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Renewed threat on access to EU documents

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:13:21+01:00

Renewed Threat on Access to EU Documents – EU Transparency Campaign 10 April 2012 – After a series of inter-governmental negotiations, fears that Member States are using the reform of the EU access to documents regulation as an opportunity to add new exceptions and to weaken the right of access to EU document have recently been renewed by a Council document, dated 30 March 2012, which outlines the “state of play” of the reform process. The paper mentions the very real possibility that new, blanket exceptions for documents “requiring special protection” would be introduced into the Regulation. This would affect

Renewed threat on access to EU documentsHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:13:21+01:00

One day left to call for changes to Spain’s draft transparency law!

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:13:21+01:00

Madrid, 9 April 2012 – Spanish citizens have until tomorrow, Tuesday 10 April, to make comments on the draft transparency law and to tell the government that they want a much stronger protection of the right of access to information. The draft law had numerous weaknesses, including a very limited definition of information, a limited scope of bodies to which it applies, and an ill-defined and non-independent oversight mechanism. Access Info Europe has launched a campaign with Avaaz calling for a stronger law, which has already been signed by over 60,000 people. Those inside and outside Spain are encouraged to

One day left to call for changes to Spain’s draft transparency law!Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:13:21+01:00

Comments submmitted in Consultation on Spain’s draft Access to Information Law

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:13:21+01:00

Madrid, 3 April 2012 – Access Info today published recommended submissions for the public consultation on Spain’s draft Access to Information law. These are in addition to a formal submission which will be made by the over 50 NGOs members of the Coalición Pro Acceso. The very short consultation ends on Tuesday 10 April. Access Info’s position is that the draft law is substandard and not in line with international standards, in particular because the definition of the information which can be requested is severly limited and because the exceptions are applied in a blanket fashion without harm or public

Comments submmitted in Consultation on Spain’s draft Access to Information LawHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:13:21+01:00

How to make a more transparent registration

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:13:21+01:00

How to make a more transparent registration Brussels, 3 April 2012 – Members of the EU Civil Society Contact Group and ALTER-EU have decided to adopt higher standard of transparency than the inconsistent and insufficient requirements for registration in the “Transparency Register”. Our guidelines for registration set a constructive example of how the “Transparency Register” could be easily improved.

How to make a more transparent registrationHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:13:21+01:00

20 Demands Campaign: Update

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:13:22+01:00

20 Demands on the future of access to EU documents: Campaign Update Madrid, 25 March 2012 – Since the 20 demands on the future of the EU access to documents Regulation were launched for civil society sign-on on 7 March 2012, 3 European Information Commissioners, 67 Non-governmental organisations and 6 Civil Society Coalitions representing 249 organisations have joined the campaign. Click here to download the 20 demands on the future of EU transparency. The 20 demands are presented to the Member State representatives working on the revision of the EU access to documents Regulation before each of their inter-governmental meetings

20 Demands Campaign: UpdateHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:13:22+01:00

Draft Spanish access to information law contains excessive exceptions and falls below international standards

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:13:22+01:00

Madrid, 26 March 2012 – The Spanish government today opened for public consultation the draft “Law on Transparency, Access to Public Information, and Good Governance”. Specialist NGO Access Info Europe welcomed the law and unprecedented consultation but noted that serious improvements are needed to bring the law into line with international standards, in particular by revising the definition of information which establishes excessive exceptions thereby excluding large quantities of information from the right to request access. The law together with information on the public consultation is available here. A copy can be downloaded here

Draft Spanish access to information law contains excessive exceptions and falls below international standardsHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:13:22+01:00

New website launched to track access to information requests in Spain

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:13:22+01:00

Madrid, 22 March 2012 – As of today people in Spain will be able to make and track requests for Information from public bodies in a simple and free way via the new web portal TuDerechoaSaber.es (“Your right to know”) being launched by human rights organisations Access Info Europe and Fundación Ciudadana Civio. Based on mySociety’s Alaveteli software which also runs AsktheEU.org and Whatdotheyknow.com (UK), this pioneering website is being launched in the expectation that the Spanish government will adopt and access to information law during the first half of 2012. “The website tuderechoasaber.es aims to breach the wall of

New website launched to track access to information requests in SpainHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:13:22+01:00

RTI Rating Examines International RTI Frameworks

Helen Darbishire2020-02-14T12:40:31+01:00

RTI Rating Examines International RTI Frameworks www.RTI-Rating.org 16 March 2012, Madrid/Halifax – Right to information laws in Africa and the Americas are falling below the standards set by regional human rights bodies, while in Europe the standards themselves are weaker than the better right to information laws, according to a new analysis by human rights organisations Access Info Europe (Spain) and the Centre for Law and Democracy (Canada). Applying the RTI-Rating tool, which measures the strength of right to information frameworks, to regional bodies’ model laws, the specialist right to information organisations found that the Organisation of American States’ Model

RTI Rating Examines International RTI FrameworksHelen Darbishire2020-02-14T12:40:31+01:00

New ethical code too weak to prevent another ‘lobbygate’

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:13:22+01:00

New ethical code too weak to prevent another ‘lobbygate’ Brussels, 20 March 2012 – Today marks the first anniversary of the ‘cash-for-amendments’ scandal, in which several Members of the European Parliament were exposed tabling legislative amendments in exchange for money. Ethics campaigners warn that the new code introduced following the scandal does not include all the safeguards necessary to prevent another ‘lobbygate’.

New ethical code too weak to prevent another ‘lobbygate’Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:13:22+01:00

Reforming Regulation 1049

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00

EU Transparency Campaign on the reform of EU access to documents Regulation Access Info Europe is calling for civil society support for the campaign on the reform of the EU access to documents Regulation, which aims to strengthen the right of access to EU documents or, at the very least, to avoid any narrowing of the current right of access to documents. Access Info Europe has prepared a briefing paper setting out the key points where reform of Regulation 1049 is necessary to bring it into line with the TFEU and international standards on the right of access to information,

Reforming Regulation 1049Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00

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