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Country case study: Georgia

2018-11-13T10:12:10+01:00

Is media ownership transparent? In law YES FOR BROADCAST MEDIA ONLY In practice NO IN LAW According to the law, it is possible to finds out who owns broadcast media only in Georgia through information reported to the media authority, Georgian National Communications Council (GNCC), and directly to the public. As a result of amendments to the Law on Broadcasting in 2011, broadcast media must disclose enough information for their real owners to be identified. This includes information on the size of shareholdings, beneficial owners and those with indirect interests and control. Ownership of broadcast media by offshore companies was

Country case study: Georgia2018-11-13T10:12:10+01:00

Country case study: Croatia

2018-11-13T10:12:10+01:00

Is media ownership transparent? In law YES In practice NO IN LAW According to amendments to the Media Law (2011) and the Electronic Media Law (2012), it is possible to finds out who owns print, broadcast and online media in Croatia through information reported to: the relevant media authorities; directly to the public; or to corporate /trade registers. Through the various laws media must disclose enough information for their real owners to be identified right back to the individual, not just to a company. This includes information on the all shareholdings over 1%, disclosure of beneficial owners and those with

Country case study: Croatia2018-11-13T10:12:10+01:00

Country case study: Austria

2018-11-13T10:12:10+01:00

Is media ownership transparent? In law YES In practice YES IN LAW According Media Law, as amended in 2011, it is possible to finds out who owns print, online and broadcast media through information reported directly to the public. All media must disclose directly to the public enough information for their real owners to be identified, including information on all shareholdings, beneficial owners back to a real person and those with indirect interests and control. Information reported to the media authority, the Austrian Communications Authority (KommAustria), under the Audiovisual Media Services Act or Private Radio Broadcast Act will also reveal

Country case study: Austria2018-11-13T10:12:10+01:00

Events during 2014

2018-11-13T10:12:10+01:00

Special Seminar on Transparency of Media Ownership 3 October 2014, Brussels, Belgium Helen Darbishire took part in a special seminar hosted by the European Commission on media ownership transparency, pluralism and freedom that was live-streamed to facilitate virtual participation. As part of the event, Access Info Europe and Open Society Programme on Independent Journalism published new research on media ownership transparency in Europe and its neighbourhood, to put this issue on the agenda of the incoming college of European Commissioners. Personal Democracy Forum Italia 2014 29 September, Rome, Italy Helen Darbishire will be attending the Personal Democracy Forum Italia 2014,

Events during 20142018-11-13T10:12:10+01:00

Reacción de la sociedad civil ante la inminente regulación de las actividades del lobby en España

2020-02-14T16:20:01+01:00

Madrid, 5 de febrero de 2014 – España empieza a dar los primeros pasos hacia una futura regulación del lobby y Access Info Europe, CECU, CIECODE-Proyecto Avizor, La Fundación Ciudadana Civio, Open Kratio y Qué hacen los Diputados advierten de la necesidad de consultar con la sociedad civil y de basarse en los estándares internacionales más avanzados en la materia para abordar este nuevo reto para la transparencia. El próximo 12 de febrero la Comisión de Reglamento del Congreso de los Diputados decidirá si regular o no esta materia para el Congreso de los Diputados[1]. Desde la Sociedad Civil consideramos

Reacción de la sociedad civil ante la inminente regulación de las actividades del lobby en España2020-02-14T16:20:01+01:00

La UE hace un llamamiento a España para que fortalezca su Ley de Transparencia

2020-02-14T16:20:08+01:00

Madrid, 4 de febrero de 2014 – Access Info Europe da hoy la bienvenida al primer informe sobre la corrupción en España desarrollado por la Unión Europea. Este informe recomienda implementar medidas para fortalecer la Ley de Transparencia española adoptada en diciembre de 2013, y alinearla así con las medidas por las que la sociedad civil ha estado haciendo campaña. Access Info Europe insta hoy al gobierno español a que reaccione inmediatamente a dichas recomendaciones que incluyen, entre otras, garantizar la independencia del futuro organismo de revisión, aplicar sanciones a los incumplimientos, y reducir el rango de excepciones al principio

La UE hace un llamamiento a España para que fortalezca su Ley de Transparencia2020-02-14T16:20:08+01:00

Hackathon of the European Parliament: Analysing the assets declarations of MEPs

2020-01-29T11:27:24+01:00

Brussels, 24-26 January 2014 – This year’s Hackathon of the European Parliament, attended by Access Info Europe and other activists and programmers, resulted in an interactive visualisation of MEP assets declarations. Other projects by participants included an application for analysing voting, an application for searching declarations of interests, and a website that allows you to see which subjects have been tackled by the EU parliament over the past legislature. At the Hackathon, Access Info took part in the project to visualise the assets declarations of MEPs, helping to create an informative and interactive visualisation for citizens to see how many

Hackathon of the European Parliament: Analysing the assets declarations of MEPs2020-01-29T11:27:24+01:00

Agenda post-2015: El acceso a la información y a los medios de comunicación independientes es esencial para el desarrollo

2020-02-14T16:02:29+01:00

Madrid, 3 de febrero de 2014 - Access Info Europe along with 195 civil society organisations from around the world have called on the United Nations (UN) to put government accountability and independent media at the centre of a new framework for global development. The statement, coordinada por ARTICLE 19 y Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) comes ahead of a meeting of the UN Open Working Group for Sustainable Development Goals, which takes place in New York this week - and will include further discussions on governance. Puedes ver la lista de firmantes y el texto de la declaración

Agenda post-2015: El acceso a la información y a los medios de comunicación independientes es esencial para el desarrollo2020-02-14T16:02:29+01:00

ALTER-EU verdict on the review of the EU Transparency Register: “hugely disappointing”

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

ALTER-EU verdict on the review of the EU Transparency Register: “hugely disappointing” Brussels, 27 January 2014 – Transparency campaigners cannot find a single area of “good progress” made by the review group to improve the EU’s lobby register, according to a scorecard published today by ALTER-EU. The scorecard assesses the outcome of the recent EU Transparency Register review process against ALTER-EU’s own recommendations for reform. The assessment has been made after receiving leaked copies of the final outcome of the review process. Out of the ten ALTER-EU recommendations for reform, five were assessed as “no progress made” and a further

ALTER-EU verdict on the review of the EU Transparency Register: “hugely disappointing”2018-11-13T10:12:12+01:00

Access Info condena los intentos por parte del gobierno alemán para impedir la divulgación de unos documentos obtenidos a través del ejercicio de la Ley por la Libertad de la Información

2020-02-14T16:02:41+01:00

Madrid, 23 de enero de 2014 – Hoy Access Info ha condenado la orden emitida por el gobierno alemán a la plataforma de solicitud de información FragdenStaat.de requiriendo la retirada y la censura de un documento online elaborado por el gobierno y obtenido a través de la ley alemana de acceso a la información bajo el pretexto de la protección de los derechos de autor. El documento contenía una opinión sobre un juzgado del Tribunal Constitucional Federal Alemán, el cual había declarado que el 5% establecido por la UE como porcentaje mínimo para que los partidos políticos puedan ocupar un

Access Info condena los intentos por parte del gobierno alemán para impedir la divulgación de unos documentos obtenidos a través del ejercicio de la Ley por la Libertad de la Información2020-02-14T16:02:41+01:00
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