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ARROJANDO LUZ A LA FORMA EN QUE SE TOMAN LAS DECISIONES EN RESPUESTA A LA CRISIS HUMANITARIA EN EUROPA
El decreto del Consejo de Transparencia confirma la dependencia del Gobierno y favorece su politización
Madrid, 05 de noviembre de 2014 – El Gobierno ha llevado hoy al BOE el Real Decreto por el que se aprueba el Estatuto del Consejo de Transparencia y Buen Gobierno, el organismo encargado de asegurar que se cumplan los requisitos de transparencia y de proteger el derecho de acceso a la información pública de los ciudadanos. Lo hace ocho
Slurs against anti-corruption activist threaten future of freedom of expression and information in Montenegro
Madrid, 4 Novmber 2014 - Access Info Europe today raised concerns about the future of freedom of expression and access to information in Montenegro in the wake of a media smear campaign against the Executive Director of Montenegrin anti-corruption NGO MANS, Vanja Calovic. This is the second time this year the Montenegrin newspaper, the Informer, has conducted a campaign against
Civil society welcome Juncker commitment to improve lobbying transparency in the EU
Madrid, 4 November 2014 - ALTER-EU, of which Access Info Europe is a steering committee member, has welcomed EU Commission President Juncker's commitment to improve transparency around lobbying through a mandatory lobby register and more proactive publication of information, in a letter sent this week. The coalition wrote to seek assurance that the commitment to a mandatory register will take
Recommendations on TTIP Transparency Presented to EU Ombudsman
Madrid, 31 October 2014 – Increased disclosure, more proactive transparency of key documents and a more balanced influence of interests were the key issues raised in Access Info Europe’s submission to the public consultation opened by the European Ombudsman on the transparency of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. The talks, conducted between the EU and the US,
Report on Transparency of Media Ownership by Leading Media Policy Expert
Madrid, 31 October 2014 - The 10 Recommendations for Transparency of Media Ownership (TMO) are currently "the most refined checklist of relevant criteria on TMO and the ideal starting point to discuss action points," according to a background report written for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The report by Peggy Valcke, one of the leading experts
Call for reform of Copyright Rules in the EU
Madrid, 28 October 2014 - Access Info Europe, the specialist right to information campaigners, today joined 32 civil society organisations calling on the European Commission to clarify the framework for copyright within the European Union. The position paper by Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU calls on the European Commission to bring copyright law into the 21st century, redefining the balance