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PROMOVEMOS LA TRANSPARENCIA EN LA TOMA DE DECISIONES...
porque los ciudadanos tienen derecho a saber cómo se toman las decisiones de la UEHACEMOS FRENTE A LA APLICACIÓN ABUSIVA DE LAS EXCEPCIONES...
porque las instituciones de la UE deben aplicar las excepciones al acceso en casos limitadosLUCHAMOS CONTRA LOS OBSTÁCULOS PRÁCTICOS AL ACCESO...
para que todo el mundo pueda presentar solicitudes de acceso de manera simple y directa
ÚLTIMAS NOTICIAS SOBRE TRANSPARENCIA EN LA UE
Institutional and Donor support needed for online request platforms
Madrid, 10 December 2014 - Online access to information request platforms have huge potential for success but are threatened by a lack of institutional acceptance and financial sustainability, according to conclusions drawn in a report by independent researchers for mySociety, the organisation that created the Alaveteli software which powers AsktheEU.org and TuDerechoaSaber.es. Access Info welcomes the findings of the report
EU Member States to Implement Directive for Companies to Disclose Non-Financial Information on Environment and Human Rights
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,
Message to AsktheEU.org Users – Latest news and server transfer
[UPDATE 18 November 2014 - AsktheEU.org was successfully transferred over to the mySociety servers] 13 November 2014 Dear Users and Potential Users of AsktheEU.org First of all, thanks to all our users and all those who have collaborated with AsktheEU.org in the first three years of our existence. AsktheEU.org has become and will continue to serve as an important platform
«If there is something you have always wanted to know, why not ask?» – Interview with Vicky Cann
[Originally published on AsktheEU.org on 13 November 2014] Madrid, 13 November 2014 - Vicky Cann is a campaigner for Corporate Europe Observatory, a research and campaign group working to expose and challenge the privileged access and influence enjoyed by corporations and lobby groups in EU policy making. Vicky makes access to documents requests through AsktheEU.org to expose potential conflicts of
Civil society welcome Juncker commitment to improve lobbying transparency in the EU
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
Recommendations on TTIP Transparency Presented to EU Ombudsman
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,