El Diario.es | 28/09/2016 Spanish – ¿Por qué una obra pública multiplica al final su presupuesto inicial? ¿Quién tomó la decisión que no soy capaz de comprender y en qué apoyó sus argumentos? ¿Cuánto cobran nuestros representantes en dietas? ¿Cómo se adopta una decisión importante y quién participó en ella? Read more...
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
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...
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
Date: 23 September 2016; 11.45 – 13.15h Place: Room A45 Facultad de Filosofía Edificio A Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
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Date: 22 and 23 September 2016 Place: Tirana, Albania
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
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...
Date: 13 September 2016 Place: Regional Assembly of Madrid, Madrid