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Statement by European RTI Community on the world’s First Official Access to Information Day!

2018-11-13T10:10:35+01:00

Madrid, 28 September 2016 - On the first officially-recognised International Right to Know Day [1], European civil society groups working on the right of access to information today raised concerns that a lack of government transparency is damaging democratic processes, thereby facilitating rising mistrust and demagogic populism in Europe. Recent monitoring by civil society organisations has demonstrated that while significant progress has been made - there are now 111 access to information laws globally and governments regularly publish key datasets on spending and services - there remain serious shortcomings with transparency of decision making which is shielding much government activity

Statement by European RTI Community on the world’s First Official Access to Information Day!2018-11-13T10:10:35+01:00

Alcobendas se suma al Día Internacional del Derecho al Saber que se conmemora mañana, 28 de septiembre

2016-09-29T11:13:41+02:00

Madrid Norte 24h | 27/09/2016 Spanish – El 28 de septiembre se celebra el Día Internacional del Derecho Saber, una iniciativa reconocida por las Naciones Unidas. En este día se reclama el derecho de todos los ciudadanos a acceder a la información de las administraciones públicas como vía esencial para facilitar la participación ciudadana y garantizar la rendición de cuentas y la transparencia. Read more...

Alcobendas se suma al Día Internacional del Derecho al Saber que se conmemora mañana, 28 de septiembre2016-09-29T11:13:41+02:00

Media Briefing: Busting the spin on lobby transparency

2018-11-13T10:03:59+01:00

Madrid, 26 September 2016 - The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) has published a recap briefing for journalists about the limitations to the current EU lobby transparency register regime, in preparation for the expected proposal on a new register following a College of Commissioners meeting on 28 September. The briefing by ALTER-EU, of which Access Info Europe is a steering committee member, addresses questions such as will the new register be "mandatory" in reality? Will the Commission get to grips with the current lobby register's problem with dodgy data? And what is the added value of bringing

Media Briefing: Busting the spin on lobby transparency2018-11-13T10:03:59+01:00

European Commission Withdraws Automated August Holiday Delay Message

2018-11-13T10:04:00+01:00

Madrid, 14 September 2016 - Access Info Europe has welcomed the decision by the European Commission not to repeat August's automatic "out-of-office" style message warning requesters that there might be delays in processing their requests due to the summer holidays. This decision came after Access Info's Executive Director Helen Darbishire sent a letter to the Commission on 1 September 2016 expressing concerns about the automatic response, which read "Due to the holiday period in August, some delays may occur in the treatment of your access-to-documents request." In a rapid reply sent on 7 September 2016, the head of the EU's

European Commission Withdraws Automated August Holiday Delay Message2018-11-13T10:04:00+01:00

Consejo de Transparencia abre sus puertas por el Día del Derecho a Saber

2018-11-13T10:10:36+01:00

La Vanguardia | 13/09/2016 Spanish - El Consejo de Transparencia ha organizado una jornada de puertas abiertas con motivo del Día Internacional del Derecho a Saber e invita a los ciudadanos a participar en un "maratón" de preguntas a la administración para ejercer ese derecho. Read more...

Consejo de Transparencia abre sus puertas por el Día del Derecho a Saber2018-11-13T10:10:36+01:00

Record-keeping and timely publication of information are essential for meaningful participation Access Info tells Council of Europe

2018-11-13T10:04:00+01:00

Madrid, 5 September 2016 – Access Info has submitted recommendations to the Council of Europe on how to improve its Draft guidelines for meaningful civil participation in political decision-making so as to ensure that records are kept and that there is timely publication of relevant documents. This recommendation comes after research across Europe by Access Info and partners revealed abysmal levels of record keeping. For example, of 21 decision-making processes in nine countries, for half of them (10) no minutes of meetings had been created. Similarly, the research found that for only four of 34 processes were documents submitted by

Record-keeping and timely publication of information are essential for meaningful participation Access Info tells Council of Europe2018-11-13T10:04:00+01:00
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