Workshop on Transparency and the practical application of the Right to Access to Information
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:10:33+01:00Date: 18 October 2016, at 16:30h Place: MediaLab-Prado, Madrid [How to get there]
European Parliament ITCO Intergroup Right To Know Event
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:03:59+01:00Date: 26 October 2016, 16:00h Place: European Parliament
“AMLO debe ponerse a estudiar”: Escudero
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:10:33+01:00Siete24 | 16/10/2016 Spanish - El presidente del Senado de la República, Pablo Escudero Morales, recomendó a Andrés Manuel López Obrador que se ponga a estudiar, ya que sus declaraciones evidencian un claro desconocimiento de las reformas constitucionales y de las leyes secundarias en materia anticorrupción. Read more...
28 de septiembre: historia de un gran día
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:10:33+01:00El Huffington Post |14/10/2016 Spanish - "Todo hombre, por naturaleza, desea saber", ya lo decía Aristóteles y es lo que nos distingue a los humanos de los demás seres. Queremos saber. Y saber más en materia pública nos ha hecho avanzar por fin como lo hicieron antes nuestros vecinos europeos, dotándonos de un derecho al que aspiramos muchos años. Un derecho ya reconocido incluso por Naciones Unidas en un Día Internacional del Derecho a Saber. Read more...
Global Civil Society Critiques Lack of Transparency in Spain
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:03:59+01:00Madrid, 7 October 2016 – Access Info Europe, Civio, and a total of 22 civil society organisations[1] meeting in Madrid at the International Open Data Conference, have sent a letter to the Spanish government expressing serious concerns about levels of transparency in Spain. Welcoming the hosting of the IODC by the Spanish government and some recent advances, the organisations noted that there is a critical need to improve open data and open government. “We are in a country where the government, surreal as it sounds, is litigating against the Transparency Council to resist publishing documents related to the Open Government
Los cuatro pasos que España necesita dar en datos abiertos y transparencia
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:10:34+01:00El Confidencial | 07/10/2016 Spanish – Con ocasión de la Conferencia Internacional de Datos Abiertos, celebrada en Madrid, varias organizaciones recuerdan el retraso de España en materia de transparencia. Read more...
Panel Discussion on transparency in Spain’s public administration and Spanish companies
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:10:34+01:00Date: 5 October 2016, 18:00h Place: Plaza de la Villa, Madrid
Ley General de Transparencia de México, primer lugar de la clasificación global del derecho a la información
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:10:35+01:00La Jornada Aguascalientes | 02/10/2016 Spanish – La clasificación elaborada por las organizaciones internacionales Centre for Law and Democracy y Access Info Europe, evalúa el marco jurídico general de 112 países y se sustenta en una valoración de criterios fundamentales para la garantía efectiva del derecho de acceso a la información en poder de los gobiernos. Read more...
Formal complaint to President Juncker on Barroso, Kroes and De Gucht revolving door cases filed by ALTER-EU
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:03:59+01:00[UPDATE - 8 November 2016 - On 2 November 2016 ALTER-EU responded to the Ad Hoc Ethics Committee opinion which said Barroso’s new role at Goldman Sachs International was not a breach of the rules. Read the statement here.] [UPDATE - 13 October 2016 - On 12 October 2016 ALTER-EU handed over to to Secretary-General Alexander Italianer the 63,000 signatures gathered through the WeMove petition Barroso, don’t sell our public interest to Goldman Sachs, demanding greater ethics and transparency and to put a stop to revolving doors.] Madrid-Brussels, 30 September 2016 - The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)
ALTER-EU reaction to Commission’s announcement on transparency register
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:10:35+01:00Madrid/Brussels, 28 September 2016 - The European Commission has today published its proposal for a new inter-institutional agreement on the lobby transparency register [1], and the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) makes the following reaction: "The Commission’s response is too little too late. If you look at the political situation in Europe, the Commission should do its utmost to regain public trust. People want to know who their leaders are really working for, especially in the light of the scandals of former Commissioners Barroso and Kroes taking on high-level jobs with big multinational companies. This could have