11th International Journalism Festival
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:42:53+01:00Date: 08/04/2017 Place: Perugia, Italy
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Apr 2017
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Apr 2017
Unidos Podemos pide más de 200 comparecencias en cinco días para abordar los Presupuestos
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:42:53+01:00Infolibre | 06/04/2017 Spanish - Unidos Podemos-En Comú-En Marea ha registrado este jueves en el Congreso la solicitud de más de 200 comparecencias entre sindicatos, organizaciones profesionales, asociaciones y catedráticos para explicar el proyecto de Presupuestos Generales del Estado 2017 entre el 24 y el 28 de abril, según ha informado Europa Press. Read more...
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Apr 2017
OGP Meeting in Spain
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:42:54+01:00Date: 07/04/2017 Place: Spanish Treasury Building, Madrid
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Apr 2017
How two Spanish journalists got major scoops from just one information request!
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:03:20+01:00Madrid/Perugia, 4 April 2017 - In March leading Spanish newspapers El País and El Confidencial published exclusive stories revealing never-before-seen information that exposed remarkable micro-management by the Spanish Cabinet (“Consejo de Ministros”) of decisions such as overspending on public procurement contracts and the granting or revocation of nationality. These stories – including a full page in the weekend edition of El País as well as a series of stories in the digital El Confidencial – were made possible thanks to a single access to information request by Alba Gutierrez of Access Info Europe. By exploiting a loophole in the Spanish
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Mar 2017
Civil society warn Cyprus’ draft transparency law under threat if excessive exceptions persist
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:03:21+01:00» This article is also available in Greek, here. Madrid, 31 March 2017 – Access Info Europe and 30 international and Cypriot civil society organisations have today urged the government of Cyprus to guarantee that exceptions to access in its draft transparency law meet international standards. The letter urges the Cypriot Justice Minister in charge of the law, Ionas Nicolaou, to reverse the unacceptable inclusion of five absolute exceptions [1] as well as ensure that information may only be refused if its disclosure would or would be likely to harm a protected interest, unless there is an overriding public interest
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Mar 2017
La transparencia limitada
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:42:54+01:00La Razón de México | 31/03/2017 Spanish - México tiene la mejor ley de acceso a la información pública del mundo. Así lo indica el Rating de legislación sobre acceso a la información, hecho por el Centre for Law and Democracy y Access to Info Europe. La consolidación de esta ley no se dio sino luego de pasos graduales. La alternancia presidencial en México del 2000, fue seguida de la promulgación en 2002 de la primera ley que reglamentó el acceso a la información ya contemplado desde 1977 en la Constitución. Read more...
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Mar 2017
Discussion Panel of the 1st Madrid Socialist Forum “[Re]inventing Madrid”
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:42:54+01:00Date: 29 March 2017 Place: Assembly Room of the Socialist headquarters, Madrid.
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Mar 2017
El Gobierno tramitó contratos por 310 M€ pese a las objeciones de los interventores
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:42:54+01:00El Confidencial | 23/03/2017 Spanish - El Consejo de Ministros presidido por Mariano Rajoy ha abordado en los últimos cuatro años la reparación de medio millar de expedientes con irregularidades por un importe total de 310 millones de euros. Los errores hallados en estos contratos fueron previamente detectados y confirmados por la Intervención General de la Administración del Estado (IGAE), organismo encargado de fiscalizar los fondos públicos —salvo los contratos menores— antes de su ejecución. Read more...
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Mar 2017
European Civil Society Organisations Urge EU to Publish Anti-Corruption Reports
Helen Darbishire2020-01-29T11:42:44+01:00Madrid, 22 March 2017 – Access Info Europe, Transparency International EU, and 56 other civil society organisations have urged the Commission in an open letter not to abandon its leadership role in the fight against corruption, after it dropped the publication of long-awaited anti-corruption reports of all 28 Member States earlier this year. The letter, also being sent directly to First Vice-President Frans Timmermans, comes after an access to EU documents request for the actual draft reports was submitted by 14 leading transparency and anti-corruption organisations in Europe, including Access Info. “Access to these reports is essential in giving European
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Mar 2017
European Parliament Committee supports increase in decision-making transparency
Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:03:21+01:00Madrid, 22 March 2017 – Access Info Europe has cautiously welcomed this week’s adoption of the report on ‘Transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions’ by the European Parliament Constitutional Affairs Committee. The report by Sven Giegold MEP takes important steps to improve record keeping and decision-making transparency by calling for the Council to publish the position of member states in minutes of working group meetings, as well as ensure documents created during trilogues (informal talks on legislation between the three main EU institutions) are made directly available online by the Parliament. “MEPs must now build upon the steps