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Date: 22 and 23 September 2016 Place: Tirana, Albania
Madrid, 14 September 2016 - Access Info Europe has welcomed the decision by the European Commission not to repeat August's automatic "out-of-office" style message warning requesters that there might be delays in processing their requests due to the summer holidays. This decision came after Access Info's Executive Director Helen Darbishire sent a letter to the Commission on 1 September 2016 expressing concerns about the automatic response, which read "Due to the holiday period in August, some delays may occur in the treatment of your access-to-documents request." In a rapid reply sent on 7 September 2016, the head of the EU's
La Vanguardia | 13/09/2016 Spanish - El Consejo de Transparencia ha organizado una jornada de puertas abiertas con motivo del Día Internacional del Derecho a Saber e invita a los ciudadanos a participar en un "maratón" de preguntas a la administración para ejercer ese derecho. Read more...
Date: 13 September 2016 Place: Regional Assembly of Madrid, Madrid
Madrid, 5 September 2016 – Access Info has submitted recommendations to the Council of Europe on how to improve its Draft guidelines for meaningful civil participation in political decision-making so as to ensure that records are kept and that there is timely publication of relevant documents. This recommendation comes after research across Europe by Access Info and partners revealed abysmal levels of record keeping. For example, of 21 decision-making processes in nine countries, for half of them (10) no minutes of meetings had been created. Similarly, the research found that for only four of 34 processes were documents submitted by
Madrid, 2 September 2016 - Since the beginning of August, requesters of access to EU documents may have noticed the following automated messages from the Secretariat General warning them about possible delays to dealing with requests: “Due to the holiday period in August, some delays may occur in the treatment of your access-to-documents request, especially where the processing of data requires the consultation of national administrations, external organisations or other services.” So far during August, Access Info has counted 22 instances of this specific message appearing on the AsktheEU.org request platform. It is unacceptable for citizens to have to anticipate
Vozpópuli | 04/08/2016 Spanish - Industria reconoce ante el TC que los promotores de autoconsumo que pusieron en marcha sus proyectos bajo normas autonómicas, antes del decreto de 2015, podrían reclamar indemnizaciones cuando se anulen esas leyes. Read more...
Madrid, 27 July 2016 - The Madrid City Council today approved one of the most progressive sub-national transparency regimes in Europe, encompassing proactive publication on a broad scale, the right to request information, including via anonymous requests, and a strong lobby regulation that requires the registration of lobbyists before they meet with public officials. Welcoming the new package of open government measures, Access Info Europe noted that the holistic approach to transparency sets a standard not only in Spain but across Europe and globally, particularly since the Madrid City Hall is a member of the Open Government Partnership sub-national pilot
La Información | 26/07/2016 Spanish- La ordenanza de Transparencia, la primera en el Ayuntamiento de Madrid de este tipo y el primer texto normativo del mandato de Ahora Madrid, podría ver la luz este miércoles en el Pleno de Cibeles, donde se debatirá el registro de lobbies tras las dudas manifestadas por los socialistas el mes pasado. Read more...