Madrid, 20 December 2016 – Access Info Europe has welcomed the European Ombudsman’s recommendation that the European Commission systematically obtain consent to publish the names of public officials charged with decision-making on public procurement prior to their appointment.
Internazionale | 19/12/2016 Italian - “Questo accordo è una catastrofe”. Su Skype l’immagine di profilo di Abdul Ghafoor lo mostra sorridente, ma la sua voce è preoccupata. Ci siamo dati appuntamento per parlare della Joint way forward on migration issues between Afghanistan and the European Union, l’intesa firmata il 2 ottobre 2016 a Kabul per “avviare un processo rapido, efficace e gestibile per il rimpatrio agevole, dignitoso e ordinato dei cittadini afgani che non hanno i requisiti previsti per entrare, trovarsi o risiedere nel territorio dell’Unione europea”. Read more...
Compromiso Empresarial | 16/12/2016 Spanish - Tres años después de la entrada en vigor de la Ley de Transparencia y Buen Gobierno, dos años desde que comenzase a funcionar el Portal de Transparencia de la Administración General del Estado y un año después de que las comunidades autónomas se sumaran con sus propios portales de transparencia en Internet, el balance de España en esta materia ofrece claroscuros. La parte cuantitativa de esta legislación está cumpliéndose, pero no así la cualitativa, a decir de algunos de los principales expertos en materia de transparencia en España. Read more...
Bez | 13/12/2016 Spanish- En el segundo aniversario de la ley 19/2013 de transparencia, acceso a la información pública y buen gobierno, las felicitaciones no lo han sido tanto. El texto, que entró en vigor el 10 de diciembre de 2014, sigue siendo objeto de críticas por sus carencias en cuanto al reconocimiento del acceso a la información como un derecho fundamental y su accesibilidad, entre otros aspectos. Read more...
[Article first published by Progressive Economy @ TASC] Dublin, 13 December 2016 - While historical archives are a rich part of our cultural heritage, there are many day-to-day reasons why we should care about how governments and public bodies currently make and keep records of their actions and decisions. At a very basic level, records and are vital for good administration and efficiency. Records – like minutes of meetings, briefing documents and memos – tell us what, where and when something was done and why a decision was made. Records also provide a ‘paper trail’ of evidence for accountability purposes,
Madrid, 12 December 2016 - Over 50 of Spain’s top constitutional experts, lawyers, and academics have called upon the Spanish government to recognise access to information as a fundamental right in line with international jurisprudence which links the right to information to freedom of expression. The experts insist that there is no need for a constitutional reform as the Spanish Constitution already establishes the right to information (Article 20.1.d) and freedom of expression (20.1.a). In the letter, released to coincide with the second anniversary of the entry into force of Spain’s Transparency Law (10 December 2014), the signatories recognised the
Date: 12 December 2016, at 11.30am Place: Vienna, Austria
Date: 9 December 2016, at 03.30 pm Place: Room 5 (Iéna), OGP Summit, Paris.
Date: 9 December 2016, at 02.15 pm Place: Hémicycle (Iéna), OGP Summit, Paris.
Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso | 06/12/2016 English - Access Info Europe, a Madrid-based organization promoting access to information, filed a petition to the European Court of Justice asking the disclosure of the legal details of the EU-Turkey deal on migration. Read more...