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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
Transparencia y gobierno abierto: realidades y aplicación práctica
Fecha: 22-24 Junio 2015 Lugar: Península de la Magdalena, Santander
European Commission fails to prove the need for its postal addresses policy
Madrid, 19 June 2015 – Access Info Europe this week expressed concern at the European Commission’s insistence on maintaining its obstructive requirement for all documents requesters to provide their postal addresses, after the Commission admitted in response to parliamentary questions that the policy is based on just one case of
Transparency is Essential for a Credible Post-2015 Development Agenda
Madrid, 19 June 2015 – Access Info Europe has joined civil society organisations from around the globe in calling on the UN to take significant steps to integrate transparency, accountability and participation more fully into the Post-2015 development agenda. In proposing a series of crucial edits to the “Zero Draft”
Transparencia: ¿lema o realidad?
Fecha: 25 de junio de 2015, 9:30 Lugar: Sala de Conferencias del Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública (INAP) c/ Atocha, 106 de Madrid
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