GOBIERNO ABIERTO
ABOGANDO POR UNA MAYOR TRANSPARENCIA, PARTICIPACIÓN Y RENDICIÓN DE CUENTAS
Estándares: Transparencia del Lobby a través de Leyes de Derecho a la Información
Madrid, 12 de diciembre de 2013 - Access Info Europe publica hoy una serie de recomendaciones sobre qué información deben publicar los gobiernos para poder asegurar la transparencia completa de la actividad lobby. "No es suficiente con hacer a los lobistas responsables de publicar cierta información, los organismos públicos también tienen el deber de ser transparentes en sus relaciones con
Los países de la OGP deben tomar en serio el derecho de acceso a la información
Halifax/Madrid, 1 de noviembre de 2013 - Dos organizaciones concienciadas con el derecho de acceso a la información, Access Info Europe (AIE) y Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) han instado a los países miembros de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (Open Government Partnership, OGP) a comprometerse seriamente a reforzar sus leyes de derecho de acceso a la información
Open Government Project
1 February 2013 - The Open Government Standards are being drafted through a consultative process amongst civil society organisations across the world that are working to promote open government. The Standards define the measures that different governments must adopt in order to advance and become Open Governments. Participation It means that the public can engage directly in the consideration of
Measuring Transparency Debate
The Debate on How to Measure «Openness» 9 November 2012 – In a public comment issued today, Helen Darbishire, Executive Director of Access Info Europe and Toby Mendel, Executive Directorof the Centre for Law and Democracy respond to criticisms of the RTI Rating in the paper Measuring Openness: A Survey of Transparency Ratings and the Prospects for a Global Index
Spain is a world leader in Open Data. Says who?
13 November 2012 – In September 2012 the Web Foundation published the first edition of its Open Data Index, “a specific set of 14 indicators directly targeted at measuring open data worldwide”. Many open data and transparency activists in Spain were surprised to find Spain in the leading pack, since Spain still doesn't have an access to information law and
Call for input for OGS
Access Info Europe has led for the last year a campaign aimed to create Open Government Standards and promote them around the world. The idea was to set standards on what open, transparent, accountable and participatory government really means. The website http://www.opengovstandards.org/ unfolds the work behind this project. Open Government is a hot topic right now, but what does
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