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28 Mar 2012

20 Demands Campaign: Update

2018-11-13T10:13:22+01:00

20 Demands on the future of access to EU documents: Campaign Update Madrid, 25 March 2012 – Since the 20 demands on the future of the EU access to documents Regulation were launched for civil society sign-on on 7 March 2012, 3 European Information Commissioners, 67 Non-governmental organisations and 6 Civil Society Coalitions representing 249 organisations have joined the campaign. Click here to download the 20 demands on the future of EU transparency. The 20 demands are presented to the Member State representatives working on the revision of the EU access to documents Regulation before each of their inter-governmental meetings

20 Demands Campaign: Update2018-11-13T10:13:22+01:00
26 Mar 2012

Draft Spanish access to information law contains excessive exceptions and falls below international standards

2018-11-13T10:13:22+01:00

Madrid, 26 March 2012 – The Spanish government today opened for public consultation the draft “Law on Transparency, Access to Public Information, and Good Governance”. Specialist NGO Access Info Europe welcomed the law and unprecedented consultation but noted that serious improvements are needed to bring the law into line with international standards, in particular by revising the definition of information which establishes excessive exceptions thereby excluding large quantities of information from the right to request access. The law together with information on the public consultation is available here. A copy can be downloaded here

Draft Spanish access to information law contains excessive exceptions and falls below international standards2018-11-13T10:13:22+01:00
22 Mar 2012

New website launched to track access to information requests in Spain

2018-11-13T10:13:22+01:00

Madrid, 22 March 2012 – As of today people in Spain will be able to make and track requests for Information from public bodies in a simple and free way via the new web portal TuDerechoaSaber.es (“Your right to know”) being launched by human rights organisations Access Info Europe and Fundación Ciudadana Civio. Based on mySociety’s Alaveteli software which also runs AsktheEU.org and Whatdotheyknow.com (UK), this pioneering website is being launched in the expectation that the Spanish government will adopt and access to information law during the first half of 2012. “The website tuderechoasaber.es aims to breach the wall of

New website launched to track access to information requests in Spain2018-11-13T10:13:22+01:00
21 Mar 2012

RTI Rating Examines International RTI Frameworks

2020-02-14T12:40:31+01:00

RTI Rating Examines International RTI Frameworks www.RTI-Rating.org 16 March 2012, Madrid/Halifax – Right to information laws in Africa and the Americas are falling below the standards set by regional human rights bodies, while in Europe the standards themselves are weaker than the better right to information laws, according to a new analysis by human rights organisations Access Info Europe (Spain) and the Centre for Law and Democracy (Canada). Applying the RTI-Rating tool, which measures the strength of right to information frameworks, to regional bodies’ model laws, the specialist right to information organisations found that the Organisation of American States’ Model

RTI Rating Examines International RTI Frameworks2020-02-14T12:40:31+01:00
20 Mar 2012

New ethical code too weak to prevent another ‘lobbygate’

2018-11-13T10:13:22+01:00

New ethical code too weak to prevent another ‘lobbygate’ Brussels, 20 March 2012 – Today marks the first anniversary of the ‘cash-for-amendments’ scandal, in which several Members of the European Parliament were exposed tabling legislative amendments in exchange for money. Ethics campaigners warn that the new code introduced following the scandal does not include all the safeguards necessary to prevent another ‘lobbygate’.

New ethical code too weak to prevent another ‘lobbygate’2018-11-13T10:13:22+01:00
6 Mar 2012

Reforming Regulation 1049

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

EU Transparency Campaign on the reform of EU access to documents Regulation Access Info Europe is calling for civil society support for the campaign on the reform of the EU access to documents Regulation, which aims to strengthen the right of access to EU documents or, at the very least, to avoid any narrowing of the current right of access to documents. Access Info Europe has prepared a briefing paper setting out the key points where reform of Regulation 1049 is necessary to bring it into line with the TFEU and international standards on the right of access to information,

Reforming Regulation 10492018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00
2 Mar 2012

Press Freedom and Anti-Terrorism Laws

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

   To:    Thorbjorn Jagland          General Secretary          Council of Europe Copy: Secretariat and Members of the CDMSI          Secretariat and Members of CODEXTER                                                                                    Brussels, 8 February 2012   Concerns: Press Freedom and Anti-Terrorism LawsDear Mr Jagland,We write to you on behalf of the undersigned civil society and professional groups, which are all either observers at the CDMSI or active in the field of press freedom and civil rights in Europe.In May 2009, Ministers responsible for Media and New Communication Services of the Council of Europe committed in Reykjavik to “review national legislation and/or practice on a regular basis

Press Freedom and Anti-Terrorism Laws2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00
10 Feb 2012

El diputado Alberto Garzón pide al congreso la entrega de los presupuestos en formato abierto y reutilizable

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

  Madrid, 10 de febrero de 2012 -Hoy el diputado por Izquierda Unida Alberto Garzón ha preguntado al congreso si los presupuestos generales de 2012 que el nuevo gobierno entregará a los diputados será entregado utilizando un formato abierto y reutilizable, acorde con la política de transparencia que el nuevo gobierno viene prometiendo. La práctica en los últimos años ha sido entregar los presupuestos generales del estado en pdfs que únicamente permitían la lectura del documento y no su análisis automatizado, Access Info Europe considera que esta práctica obstaculiza el análisis de los mismos por parte del resto de partidos

El diputado Alberto Garzón pide al congreso la entrega de los presupuestos en formato abierto y reutilizable2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00
2 Feb 2012

Call for proposals: web design

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

Call for proposals: web design 6 February 2012: Access Info Europe has opened a call for proposals for a web design for a new project, called EU Citizens, which aims to increase the participation of citizens in the decisions taken by the European Union. The project is a collaborative initiative by six organisations in five different countries, as well as on the European Union level in Brussels. Project activities include reports, events, online petitions, and campaigns for transparency and participation in the European Union and its Member States. We are inviting proposals with designs and budgets for a dynamic and

Call for proposals: web design2018-11-13T10:13:23+01:00
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