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Informe de Tuderechoasaber.es 2014
Las instituciones reducen su uso del silencio administrativo, aunque es mayoritario como obstáculo para la transparencia » El silencio, primer baremo de la opacidad institucional, baja del 57% en 2013 al 42,7% gracias a una mejora sustancial de las entidades locales; las respuestas satisfactorias también aumentan » La Fundación Ciudadana Civio y Access Info Europe presentan el Informe Tuderechoasaber 2014, que
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
Europe-wide Lack of Transparency of Policing of Protests
Madrid, 13 April 2015 - There is a serious lack of transparency about the use of various types of equipment during policing of protests according to Access Info Europe, following research conducted in 42 countries and territories across Europe by means of access to information requests. The research by the Madrid-based pro-transparency organisation aimed to get a comprehensive picture of
Seeking Sign-ons for Letter to European Commission on Lobby Transparency
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU), which Access Info participates in as a Steering Committee member, is seeking sign-ons from civil society organisations for a letter to European Vice-President Frans Timmermans, as part of our campaign to improve lobbying transparency in Brussels. The EU has a voluntary lobby register that covers the European Parliament and European Commission.