CAMPAÑAS DE TRANSPARENCIA NACIONALES
PROMOVIENDO Y DEFENDIENDO LA TRANSPARENCIA
Grupos de la sociedad civil advierten al Reino Unido de que la Ley sobre el lobby es demasiado débil en materia de transparencia
Londres, 9 de septiembre de 2013 - Access Info Europe, junto con otros 14 grupos de la sociedad civil del Reino Unido, ha urgido al Gobierno británico a modificar la propuesta de ley sobre el lobbying, para que pueda proporcionar a los ciudadanos una oportunidad verídica de examinar las actividades de los lobbistas. La carta enviada hoy al Primer Ministro
Poland: Access to information implementation by public bodies results
Madrid/Warsaw, 30 June 2014 – Access Info Europe participated in a conference, working with Polish NGO Cities on the Internet, to present the final assessment of levels of implementation of The Access to Public Information Act 2001 by public bodies at the central and regional level. The project, led by Cities on the Internet, aimed to promote a more effective
Access Info asks for a deeper reform on transparency in France
Madrid, 15 July 2013 – France has recently been embroiled in multiple scandals that have revealed a number of situations of conflicts of interest within the public institutions. In order to restore citizens’ trust in their representatives, the French government has made the issue of transparency a high priority on the political agenda. On 24 April, the Ayrault government proposed
Constitutional Provisions for Access to Information
What is a constitution? A constitution is the basic law of a given country. It lays out the formal structure of the state, defining the central governments powers and institutions. Moreover, it specifies the relationship between the central government and other levels. Additionally, the constitution establishes the rights of citizens and thereby creates limits on the government. How many of
Access to Information Laws in Europe
In this section you can find the English language texts of access to information laws from across Europe. For each country, we also provide you with a link to the country-pages of the RTI Rating website, where you can find detailed analyses of all the world’s access to information laws, against 61 indicators developed by an international panel of access
ECHR ruling Youth Initiative NGO Serbia
Fundamental right of access to information strengthened by ECHR ruling Madrid, 27 June 2013 – Access Info Europe welcomes the recent decision by the European Court of Human Rights which further strengthens the right of access to information held by public bodies. A summary of the ruling The ECHR ruled on the case between ‘Youth Initiative for Human Rights vs.
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