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14 Nov 2016

Spanish Transparency Council confirms that Agendas of Cabinet meetings of the Government is public information

2018-11-13T10:03:58+01:00

Madrid, 14 November 2016 – Access Info today welcomed the recent ruling by the Spanish Transparency Council that agendas of Cabinet meetings constitute information that should be available for public scrutiny in accordance with the obligations set out in Spain’s Transparency Law. The Council’s important Decision rejected the arguments of the Ministry of the Presidency, concluding that publication of the red and green index[1] in the agendas is not “internal information” and does not harm “the confidentiality of the discussions” of the Spanish Cabinet. “This very important decision gives the public the chance to know what topics will be discussed

Spanish Transparency Council confirms that Agendas of Cabinet meetings of the Government is public information2018-11-13T10:03:58+01:00
10 Nov 2016

One step forward, two steps back: New Italian FOIA fails to improve adequate appeals mechanism

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

Madrid, 10 November 2016 - Access Info Europe has expressed serious concern that Italy’s newly-adopted “FOIA” still falls far behind international standards after an analysis of the quality of the law ranked Italy 54th out of 111 countries. The pro-transparency organisation criticised the decree, passed in May this year, specifically because it weakens the appeals system by abandoning Italy’s Information Commission as a national oversight body. “Italy’s new FOIA forces requesters to go through the infamously-slow Italian court system in order to challenge non-disclosure of information, making it difficult to hold public officials accountable and near-impossible for citizens to participate

One step forward, two steps back: New Italian FOIA fails to improve adequate appeals mechanism2018-11-13T10:03:59+01:00
6 Nov 2016

La asignatura pendiente de regular los ‘lobbies’

2018-11-13T10:10:32+01:00

El País | 06/11/2016 Spanish - “En España no se negocia, se presiona”. La frase es una de tantas escritas en las redes sociales a propósito de la formación de Gobierno (y por la polvareda posterior) e ilustra un pensamiento colectivo sobre cuáles son las prácticas habituales en el proceso de toma de decisiones. Read more...

La asignatura pendiente de regular los ‘lobbies’2018-11-13T10:10:32+01:00
3 Nov 2016

Los conflictos de interés del Gobierno Rajoy

2018-11-13T10:10:32+01:00

El País | 03/11/2016 Spanish - Los ministros de Mariano Rajoy se han levantado de la mesa del Consejo de Ministros en al menos 56 ocasiones desde que este asumió la presidencia, en diciembre de 2011, para evitar tomar decisiones que afectan a empresas en las que han trabajado o en las que tienen intereses sus cónyuges o familiares. Read more...

Los conflictos de interés del Gobierno Rajoy2018-11-13T10:10:32+01:00
16 Oct 2016

“AMLO debe ponerse a estudiar”: Escudero

2018-11-13T10:10:33+01:00

Siete24 | 16/10/2016 Spanish - El presidente del Senado de la República, Pablo Escudero Morales, recomendó a Andrés Manuel López Obrador que se ponga a estudiar, ya que sus declaraciones evidencian un claro desconocimiento de las reformas constitucionales y de las leyes secundarias en materia anticorrupción. Read more...

“AMLO debe ponerse a estudiar”: Escudero2018-11-13T10:10:33+01:00
14 Oct 2016

28 de septiembre: historia de un gran día

2018-11-13T10:10:33+01:00

El Huffington Post |14/10/2016 Spanish - "Todo hombre, por naturaleza, desea saber", ya lo decía Aristóteles y es lo que nos distingue a los humanos de los demás seres. Queremos saber. Y saber más en materia pública nos ha hecho avanzar por fin como lo hicieron antes nuestros vecinos europeos, dotándonos de un derecho al que aspiramos muchos años. Un derecho ya reconocido incluso por Naciones Unidas en un Día Internacional del Derecho a Saber. Read more...

28 de septiembre: historia de un gran día2018-11-13T10:10:33+01:00
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
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