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Meeting with the government
Coalición Pro Acceso meets with Spanish Government 10 December 2009: On international human rights day, members of the Coalición Pro Acceso met with representatives of the Ministry of the Presidency to exchange opinions on a future Access to Information Law. They urged that this law clearly recognise the right to access to information as a fundamental right protected by the
International Aid Transparency Initiative
The International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) is a multi-stakeholder, government-led initiative which aims to increase the availability and accessibility of aid information. The IATI focuses on donor transparency and is working to agree common standards of aid information that must be published by donors, taking into account the needs of all stakeholders. By aiming to make more aid information
Ratification Readiness
Ratification Readiness Analysis This is a resource page for national NGOs and FOI experts working on analysis of whether their national legal framework is ready for ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents. You can download here the framework for the analysis, the Convention and the Explanatory Memorandum: • Ratification Readiness Analysis Framework
Europe and the Police
Ireland, Germany, Spain lagging behind on police transparency Ireland is the only country in Europe to exclude the police from the scope of its freedom of information law, in Germany the right to know does not apply to all police forces, and Spain is the largest EU country without an access to information law and so no public right to
access info’s EU requests
Access Info’s Access to EU Documents Requests Access Info firmly believes that an access to information law is meaningless unless it is actually used. Apart from that, making requests is an excellent way to monitor the state of transparency within the European Union. It also provides us with opportunities to push for greater transparency by taking legal action, for example.
Aid Transparency Principles
Access Info is part of a global campaign to promote transparency of international aid. We started researching this field in 2007 and in 2008, alongside Tiri, we helped to launch the Publish What You Fund initiative. Access Info helped draft a set of principles, the Aid Transparency Principles and has conducted monitoring of donor government transparency. We also conduct training