal to disclose information in full relating to the revision of Member of the European Parliament’s General Expenditure Allowance (GEA), following an access to EU documents request. The Parliament Bureau’s ‘Ad hoc Working Group on the GEA’ denied access to a note containing the background, advice, and proposals for the rules, and a list of questions to be discussed, fearing that disclosure of the information would make it unable to reach a decision on the review of MEP allowances. “The refusal to recognise the overriding public interest
Empleo no quiere que conozcas detalles del medio millón de accidentes de trabajo al año
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:41:24+01:00El Confidencial | 15/10/2017 Spanish - El ministerio de Fátima Báñez ha llevado a los tribunales al Consejo de Transparencia para ocultar esta información. De los 67 juicios de este tipo, 46 han sido iniciados por la Administración. Read more...
Transparency is core feature of new Council of Europe Guidelines on participation
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:03:07+01:00Madrid, 5 October 2017 – Access Info Europe has welcomed the inclusion of core access to information principles in the Council of Europe’s Guidelines on public participation in decision making. The Guidelines, published last week on the eve of Right to Know Day (27 September 2017), include two of the pro-transparency organisation’s recommendations submitted during the 2016 public consultation: the need for timely provision of information and the narrow application of possible exceptions to access. “With the adoption of these guidelines, members of the Council of Europe must push to bridge the gap between citizens and decision makers, by enabling