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Lanzamiento de Polétika.org: los compromisos políticos y electorales sobre el derecho de acceso a la información, ahora bajo lupa
Madrid, 30 de junio de 2015 – A falta de unos meses para las próximas elecciones generales, esperadas antes de final de año, 166 organizaciones de la sociedad civil [1] han lanzado hoy Polétika.org, una página web que llevará a cabo una labor de monitoreo de promesas electorales en áreas
Lobbying Transparency via RTI Laws
This document sets out the classes of information that should be made available by public bodies in order to get a full picture of the influence of interest groups, particularly lobbyists, on governmental and legislative decision making. You can download the report in PDF and in Word . If you
New lobby transparency civic-tech tools reveal corporate dominance of the Brussels bubble
Madrid, 25 June 2015 - The RTI community celebrated this week the launch of two groundbreaking online tools that enable citizens to monitor the interactions between high-level European Commission officials and lobbyists in the Brussels bubble: » LobbyFacts.eu, created by ALTER-EU's Corporate Europe's Observatory, Friends of the Earth Europe and
Victoria Anderica: «Queremos crear una ordenanza que obligue a dar la máxima información»
Eldiario.es | 26/06/2015 Español – El Ayuntamiento de Madrid, liderado por Manuela Carmena, ha nombrado a la activista Victoria Anderica directora del proyecto de transparencia, dependiente de la Concejalía de Participación Ciudadana, Transparencia y Gobierno Abierto, responsabilidad de Pablo Soto. Anderica, licenciada en Derecho y con un máster en Comunicación, Cultura y Ciudadanía Digitales,
European Commission urged to act to improve transparency
Madrid, 24 June 2015 – In a letter to European Commission Vice-President Timmermans as part of an ongoing dialogue, Access Info Europe has called for action to improve EU transparency in law and in practice. The pro-transparency organisation stressed the urgent need to bring the EU’s access to documents rules
Ten Challenges for the Right to Information in the Age of Mega-Leaks
In the recently published book "The UN and Freedom of Expression and Information - Critical Perspectives", from Cambridge University Press, Access Info’s Executive Director Helen Darbishire maps the current state of the right of access to information and sets out some of the challenges currently facing the right. Darbishire notes
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