Reunión con la Comisión Sectorial de Gobierno Abierto para debatir el Tercer Plan de Gobierno Abierto
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:44:31+01:00Fecha: 15/09/2017 a las 10.00h Lugar: Sede del Ministerio de Hacienda y Función Pública, Madrid.
Reunión sobre la posición de España en las negociaciones europeas sobre el Registro del Lobby
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:44:31+01:00Fecha: 15/09/2017 a las 13.00 Lugar: Ministerio de Hacienda, Madrid.
EU Commissioners’ travel expenses to be published proactively every two months
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:03:18+01:00Madrid, 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
Access Info urges OECD to adopt strong and clear definition of Open Government
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:03:18+01:00Madrid, 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) -
EU President Juncker plans to publish Commission travel expenses – Access Info calls for full and detailed transparency
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:03:18+01:00Madrid, 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
Fact-checking the European Commission’s press conference on the Commissioners’ expenses
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:03:18+01:00Madrid, 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
EU-formand brugte 200.000 kr. på dagsrejse til Rom
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:44:31+01:00Finans | 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...
‘€75,000 on one trip’: EU officials under fire over splurging on private jets & luxury hotels
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:44:31+01:00RT 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.
EU officials rack up huge bills in first 2 months of 2017
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:44:31+01:00RT UK | 11/08/2017 Video en inglés - New figures released show EU officials have been racking up huge spending bills on private jets and visits in January and February of this year. Andreas Pavlou, a researcher for Access Info Europe, says they asked for spending of the whole of 2016 but their requests were denied.
Transparence: les commissaires européens rechignent à publier leurs frais de déplacement
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:44:32+01:00Media Part | 10/08/2017 Francés - Jean-Claude Juncker, le patron de la Commission, se trouve épinglé pour un bref voyage officiel à Rome avec son équipe, qui a coûté près de 27 000 euros en février 2016. Une ONG mène la bataille pour forcer la Commission à dévoiler l’intégralité des dépenses de mission, au nom du contrôle de l’argent public. Leer más...