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TRANSPARENCY DURING CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION BECOME MORE NECESSARY THAN EVER

2Oct 2020

What’s going on in Spain? Ratification of the Council of Europe Convention, a New 4-year OGP Action Plan, and a new Director for the Transparency Council

Madrid, 2 October 2020- The global news headlines might be talking about the worrying rise in coronavirus infections in Madrid - and the new lockdown - but there is also a lot of good news for transparency activists coming out of Spain this week, beautifully timed to coincide with International Access to Information Day on 28 September. 

28Sep 2020

International Access to Information Day 2020: European governments urged to ratify Convention on Access to Official Documents

Madrid, 28 September 2020- On the occasion of International Access to Information Day, the pro-transparency organisation Access Info Europe is calling on the governments of the European region to sign and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents, which will come into force on 1 December 2020, and to commit to strengthening this fundamental right.

31Aug 2020

European Medicines Agency: Open letter calling for an email address

Madrid, 31 August 2020 – An open letter, signed by 28 health organisations, transparency associations, and academics, has called on the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to take the simple step of providing an email address so that EU citizens can send access to documents requests directly via email.

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