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¿Para qué sirve el derecho de acceso a la información?

2020-02-14T16:09:10+01:00

Cómo evitar el cierre de las escuelas rurales gracias a los datos Madrid, 28 de mayo de 2013 - El derecho de acceso a la información pública no es sólo una cuestión de transparencia en abstracto, sino que consiste en encontrar una vía para la mejora del día a día gracias a la mirada de todos sobre datos objetivos. Algunas de las historias que explica el excomisionado para la información de Escocia, Kevin Dunion, muestran las aplicaciones prácticas de este derecho a través de victorias concretas. ¿Cómo serían estos casos en España? Se hace difícil comparar sin una ley que

¿Para qué sirve el derecho de acceso a la información?2020-02-14T16:09:10+01:00

Mustafa al-Hawsawi Case

2018-11-13T10:12:42+01:00

Information obtained by Access Info Europe as part of the Rendition project with UK NGO Reprieve, using access to information in order to get information on secret CIA flights, has been used by REDRESS and the Human Rights Monitoring Institute (HRMI) to bring to court a complaint calling for an investigation into allegations that Mustafa al-Hawsawi was illegally transferred to and secretly detained and tortured in Lithuania as part of the CIA-led programme. Access Info Europe together with Reprieve gathered data on flights associated with "extraordinary rendition" - the covert transfer of prisoners by the USA from locations in Europe

Mustafa al-Hawsawi Case2018-11-13T10:12:42+01:00

Advocate General Opinion issued in European Court of Justice Case

2018-11-13T10:12:42+01:00

AG advises Court to dismiss challenge by Council Luxembourg/Madrid, 16 May 2013 – In the penultimate stage of Access Info’s court case for full access to a document relating to the reform of the EU’s access to documents rules, the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has issued an opinion which advises the Court to dismiss the legal challenge brought by the Council of the EU against the March 2011 decision by the first instance General Court that the Council should provide Access Info Europe with the requested document.

Advocate General Opinion issued in European Court of Justice Case2018-11-13T10:12:42+01:00

¡Sin noticias!

2018-11-13T10:12:42+01:00

Madrid, 20 de mayo de 2013 - La futura Ley de Transparencia española sigue estancada en el Parlamento, el cual continúa invitando a expertos a sumarse a la Comisión Constitucional, aunque Access Info Europe aún no ha sido invitada para presentar sus críticas al borrador. Un resumen de las últimas intervenciones de expertos, entre ellos Soledad Becerril, Àngels Barbará, Borja Bergareche, Ignacio Escolar y Manuel Villoria, puede encontrarse aquí. Tampoco hay novedades en los planes de Open Government Partnership España: el plan de acción presentado a OGP en abril de 2012 aún no está disponible en la página web del

¡Sin noticias!2018-11-13T10:12:42+01:00

Transparency of the European Central Bank on the Financial Crisis

2020-01-29T11:24:49+01:00

Access Info Europe applies to join key case at European Court of Justice  Madrid, 6 May 2013 – Access Info Europe has applied to the European Court of Justice to intervene in a case which is of great importance to the European public in the context of the financial crisis: the case is about whether we have a right to know what key EU bodies, such as the European Central Bank, know about the financial health of Eurozone Member States. In a letter to the Court sent on 6 May 2013, Access Info Europe asked for leave to intervene in

Transparency of the European Central Bank on the Financial Crisis2020-01-29T11:24:49+01:00

La batalla del lobby sobre la privacidad de datos

2021-03-29T16:05:45+02:00

Bruselas, 15 de mayo de 2013 – La Comisión Europea ha propuesto una nueva legislación sobre la protección de datos que se debate actualmente en el Parlamento Europeo. Sin embargo, esta ley amenaza los intereses comerciales de grandes compañías que, a día de hoy, se están enriqueciendo a base de reunir y vender nuestros datos personales. Estas grandes empresas están intentando hacer todo lo posible para suavizar la nueva ley y proteger sus beneficios a expensas de nuestra privacidad. Según el vicepresidente de la Comisión Reading, responsable de la propuesta, éste es uno de los casos de lobby industrial más

La batalla del lobby sobre la privacidad de datos2021-03-29T16:05:45+02:00

New Guide on Access to EU Documents

2018-11-13T10:12:43+01:00

Madrid, 9 May 2013 – To celebrate Europe Day, Access Info is launching a citizen-friendly Guide on Access to EU Documents and is calling on members of the public and civil society organisations to exercise their rights and file access to documents requests. The EU has recognised a fundamental right of access to EU documents, but the EU's freedom of information law – which goes by the catchy title of 'Regulation 1049/2001' – remains underused by the population at large. The new guide demystifies the process of asking for EU documents explaining step by step how to make a request.

New Guide on Access to EU Documents2018-11-13T10:12:43+01:00

Citizens trip to Brussels: Figuring out the European Union Institutions

2018-11-13T10:12:43+01:00

Citizens trip to Brussels: Figuring out the European Union Institutions Brussels, 18 November 2012 – As part of the EU Citizens Project, 46 citizens from 6 countries in Europe had the opportunity to travel to Brussels, from the 14 to 16 November 2012, as part of a trip organised to bring citizens closer to the EU institutions and to encourage them to participate. On the morning of the first day, two groups of citizens started the “lobby tour” in the European quarter of Brussels, listening to explanations from lobby experts, Oliver Hoedeman, Pascoe Sabido and Richard Tabsey of Corporate Europe

Citizens trip to Brussels: Figuring out the European Union Institutions2018-11-13T10:12:43+01:00

Incumplimiento de plazo y falta de voluntad política

2020-02-14T16:09:26+01:00

Bruselas, 6 de mayo de 2013 – La Comisión ha preparado un Estado de la Cuestión (28/02/2013) que describe los progresos alcanzados desde el anterior (06/09/2012) y los avances en el cumplimiento de las condiciones delineadas por el Parlamento Europeo en materia de evitar el dominio de la industria sobre los grupos asesores de peso. Sin embargo, aunque la Comisión sostiene que la sociedad civil debe jugar un papel importante en supervisar dichos progresos, no ha hecho público el Estado de la Cuestión. ALTER-EU se las ha arreglado para obtener una copia, y en nombre de la transparencia la hace

Incumplimiento de plazo y falta de voluntad política2020-02-14T16:09:26+01:00

Italy: The Silent State

2018-11-13T10:12:44+01:00

Unsatisfactory (73%) versus satisfactory (27%) responses to requests • Italian public institutions do not answer, refuse or gave inadequate answers to 73% of requests from citizens and the media; • Only 27% of 300 rquests resulted in release of information, of which just 13% received full information. Perugia, 25 April 2013 – Italians are asking questions but the Italian government gives very few answers: The findings of the first and most extensive access to information monitoring ever carried out in Italy show that almost three times out of four, requests for information on matters such as public expenditure, health, environment

Italy: The Silent State2018-11-13T10:12:44+01:00
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