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La Audiencia Nacional ordena la publicación de documentos sobre la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto

2018-11-13T10:06:29+01:00

[ACTUALIZACIÓN - 2 de marzo de 2018 - Los documentos publicados están disponibes aquí.] Madrid, 21 de septiembre de 2017 – La Audiencia Nacional confirma la sentencia de primera instancia y dictamina que el Gobierno Español debe otorgar a Access Info Europe los documentos relacionados con la participación en la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (OGP en sus siglas en inglés), tal y como había resuelto el Consejo de Transparencia. La sentencia firme rechaza por segunda vez el intento del Gobierno de considerar los informes de avance sobre el Plan de Acción de la OGP como documentos internos de carácter

La Audiencia Nacional ordena la publicación de documentos sobre la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto2018-11-13T10:06:29+01:00

EU Commissioners’ travel expenses to be published proactively every two months

2018-11-13T10:03:18+01:00

Madrid, 14 September 2017 - Access Info today cautiously welcomed draft changes to the Code of Conduct for EU Commissioners announced yesterday by the EU, which will require the proactive publication of travel expenses every two months. The pro-transparency organisation, which, with the support of 120 citizens from across Europe, has been campaigning for access to the Commissioners’ travel expenses, noted that the draft text of the Code contains nothing on the precise data to be made public. Access Info has called for more specificities. “The devil is in the detail. A truly transparent system will provide citizens with enough

EU Commissioners’ travel expenses to be published proactively every two months2018-11-13T10:03:18+01:00

Access Info urges OECD to adopt strong and clear definition of Open Government

2018-11-13T10:03:18+01:00

Madrid, 13 September 2017 – Access Info Europe has urged the Organisation for Cooperation and Economic Development (OECD) to adopt a definition of an “Open Government” as one characterised by transparency, participation, responsiveness, and accountability, in line with increasingly established standards set by bodies such as the Open Government Partnership. Responding to the OECD’s public consultation on Open Government, Access Info raised concerns that the draft Recommendation confused three things: - the tools needed to achieve open government (such as use of new technologies to open up data) - the characteristics of an open government (transparency, participation and accountability) -

Access Info urges OECD to adopt strong and clear definition of Open Government2018-11-13T10:03:18+01:00

EU President Juncker plans to publish Commission travel expenses – Access Info calls for full and detailed transparency

2018-11-13T10:03:18+01:00

Madrid, 1 September 2017 - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is planning to publish the travel expenses of the EU’s 28 Commissioners according to reports today by Le Soir newspaper and Politico.eu. This move comes in the wake of a campaign by Access Info and 120 requesters from across Europe, which generated intense media coverage earlier in August. Reports suggest that publication of the data will only happen once per year and will be designed to give the public a “picture” of the travel costs. Access Info is calling for more frequent publication, noting that once every month should be

EU President Juncker plans to publish Commission travel expenses – Access Info calls for full and detailed transparency2018-11-13T10:03:18+01:00

Fact-checking the European Commission’s press conference on the Commissioners’ expenses

2018-11-13T10:03:18+01:00

Madrid, 14 August 2017 - On 9 August, European Commission spokesperson Mina Andreeva faced a barrage of questions from journalists about the European Commissioners’ travel expenses, after two months of detailed data was disclosed following a three-year campaign by Access Info Europe. Access Info has fact-checked some of Andreeva’s key statements. 1. “We do publish mission expenses whenever we are asked to provide information.” The European Commission has been hugely resistant to publishing this information. After a long campaign by Access Info and 120 requesters from around Europe who submitted, in total, over 200 requests, we have managed to obtain

Fact-checking the European Commission’s press conference on the Commissioners’ expenses2018-11-13T10:03:18+01:00

EU-formand brugte 200.000 kr. på dagsrejse til Rom

2018-11-13T09:44:31+01:00

Finans | 14/08/2017 Danés - EU's kommissionsformand Jean-Claude Juncker sidste år skulle en tur til Rom fra sin arbejdsplads i Bruxelles, så han ingen anden mulighed end at leje et privatfly. Ruten, der tager ca. 2 timer at flyve, endte dermed at koste skatteborgerne i EU næsten 200.000 kr. Leer más...

EU-formand brugte 200.000 kr. på dagsrejse til Rom2018-11-13T09:44:31+01:00

‘€75,000 on one trip’: EU officials under fire over splurging on private jets & luxury hotels

2018-11-13T09:44:31+01:00

RT News | 11/08/2017 Video en inglés - EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini are in the center of a controversy for spending many thousands of euros on private charters as part of official missions, an information inquiry reveals.

‘€75,000 on one trip’: EU officials under fire over splurging on private jets & luxury hotels2018-11-13T09:44:31+01:00
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