REFUGIADOS Y MIGRACIONES
ARROJANDO LUZ A LA FORMA EN QUE SE TOMAN LAS DECISIONES EN RESPUESTA A LA CRISIS HUMANITARIA EN EUROPA
Cómo hacer un registro más transparente
Bruselas, 3 de abril de 2012 – Miembros del Grupo de Contacto de la Sociedad Civil de la UE y de ALTER-EU han decidido adoptar un estándar de transparencia más alto que los inconsistentes e insuficientes requisitos de inscripción en el Registro de Transparencia Las directrices para el registro constituyen un ejemplo constructivo de cómo podría mejorarse fácilmente el Registro
20 Demands Campaign: Update
20 Demands on the future of access to EU documents: Campaign Update Madrid, 25 March 2012 – Since the 20 demands on the future of the EU access to documents Regulation were launched for civil society sign-on on 7 March 2012, 3 European Information Commissioners, 67 Non-governmental organisations and 6 Civil Society Coalitions representing 249 organisations have joined the campaign.
Draft Spanish access to information law contains excessive exceptions and falls below international standards
Madrid, 26 March 2012 – The Spanish government today opened for public consultation the draft “Law on Transparency, Access to Public Information, and Good Governance”. Specialist NGO Access Info Europe welcomed the law and unprecedented consultation but noted that serious improvements are needed to bring the law into line with international standards, in particular by revising the definition of information
New website launched to track access to information requests in Spain
Madrid, 22 March 2012 – As of today people in Spain will be able to make and track requests for Information from public bodies in a simple and free way via the new web portal TuDerechoaSaber.es (“Your right to know”) being launched by human rights organisations Access Info Europe and Fundación Ciudadana Civio. Based on mySociety’s Alaveteli software which also
RTI Rating Examines International RTI Frameworks
RTI Rating Examines International RTI Frameworks www.RTI-Rating.org 16 March 2012, Madrid/Halifax – Right to information laws in Africa and the Americas are falling below the standards set by regional human rights bodies, while in Europe the standards themselves are weaker than the better right to information laws, according to a new analysis by human rights organisations Access Info Europe (Spain)
New ethical code too weak to prevent another ‘lobbygate’
New ethical code too weak to prevent another ‘lobbygate’ Brussels, 20 March 2012 – Today marks the first anniversary of the ‘cash-for-amendments’ scandal, in which several Members of the European Parliament were exposed tabling legislative amendments in exchange for money. Ethics campaigners warn that the new code introduced following the scandal does not include all the safeguards necessary to prevent