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Madrid City Hall Transparency Ordinance Sets a High Standard

2018-11-13T10:04:14+01:00

Civil society recommends strengthening proactive publication and lobbying regulation Madrid, 29 enero 2016 – Madrid City Hall has prepared a high standard and comprehensive Transparency Ordinance which meets with civil society demands in areas such as proactive publication obligations, the right of access to information, and regulation of lobbies, according to Access Info Europe and other members of Coalición Pro Acceso. At the same time, the organisations have suggested various improvements including expanding the list of information to be published proactively, establishing a sanctions regime for breaches of the right of access to information, and strengthening regulation of lobbyists. These

Madrid City Hall Transparency Ordinance Sets a High Standard2018-11-13T10:04:14+01:00

Access Info sets out transparency priorities for EU with Green/EFA Group

2018-11-13T10:10:55+01:00

Madrid, 22 January 2016 – Access Info Europe has outlined key actions that will help to increase transparency of EU decision-making and lobbying, in its submission as part of a consultation on civil society priority areas held by the Green/EFA Group. The pro-transparency organisation called upon the Greens to push EU institutions towards the proactive publication of information such as agendas, minutes, and participants of meetings between EU public officials and lobbyists. Access Info Europe also called for the currently-secret interinstitutional “trialogue” meetings to be made public, as part of an agenda to open up lobbying activities and decision-making processes

Access Info sets out transparency priorities for EU with Green/EFA Group2018-11-13T10:10:55+01:00

Una transparencia de muy difícil acceso

2018-11-13T10:04:14+01:00

El País | 06/01/2016 Spanish – Hace un año España dejó de estar a la cola de Europa en cuestión de transparencia, al menos sobre el papel. Por primera vez una ley regulaba cómo pueden los ciudadanos pedir información a su Gobierno y en qué casos este está obligado a responderles. ¿Cuántos asesores a dedo tienen los ministerios? ¿Qué subvenciones se conceden? Read more…

Una transparencia de muy difícil acceso2018-11-13T10:04:14+01:00

Paredes de cristal a golpe de ley

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La Opinión A Coruña | 03/01/2016 Spanish – El pasado 10 de diciembre entró en vigor para todos los municipios de España la Ley de Transparencia y Buen Gobierno. Lo hizo un año después que para el Gobierno central, quien ya está obligado a cumplir con estas garantías de transparencia desde diciembre de 2014. Read more…

Paredes de cristal a golpe de ley2018-11-13T10:04:14+01:00

El difícil camino de la libertad de expresión

2018-11-13T10:04:23+01:00

La opinión de Málaga | 27/12/2015 Spanish – En el informe del Instituto Internacional de Prensa (IPI) sobre la libertad de prensa en España (junio 2015) se hace referencia a un documento publicado en marzo del presente año por el IPI, Access Info Europa, la Federación Europea de Periodistas, y Reporteros Sin Fronteras España, en el que se identifican, entre otros, los siguientes problemas relacionados con la libertad de expresión en nuestro país: Read more…

El difícil camino de la libertad de expresión2018-11-13T10:04:23+01:00

The Uncounted: Lack Of Migrant Detention Data Denounced

2018-11-13T10:04:24+01:00

Madrid/Geneva, 17 November 2015 - A serious lack of information about the number of migrants and asylum seekers in detention across Europe is impeding informed public debate, report Access Info Europe and the Global Detention Project following submission of access to information requests in 33 countries. The report comes as EU heads of government meet in Brussels for their last summit of the year, with migration a key topic. This lack of publicly available information on the scale and nature of detention is of particular concern now as Europe seeks to restrict the arrival of refugees. In the report issued

The Uncounted: Lack Of Migrant Detention Data Denounced2018-11-13T10:04:24+01:00

Civil society expose holes in EU lobby transparency rules

2018-11-13T10:04:24+01:00

This post was originally published by ALTER-EU. Madrid/Brussels, 17 December 2015 - Research by ALTER-EU member groups Corporate Europe Observatory, Access Info Europe and Friends of the Earth Europe shows that well over 90 per cent of meetings between DG FISMA (the Commission's department for financial regulation) officials not covered by transparency rules and lobbyists are with the corporate sector. Since the end of 2014, following an initiative by new European Commission President Juncker, the meetings of commissioners, their cabinets and directors-general with lobbyists are published online. This transparency initiative has enabled the public to see which lobbyists get most

Civil society expose holes in EU lobby transparency rules2018-11-13T10:04:24+01:00

Update: Slovenian parliament withdraws proposed charges for information requests

2018-11-13T10:04:24+01:00

Madrid, 15 December 2015 – In the face of strong national and international reaction to the proposal to introduce charges for the time of public officials in answering information requests, Slovenian coalition parties today withdrew the problematic amendment to Article 24 of the new Freedom of Information Act from the legislative procedure. This decision was welcomed by Access Info Europe, the Association of Slovenian Journalists, Transparency International Slovenia, and the European Federation of Journalists, who in recent days had raised concerns about the proposed amendment (read the original story from 14 December). We are pleased that coalition parties heard and

Update: Slovenian parliament withdraws proposed charges for information requests2018-11-13T10:04:24+01:00

Slovenia plans to impose charges on freedom of information requests

2018-11-13T10:04:24+01:00

Madrid, 14 December 2015 - The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) together with its affiliate, the Slovenian Journalists’ Association (DNS), Transparency International Slovenia and Access Info Europe, have today called on the Slovenian Parliament to reject a last-minute amendment that permits public officials to charge for their time in answering freedom of information requests, something that would be direct interference with the right of journalists and NGOs to access information. On Tuesday 15 December, the Slovenian Parliament will hold a second discussion on the controversial amendment to the Access to Public Information Act  that was presented at the very last minute by coalition parties SD, SMC and DeSUS. There

Slovenia plans to impose charges on freedom of information requests2018-11-13T10:04:24+01:00
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