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Pressure mounts as two more MEPs question Commission on postal addresses policy
Madrid/Brussels, 15 April 2015 – Two prominent defenders of EU transparency, MEPs Sophie In ’t Veld (Netherlands, Liberal) and Heidi Hautala (Finland, Greens), yesterday tabled a joint Parliamentary question calling on the European Commission to explain its policy of refusing to register access to documents requests if requesters do not
Global civil society mobilise to put transparency at heart of UN development agenda
Madrid, 14 April 2015 - Transparency, accountability and participation must be at the heart of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Financing for Development (FfD) agenda according to a position paper published today by the Transparency, Accountability and Participation in Post-2015 (TAP) Network, which was supported by Access
Chiedi: Italy’s New FOIA Machine
Madrid, 13 April 2015 - Access Info Europe welcomes the launch of the Italian version of the Alaveteli request platform, called “Chiedi” meaning simply “Ask!”. The following article was originally published in the European Journalism Observatory's website. An online platform that enables citizens and journalists to send automated freedom of information requests to public
Big Data Challenges: Sharing Experiences
17 April 2015 (10:00h - 14:00h), Madrid, Medialab-Prado, Auditorio Access Info will take part to Los retos del Big Data a meeting and discussion between different organizations that work with big data in order to share experiences and challenges. The goal of this meeting is to put into contact all the professionals
Ranking de transparencia de las webs municipales de Madrid
15 April 2015, Madrid, Asociación de la Prensa de Madrid, Calle de Juan Bravo, 6 Victoria Anderica Caffarena will speak at the press conference organised by the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona to present the results of the Mapa Infoparticipa. This project aims at evaluating the transparency of the local governments portals in 6 comunidades autónomas: Cataluña, Madrid,
Europe-wide Lack of Transparency of Policing of Protests
Madrid, 13 April 2015 - There is a serious lack of transparency about the use of various types of equipment during policing of protests according to Access Info Europe, following research conducted in 42 countries and territories across Europe by means of access to information requests. The research by the
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