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EU Member States to Implement Directive for Companies to Disclose Non-Financial Information on Environment and Human Rights

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:36+01:00

Brussels/Madrid, 15 November 2014 - The Directive requiring large EU companies to produce yearly statements revealing non-financial information must now be implemented by Member States following its adoption by the Council of the European Union last month and its publication in the Official Journal of the EU today. The Directive will specifically require businesses to publish information relating to environmental, social, and employee-related matters, human rights, anti-corruption, and bribery as well as produce an evaluation of potential risks involved and the strategy employed to mitigate them. Access Info Europe welcomes the Directive's implementation across Europe. "As the first EU legislation

EU Member States to Implement Directive for Companies to Disclose Non-Financial Information on Environment and Human RightsHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:36+01:00

Lo que será y lo que podría haber sido el Consejo de Transparencia y Buen Gobierno

Helen Darbishire2020-02-14T16:02:13+01:00

Madrid, 5 de noviembre de 2014 - Hoy se ha publicado el Real Decreto 919/2014, de 31 de octubre, por el que se aprueba el Estatuto del Consejo de Transparencia y Buen Gobierno. Esta norma desarrolla la naturaleza, el mandato, las funciones, los recursos y el presupuesto de este nuevo organismo cuyo objetivo principal es velar por el cumplimiento de las obligaciones de publicidad y de buen gobierno previstas en la norma, así como garantizar el derecho de acceso a la información pública. El Real Decreto nos aporta más detalles sobre el nuevo organismo pero también deja dudas y omite

Lo que será y lo que podría haber sido el Consejo de Transparencia y Buen GobiernoHelen Darbishire2020-02-14T16:02:13+01:00

El decreto del Consejo de Transparencia confirma la dependencia del Gobierno y favorece su politización

Helen Darbishire2020-02-14T16:02:18+01:00

Madrid, 05 de noviembre de 2014 – El Gobierno ha llevado hoy al BOE el Real Decreto por el que se aprueba el Estatuto del Consejo de Transparencia y Buen Gobierno, el organismo encargado de asegurar que se cumplan los requisitos de transparencia y de proteger el derecho de acceso a la información pública de los ciudadanos. Lo hace ocho meses después del plazo legal establecido por la propia Ley de Transparencia, que cumplió el 10 de marzo. La Fundación Ciudadana Civio y Access Info Europe, organizaciones que desde la sociedad civil promueven la adopción de mejores medidas de transparencia

El decreto del Consejo de Transparencia confirma la dependencia del Gobierno y favorece su politizaciónHelen Darbishire2020-02-14T16:02:18+01:00

Slurs against anti-corruption activist threaten future of freedom of expression and information in Montenegro

Helen Darbishire2020-02-14T15:35:22+01:00

Madrid, 4 Novmber 2014 - Access Info Europe today raised concerns about the future of freedom of expression and access to information in Montenegro in the wake of a media smear campaign against the Executive Director of Montenegrin anti-corruption NGO MANS, Vanja Calovic. This is the second time this year the Montenegrin newspaper, the Informer, has conducted a campaign against Calovic which involves slurs of a sexual nature. The attacks started after MANS exposed several cases of corruption and organised crime in Montenegro. Calovic is also the independent evaluator for the Open Government Partnership’s Independent Reporting Mechanism of the Montenegrin

Slurs against anti-corruption activist threaten future of freedom of expression and information in MontenegroHelen Darbishire2020-02-14T15:35:22+01:00

Civil society welcome Juncker commitment to improve lobbying transparency in the EU

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:37+01:00

Madrid, 4 November 2014 - ALTER-EU, of which Access Info Europe is a steering committee member, has welcomed EU Commission President Juncker's commitment to improve transparency around lobbying through a mandatory lobby register and more proactive publication of information, in a letter sent this week. The coalition wrote to seek assurance that the commitment to a mandatory register will take the form of a legislative proposal rather than an Inter-Institutional agreement, and that the scope of proactive transparency is widened to cover a broad range of Commission meetings between officials and that all such information is published on a regular

Civil society welcome Juncker commitment to improve lobbying transparency in the EUHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:37+01:00

Recommendations on TTIP Transparency Presented to EU Ombudsman

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:38+01:00

Madrid, 31 October 2014 – Increased disclosure, more proactive transparency of key documents and a more balanced influence of interests were the key issues raised in Access Info Europe’s submission to the public consultation opened by the European Ombudsman on the transparency of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. The talks, conducted between the EU and the US, will determine future rules that will govern the daily lives of citizens on both sides of the Atlantic, including the quality of food, consumer protection, and chemicals safety. Yet, citizens have effectively been shut out as stakeholders due to a

Recommendations on TTIP Transparency Presented to EU OmbudsmanHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:38+01:00

Report on Transparency of Media Ownership by Leading Media Policy Expert

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:38+01:00

Madrid, 31 October 2014 - The 10 Recommendations for Transparency of Media Ownership (TMO) are currently "the most refined checklist of relevant criteria on TMO and the ideal starting point to discuss action points," according to a background report written for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The report by Peggy Valcke, one of the leading experts in media policy in Europe, states media ownership transparency as an essential prerequisite for the proper functioning of democracies. You can read a copy of the background report here

Report on Transparency of Media Ownership by Leading Media Policy ExpertHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:38+01:00

Call for reform of Copyright Rules in the EU

Helen Darbishire2020-01-29T11:14:43+01:00

Madrid, 28 October 2014 - Access Info Europe, the specialist right to information campaigners, today joined 32 civil society organisations calling on the European Commission to clarify the framework for copyright within the European Union. The position paper by Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU calls on the European Commission to bring copyright law into the 21st century, redefining the balance between public commons and private property, and shortening copyright terms to the minimum term possible under existing international treaties and conventions. Access Info Europe has a particular concern to ensure that all information created by EU bodies should be open

Call for reform of Copyright Rules in the EUHelen Darbishire2020-01-29T11:14:43+01:00

Lack of Transparency Leads to EU Expert Group Budget Freeze

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:38+01:00

Madrid, 22 October 2014 - The European Parliament has voted to freeze the budget of the European Commission's Expert Groups for the second time in four years, due to a lack of transparency, conflict of interest issues, and unbalanced stakeholder representation within these advisory groups. A group of cross-party MEPs [1] tabled the amendment to withhold almost €4 million from the Commission budget for 2015, covering expert group expenses. It was voted through by all major groups. The conditions for its release relate to stakeholder balance, conflicts of interest and transparency. ALTER EU, of which Access Info is a steering

Lack of Transparency Leads to EU Expert Group Budget FreezeHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:38+01:00

Legal Leaks training in Skopje

Helen Darbishire2023-07-27T15:51:14+02:00

Skopje, 20 October 2014 - In the context of the South East Europe Media Forum, a regional conference organized with the support of UNESCO and the European Commission, Access Info Europe and UNESCO held its 6th Legal Leaks training seminar in the South East Europe region in collaboration with the Macedonian Institute for Media. The training took place in Skopje on 16 October 2014 and had as trainers: Helen Darbishire, executive director of Access Info Europe; Victoria Anderica, legal researcher and campaigner in Access Info Europe; and Gavin Sheridan, investigative journalist and FOI expert. The Macedonian version of the Legal

Legal Leaks training in SkopjeHelen Darbishire2023-07-27T15:51:14+02:00

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