7 Oct 2016

Global Civil Society Critiques Lack of Transparency in Spain

2018-11-13T10:03:59+01:00

Madrid, 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

Global Civil Society Critiques Lack of Transparency in Spain2018-11-13T10:03:59+01:00
21 Apr 2015

High levels of administrative silence leave Spanish FOI requesters in the dark

2018-11-13T09:46:33+01:00

Madrid, 22 April 2015 - Levels of administrative silence remained high in Spain in 2014, in the year running up to Europe’s newest transparency law coming into force, according to a report published by civil society organisations Access Info Europe and Civio. Out of the 314 requests for information sent via the Tuderechoasaber.es request platform in 2014, 42% did not receive any reply from Spanish institutions or public bodies. This is a drop from the 57% recorded in 2013. Satisfactory responses to requests rose marginally from 12.7% to 18.5%, which remains an unacceptably low level in a country where the

High levels of administrative silence leave Spanish FOI requesters in the dark2018-11-13T09:46:33+01:00
17 Feb 2015

Access Info Europe y Civio se reúnen con el recién formado Consejo de la Transparencia

2018-11-13T10:11:25+01:00

Madrid, 16 de febrero de 2015 - Access Info Europe y Civio han mantenido una reunión con el Consejo de la Transparencia de España con el objetivo de presentarse formalmente y poner en común reflexiones y posibles mejoras a la ley de transparencia y su implementación. El Consejo de la Transparencia empezó a trabajar el mismo día de entrada en vigor de la ley de transparencia (el 10 de diciembre de 2014), su presidenta de hecho fue nombrada el 11 de diciembre. Desde entonces el Consejo se ha centrado en trazar su plan estratégico y preparar una serie de documentos

Access Info Europe y Civio se reúnen con el recién formado Consejo de la Transparencia2018-11-13T10:11:25+01:00