REFUGIADOS Y MIGRACIONES
ARROJANDO LUZ A LA FORMA EN QUE SE TOMAN LAS DECISIONES EN RESPUESTA A LA CRISIS HUMANITARIA EN EUROPA
International Journalism Festival – «An Italian FOIA: watch this space»
Date: 18 April 2015, 11am Location: Sala del Dottorato, Piazza IV Novembre 6, Perugia, Italy
La falta de transparencia de los lobbies en España impulsa la corrupción
La Información | 16/04/2015 Spanish – La sinergia entre los lobbies y la administración pública levanta numerosas suspicacias. El término lobbista va inevitablemente acompañado de calificativos como desconfianza, intercambio de favores o corrupción. Read more...
Legal Leaks training in Ankara: Empowering Turkish journalists to access information from European institutions and public bodies in Europe
This article was originally published by UNESCO. What are the grants received from the European Union (EU) in Turkey? Who are the beneficiaries? How were they decided? And, who lobbied in those decisions? Accessing this type of information can be a source of interesting and original stories for journalists. European Union institutions have information about each and every country, not
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 provide a personal postal address as a form of identification.
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 Info Europe and 26 other civil society organisations from around
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 bodies in Italy has been launched by Italian non-governmental organisation, Diritto di