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Timmermans Hearing – Better Regulation Requires a Mandatory Lobby Register

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:41+01:00

Madrid, 7 October 2014 - As MEPs prepare to interview vice-president-designate Frans Timmermans, the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU), of which Access Info is a steering committee member, is calling on Mr Timmermans to make the introduction of a mandatory lobby register his priority. Timmermans has been handed the portfolio of 'better regulation' and will also act as Jean-Claude Juncker's deputy. His role will include work to coordinate transparency matters across the Commission and to bring forward the proposal for a mandatory lobby transparency register, to which Juncker committed himself in his own parliamentary hearing in July.

Timmermans Hearing – Better Regulation Requires a Mandatory Lobby RegisterHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:41+01:00

Report on Transparency of Media Ownership

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:41+01:00

Madrid, 3 October 2014 - Citizens are unable to establish who owns or controls the media operating in their country because of none or limited media specific or general disclosure provisions, accroding to one of the key findings of a report on The Transparency of Media Ownership in the European Union and Neighbouring States. The report is based on a survey of media ownership transparency rules in 20 European Union (EU) and neighbouring states carried out by Access Info Europe and commissioned by the Open Society Media Program. The survey has been designed to inform current debates about the roles

Report on Transparency of Media OwnershipHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:41+01:00

Civil society letter calls for UN SG Ban Ki-moon to recognise Right to Know in Post-15 Report

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:42+01:00

Madrid, 30 September 2014 - On the occasion of International Right to Know Day, Access Info Europe together with 130 other organisations has written an open letter to UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, calling on him to recognise freedom of expression and the right to information in his Post-2015 report. The UN secretary General and his team are drafting a report on Post-2015 which will kick off formal negotiations for the Sustainable Development Goals next year. For the past couple of years, civil society groups from all over the world have been calling on states to ensure good governance and

Civil society letter calls for UN SG Ban Ki-moon to recognise Right to Know in Post-15 ReportHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:42+01:00

New Features Launched on Redesigned AsktheEU.org

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:42+01:00

Three New Transparency Campaigns Focus on the Demand for More Access to EU Documents Madrid, 29 September 2014 – Access Info Europe has launched a new version of the request platform AsktheEU.org, which now includes special features to help civil society organisations campaign to get access to EU documents, in celebration of International Right to Know Day on 28 September. The features include campaigns pages that civil society groups can use to highlight areas of lack of transparency and to advocate for access to particular EU documents related to issues they are working on.

New Features Launched on Redesigned AsktheEU.orgHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:42+01:00

Looking for Leadership on Transparency in Europe

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:42+01:00

Madrid, 28 September 2014 – On the occasion of International Right to Know Day, Helen Darbishire, Executive Director of Access Info Europe, argues that the European Union should be taking a strong lead on transparency standards across the 28 country region of 500 million inhabitants. With 751 new members of the European Parliament getting settled into their offices in Brussels, and with the new European Commission – the ministers of the Union – about to be appointed, civil society is demanding a strong transparency agenda in which the EU takes the lead and sets standards to be followed by all

Looking for Leadership on Transparency in EuropeHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:42+01:00

¿Cómo asegurar la independencia y la eficacia del Consejo de la Transparencia?

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:42+01:00

Madrid, 26 de septiembre de 2014 – Con ocasión del Día Internacional del Derecho a Saber, el 28 de septiembre, Access Info Europe reclama al Gobierno de España que regule cuanto antes el Consejo de la Transparencia y propone una serie de recomendaciones basadas en estándares internacionales para dotarlo de mayor independencia. A menos de tres meses de la entrada en vigor de la ley de transparencia (que se producirá el 10 de diciembre de 2014), la sociedad española aún no sabe cómo será el organismo encargado de velar por el cumplimiento de las obligaciones de transparencia en España. Lo

¿Cómo asegurar la independencia y la eficacia del Consejo de la Transparencia?Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:42+01:00

International Right To Know Day 2014

Helen Darbishire2020-02-14T12:50:36+01:00

International Right To Know Day 2014: Working to promote transparency Madrid, 28 September 2014 – Civil society, led by the Freedom of Information Advocates Network (FOIAnet), is organising events on every continent for International Right to Know Day 2014 on 28 September, from activist and citizen workshops, to conferences on access to information laws, media broadcasts, and award ceremonies. Freedom of information organisations and activists from all around the world will be raising awareness of every individual’s right of access to information held by governments and public bodies. Access Info Europe is also taking action to join the series of

International Right To Know Day 2014Helen Darbishire2020-02-14T12:50:36+01:00

Hitting a Hundred Access to Information Laws Globally

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:43+01:00

Need for Better Data on Transparency in Practice [UPDATE 19 September 2014 - This law was signed and adopted by the President of Paraguay on Thursday 18 September 2014, making Paraguay the 100th country to adopt an access to information law] Madrid, 26 August 2014 – The civil society movement campaigning for government openness is on the point of reaching a significant landmark with the Latin American country of Paraguay awaiting presidential sign off on what will be the world's 100th access to information law. The law was passed by Paraguay's parliament on 21 August 2014. [The picture shows Horacio

Hitting a Hundred Access to Information Laws GloballyHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:43+01:00

Global Legislative Openness Week: launch of international campaign to open legislatures

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:43+01:00

Madrid/Washington D.C., 15 September 2014 - Access Info Europe, as part of a group of 107 civil society organizations from around the world, including the Sunlight Foundation, the Latin American Legislative Network, Open Knowledge, and local Transparency International chapters launched a global campaign to highlight the importance of transparent and accountable legislatures, and to help parliaments embrace new technologies when publishing information about their work. The public letter, issued in coordination with the Global Legislative Openness Week, calls on national assemblies to make parliamentary and legislative data open by default by proactively releasing information in open and structured formats and

Global Legislative Openness Week: launch of international campaign to open legislaturesHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:43+01:00

Dossier de prensa: Ley de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Buen Gobierno

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:43+01:00

El 28 de noviembre de 2013 se aprobaba la Ley de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Buen Gobierno en el Congreso de los Diputados. Con su entrada en vigor prevista para diciembre de 2014, el Gobierno sigue sin haber publicado nada sobre la evolución de los distintos reglamentos que permitirán la implementación de la ley, algunos de los cuales deberían haberse presentado meses atrás, en marzo de 2014. A continuación, presentamos una serie de enlaces y documentos acerca de la Ley de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Buen Gobierno, la evolución en su implementación, opiniones y posicionamientos al

Dossier de prensa: Ley de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Buen GobiernoHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:43+01:00

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