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17 Dic 2015

Los invisibles: falta de datos sobre detenciones de inmigrantes

2020-02-14T13:55:36+01:00

Madrid/Ginebra, 17 de noviembre de 2015 - La falta de información sobre el número de migrantes y solicitantes de asilo detenidos en toda Europa está impidiendo un debate público informado al respecto; esta es la principal conclusión del informe de Access Info Europe y el Global Detention Project tras la presentación de solicitudes de acceso a la información y análisis de las respuestas en 33 países. El informe se publica al mismo tiempo que los jefes de gobierno de la UE se reúnen en Bruselas para la última cumbre del año en la que la migración está siendo un tema

Los invisibles: falta de datos sobre detenciones de inmigrantes2020-02-14T13:55:36+01:00
17 Dic 2015

Civil society expose holes in EU lobby transparency rules

2018-11-13T10:04:24+01:00

This post was originally published by ALTER-EU. Madrid/Brussels, 17 December 2015 - Research by ALTER-EU member groups Corporate Europe Observatory, Access Info Europe and Friends of the Earth Europe shows that well over 90 per cent of meetings between DG FISMA (the Commission's department for financial regulation) officials not covered by transparency rules and lobbyists are with the corporate sector. Since the end of 2014, following an initiative by new European Commission President Juncker, the meetings of commissioners, their cabinets and directors-general with lobbyists are published online. This transparency initiative has enabled the public to see which lobbyists get most

Civil society expose holes in EU lobby transparency rules2018-11-13T10:04:24+01:00
15 Dic 2015

Update: Slovenian parliament withdraws proposed charges for information requests

2018-11-13T10:04:24+01:00

Madrid, 15 December 2015 – In the face of strong national and international reaction to the proposal to introduce charges for the time of public officials in answering information requests, Slovenian coalition parties today withdrew the problematic amendment to Article 24 of the new Freedom of Information Act from the legislative procedure. This decision was welcomed by Access Info Europe, the Association of Slovenian Journalists, Transparency International Slovenia, and the European Federation of Journalists, who in recent days had raised concerns about the proposed amendment (read the original story from 14 December). We are pleased that coalition parties heard and

Update: Slovenian parliament withdraws proposed charges for information requests2018-11-13T10:04:24+01:00
10 Dic 2015

La negativa de las instituciones a responder por correo electrónico condena al cierre a la web Tu Derecho a Saber

2018-11-13T10:06:43+01:00

El portal pro-transparencia Tu Derecho a Saber nació a finales de 2011 para facilitar que cualquier persona pudiera enviar solicitudes de información a cualquier institución pública española. Aunque el derecho a acceder a información pública aún no estaba reconocido por ley, entonces ya era una demanda social inaplazable, así que Access Info Europe y la Fundación Civio, con muchísima ayuda y colaboración, nos unimos para empezar a extenderlo. Con Tu Derecho a Saber tratábamos de atajar varios factores que dificultaban el proceso de pedir información a las instituciones: una persona cualquiera, al no conocer las solicitudes de otras, podía no

La negativa de las instituciones a responder por correo electrónico condena al cierre a la web Tu Derecho a Saber2018-11-13T10:06:43+01:00
2 Dic 2015

Los documentos utilizados en la toma de decisiones no son «internos» según el Consejo de Transparencia

2020-02-14T13:57:26+01:00

Madrid, 2 de diciembre de 2015 - En otra importante resolución del Consejo de Transparencia y Buen Gobierno (CTBG), se ha concedido a Access Info Europe acceso los informes de progreso del gobierno español sobre los compromisos de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto, OGP, por sus siglas en inglés. La decisión del Consejo de Transparencia rechaza los argumentos dados por el Ministerio de la Presidencia de que estos documentos, que fueron utilizados como parte del proceso de toma de decisiones, son "documentos internos". En agosto de 2015 la directora de Access Info, Helen Darbishire, pidió copias de los documentos

Los documentos utilizados en la toma de decisiones no son «internos» según el Consejo de Transparencia2020-02-14T13:57:26+01:00
23 Nov 2015

Decision Making Transparency is an Essential Part of Open Government Access Info Europe tells UK FOI Commission

2018-11-13T10:04:36+01:00

Madrid, 23 November 2015 – Access Info Europe has warned that any move by the UK government to amend the FOI law by expanding blanket exceptions to decision-making transparency or by extending a political veto over disclosure, would be an attack on international standards. These concerns were set out in a submission to the government-appointed FOI Commission, which has been criticised for being stacked with transparency sceptics. The Commission’s consultation document opened the possibility of extending the use of Cabinet vetoes to block disclosure of information, even after a judicial decision to do so. Access Info Europe called for the

Decision Making Transparency is an Essential Part of Open Government Access Info Europe tells UK FOI Commission2018-11-13T10:04:36+01:00
20 Nov 2015

Giegold Report Welcomed but Could Be More Ambitious Says Access Info

2018-11-13T10:04:36+01:00

Madrid, 20 November 2015 - Access Info Europe today welcomed recommendations by Sven Giegold MEP, Rapporteur for the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, on greater transparency and accountability ofEU institutions, but has warned that they do not go far enough in addressing the need to improve access to EU documents in law and in practice. The pro-transparency organisation pointed to the need for exceptions to the right of access to EU documents be subject to a public interest test, and the importance of removing barriers to access such as the requirement since April 2014 that requesters must supply

Giegold Report Welcomed but Could Be More Ambitious Says Access Info2018-11-13T10:04:36+01:00
20 Nov 2015

Access Info presents: The Berlaymont Snail!

2018-11-13T10:04:37+01:00

It’s just like the good old days: the doorbell rings, and there is the postman with a registered letter – how exciting!! - you sign and open it, but nowadays you are more likely to find it’s a letter from the European Commission refusing to grant access to this or that document. These days we refer to the postal service as “snail mail”. And yes, once again the Berlaymont Snail has arrived in Madrid to deliver a letter to Access Info! Except that the refusal to grant access to information had already arrived ten days ago via AsktheEU.org. The Commission's

Access Info presents: The Berlaymont Snail!2018-11-13T10:04:37+01:00
20 Nov 2015

Journalists take European Parliament to Court over access to MEPs’ expenses

2018-11-13T10:04:37+01:00

Madrid, 20 November 2015 - The refusal by the European Parliament to make public details on spending of MEPs expenses allowances on grounds of personal data protection has been challenged before the European Court of Justice by a network of journalists from each of the 28 Member States. This initiative was started by Slovenian journalist Anuška Delić who discovered that she could get information about the expenses of members of the Slovenian parliament but not about Slovenian MEPs in Brussels. Welcoming the legal challenge, Access Info argued that the European Parliament should be setting a standard for levels of transparency

Journalists take European Parliament to Court over access to MEPs’ expenses2018-11-13T10:04:37+01:00
13 Nov 2015

Access Info logra acceso a los nombres de los participantes en reuniones con el Gobierno

2020-02-14T13:57:33+01:00

Madrid, 13 de noviembre de 2015 – El Consejo de Transparencia y Buen Gobierno (CTBG) ha emitido una importante resolución en la que otorga a Access Info Europe el acceso a los nombres de los participantes en las reuniones que el Gobierno mantuvo para discutir cuestiones relativas a la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (OGP en sus siglas en inglés). Access Info ha celebrado esta resolución por estar a la altura de los estándares internacionales, y por la contribución que supone a la hora de garantizar una auténtica rendición de cuentas de los procesos de toma de decisión. Helen Darbishire,

Access Info logra acceso a los nombres de los participantes en reuniones con el Gobierno2020-02-14T13:57:33+01:00
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