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RTI Rating Examines International RTI Frameworks

2020-02-14T12:40:31+01:00

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) and the Centre for Law and Democracy (Canada). Applying the RTI-Rating tool, which measures the strength of right to information frameworks, to regional bodies’ model laws, the specialist right to information organisations found that the Organisation of American States’ Model

RTI Rating Examines International RTI Frameworks2020-02-14T12:40:31+01:00

New ethical code too weak to prevent another ‘lobbygate’

2018-11-13T10:13:22+01:00

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 another ‘lobbygate’.

New ethical code too weak to prevent another ‘lobbygate’2018-11-13T10:13:22+01:00

Reforming Regulation 1049

2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00

EU Transparency Campaign on the reform of EU access to documents Regulation Access Info Europe is calling for civil society support for the campaign on the reform of the EU access to documents Regulation, which aims to strengthen the right of access to EU documents or, at the very least, to avoid any narrowing of the current right of access to documents. Access Info Europe has prepared a briefing paper setting out the key points where reform of Regulation 1049 is necessary to bring it into line with the TFEU and international standards on the right of access to information,

Reforming Regulation 10492018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00

Press Freedom and Anti-Terrorism Laws

2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00

   To:    Thorbjorn Jagland          General Secretary          Council of Europe Copy: Secretariat and Members of the CDMSI          Secretariat and Members of CODEXTER                                                                                    Brussels, 8 February 2012   Concerns: Press Freedom and Anti-Terrorism LawsDear Mr Jagland,We write to you on behalf of the undersigned civil society and professional groups, which are all either observers at the CDMSI or active in the field of press freedom and civil rights in Europe.In May 2009, Ministers responsible for Media and New Communication Services of the Council of Europe committed in Reykjavik to “review national legislation and/or practice on a regular basis

Press Freedom and Anti-Terrorism Laws2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00

El diputado Alberto Garzón pide al congreso la entrega de los presupuestos en formato abierto y reutilizable

2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00

  Madrid, 10 de febrero de 2012 -Hoy el diputado por Izquierda Unida Alberto Garzón ha preguntado al congreso si los presupuestos generales de 2012 que el nuevo gobierno entregará a los diputados será entregado utilizando un formato abierto y reutilizable, acorde con la política de transparencia que el nuevo gobierno viene prometiendo. La práctica en los últimos años ha sido entregar los presupuestos generales del estado en pdfs que únicamente permitían la lectura del documento y no su análisis automatizado, Access Info Europe considera que esta práctica obstaculiza el análisis de los mismos por parte del resto de partidos

El diputado Alberto Garzón pide al congreso la entrega de los presupuestos en formato abierto y reutilizable2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00

Call for proposals: web design

2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00

Call for proposals: web design 6 February 2012: Access Info Europe has opened a call for proposals for a web design for a new project, called EU Citizens, which aims to increase the participation of citizens in the decisions taken by the European Union. The project is a collaborative initiative by six organisations in five different countries, as well as on the European Union level in Brussels. Project activities include reports, events, online petitions, and campaigns for transparency and participation in the European Union and its Member States. We are inviting proposals with designs and budgets for a dynamic and

Call for proposals: web design2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00

Primera reunión del nuevo ejecutivo con la sociedad civil sobre el futuro de la transparencia en España

2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00

Madrid, 20 de enero de 2012 – Hoy Access Info Europe ha acudido a una reunión en el Ministerio de la Presidencia convocada por el nuevo Secretario de Estado de Relaciones con las Cortes Generales para hablar sobre la futura ley de transparencia y acceso a la información para España. Access Info Europe ha destacado durante la reunión la necesidad de que la futura ley cubra ciertas carencias que las propuestas anteriores excluían como son el reconocimiento del derecho de acceso a la información como un derecho fundamental y la necesidad de designar un órgano independiente de revisión que garantice

Primera reunión del nuevo ejecutivo con la sociedad civil sobre el futuro de la transparencia en España2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00

Spain’s Navarra Region Presents Progressive Open Government Law

2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00

Madrid, 20 January 2012 – Access Info Europe has welcomed today’s publication of the Navarra region’s draft law on Transparency and Open Government, qualifying it as a «highly progressive law» which sets new standards for Spain and internationally. The draft law was developed in consultation with the public and input from expert groups such as Access Info Europe and is now subject to a further public consultation until 7 February 2012. It contains three main sections: proactive publication, the right to request information, and public participation. «This is a strong law in line with the best access to information laws

Spain’s Navarra Region Presents Progressive Open Government Law2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00

New Spanish crowd-funding platform presents first cheque to Access Info

2018-11-13T10:13:24+01:00

Madrid, 20 December 2011: The new crowd-funding platform Goteo on Tuesday presented the first cheque for a successful project to Access Info, which received for €5,150 for a project to build an information request platform in Spain, in anticipation of the new access to information law expected to be adopted in the first half of 2012. The Goteo platform, whose name makes a reference to the «drop by drop» nature of crowd funding, was launched in November. In just 30 days Access Info received the minimum funding it needs for project, €4,100. At time of writing the total donated was

New Spanish crowd-funding platform presents first cheque to Access Info2018-11-13T10:13:24+01:00
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