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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

Access Info Lanza La Iniciativa ‘Pledge Campaign’ Para Luchar Por Una Mayor Transparencia Del Lobby En La UE

2020-02-14T16:02:46+01:00

La campaña, centrada en las elecciones para el Parlamento Europeo de Mayo de 2014, pretende que el máximo número de candidatos se comprometan a luchar contra la excesiva influencia de los lobbies corporativos en la toma de decisiones en Bruselas Madrid, 10 de Enero de 2014 – Access Info ha lanzado un nuevo proyecto en España en vísperas de las inminentes elecciones al Parlamento Europeo del próximo mayo. La Pledge Campaign, en colaboración con organizaciones de toda Europa, tiene como objetivo afianzar compromisos de los candidatos a Eurodiputados en lo que se refiere a la mejora de la transparencia de

Access Info Lanza La Iniciativa ‘Pledge Campaign’ Para Luchar Por Una Mayor Transparencia Del Lobby En La UE2020-02-14T16:02:46+01:00

Events during 2013

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

Workshop - ¿Se puede acabar con la evasión y la elusión fiscal? 26 November, Madrid, Spain Pam Bartlett participated in the workshop "¿Se puede acabar con la evasión y la elusión fiscal?" on tax evasion and offshore companies, organized by OxfamIntermón and Inspiraction. The workshop was part of a project called "STOP evasión fiscal". International Congress "Open Government. Theory and Reality" 21-22 November, Valencia, Spain Victoria Anderica participated at the International Congress "Open Government. Theory and Reality", where she talked about Open Government Standards in Spain. For more information, please read Victoria's Power Point presentation  "Participation, Transparency and Fight Against

Events during 20132018-11-13T10:12:13+01:00

Access Info in the news 2013

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

New articles from 2013 Over 100 groups call on US govt to end mass surveillance of web users The Times of India | 19/12/2013English - Over 100 civil society groups from across the world joined individuals leaders and thinkers, including Aruna Roy and Tim Berners-Lee, in asking the US government to end mass surveillance of the web users. Read more... Activists, civil society groups call for overhaul of governments' privacy laws South China Morning Post | 19/12/2013English - Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has teamed up with more than 100 civil society groups and leading activists

Access Info in the news 20132018-11-13T10:12:13+01:00

Leading Civil Society Organisations Call for Government Transparency on Mass Surveillance

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

Madrid/London, 19 December 2013 - Access Info Europe, over 110 civil society organisations across the world, together with individual leaders and thinkers including Aruna Roy and Sir Tim Berners-Lee, have expressed concern that secret mass surveillance and the persecution of whistleblowers contradict the ideals of “open government”. The statement has been sent just as a White House Review Panel recommended that the US National Security Agency should be stripped of its power to collect telephone records in bulk. The groups are calling on Open Government Partnership (OGP) member governments to include specific commitments in their OGP Action Plans to overhaul

Leading Civil Society Organisations Call for Government Transparency on Mass Surveillance2018-11-13T10:12:13+01:00

Recommendations for Progressive Improvements on RTI

2018-11-13T10:12:14+01:00

Madrid/Halifax, 18 December 2013 - Specialist right to information organisations Access Info Europe and Centre for Law and Democracy led on the drafting of a set of recommendations for progressive improvements to the right to information (RTI) which should be introduced by governments participating in the Open Government Partnership (OGP). These recommendations form the right to information chapter of the Open Government Guide, which was released at the Open Government Partnership Summit in October 2013. In addition to the key recommendation that States should adopt a law giving effect to the right to information which meets international standards, the chapter

Recommendations for Progressive Improvements on RTI2018-11-13T10:12:14+01:00
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