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24 Apr 2013

The Voices of EU Citizens Presented in Brussels

2018-11-13T10:12:44+01:00

“I don’t want to be rich, I want to be happy” Madrid/Brussels, 24 April 2013 — Access Info Europe today called on the European Union to make the “European Year of Citizens” a reality by removing obstacles to participation in Brussels decision making, in particular by increasing levels of EU transparency. *A member of the Spanish public speaking in this video which captures the voices of European Citizens facing up to the current financial crisis Citizens’ Report (EN) Citizens’ Report (FR) Citizens’ Report (ES) Presenting “The Citizens’ Report: Participation, Ethics and Transparency – What citizens want from Brussels”, the culmination

The Voices of EU Citizens Presented in Brussels2018-11-13T10:12:44+01:00
18 Apr 2013

ALTER EU Briefing on the Code of Conduct for Lobbyists

2018-11-13T10:12:45+01:00

ALTER EU Briefing on the Code of Conduct for Lobbyists Brussels, 18 April 2013 – As part of the two-year revision of the EU’s transparency register, Access Info and ALTER EU have called for a strengthening of the Code of Conduct for Lobbyists, which applies to all those listed in the register.

ALTER EU Briefing on the Code of Conduct for Lobbyists2018-11-13T10:12:45+01:00
18 Apr 2013

Briefing on the Transparency Register

2018-11-13T10:12:45+01:00

Brussels, 18 April 2013 – Current flaws in the Transparency Register: • Far too many major players missing. Although the number of registrants has increased, far too many active lobby players are still not on the list. Law firms involved in lobbying continue to evade disclosure.

Briefing on the Transparency Register2018-11-13T10:12:45+01:00
12 Apr 2013

Actualización sobre destino de las donaciones de la campaña de los 3.000 euros

2018-11-13T10:12:45+01:00

Access Info Europe convocó una campaña de crowdfunding el 11 de enero de 2013 para recaudar los 3.000 euros que el Tribunal Supremo estableció en su condena costas por un caso que Access Info comenzó en 2007 para reclamar su derecho a conocer qué hace España para implementar medidas anticorrupción (ver todos los detalles del caso aquí). Durante esa campaña, Access Info consiguió superó con creces el dinero que pedía y recaudó un total de 10.630,84 €. 221 personas ingresaron su donación vía transferencia bancaria y 490 personas hicieron su donación vía Paypal. Es decir un total de 711 personas

Actualización sobre destino de las donaciones de la campaña de los 3.000 euros2018-11-13T10:12:45+01:00
11 Apr 2013

The use of online forms to make access to information requests

2020-02-14T11:25:53+01:00

On tuderechoasaber.es, a platform to submit online FOI request to Spanish institutions, it has become more and more common to see Spanish institutions answer access to information requests with links to online forms. This practice is inappropriate because it places unnecessary obstacles in the way of accessing information as well as being uncommon in other countries. ¿Why is it not recommended to use forms? Firstly, because international standards, such as the Council of Europe’s Convention on Access to Public Documents, establishes that to ask for information you should only have to indicate the necessary information in order for your request

The use of online forms to make access to information requests2020-02-14T11:25:53+01:00
8 Apr 2013

The Spanish institutions have ignored 54% of information requests after 12 months of public debate on transparency

2018-11-13T10:12:46+01:00

  • Access Info Europe and Fundación Ciudadana Civio present the report Tuderechoasaber.es 2012, which analyses the information requests sent to the institutions from this webpage. • Only 13% of the questions obtained requested information from the institutions (75 of 567). • The future Transparency Law is insufficient and will not improve access to information in practice Madrid, 9 April 2013 – One year after the entry into the political agenda of the Transparency Law (the draft was presented on March 26, 2012), and approaching the deadline to amend it in Congress, citizens still have not received appropriate attention from

The Spanish institutions have ignored 54% of information requests after 12 months of public debate on transparency2018-11-13T10:12:46+01:00
14 Mar 2013

More Information and Evidence Needed on Immigration Detention

2018-11-13T10:12:46+01:00

Access Info Europe and The Global Detention Project Begin 33-Country Right to Information Investigation Geneva/Madrid – 14 March 2013 – Access Info Europe and the Global Detention Project have today submitted 66 information requests to 33 governments as part of an initiative aimed at improving transparency of immigration detention practices. The organisations have requested statistics regarding the numbers and types of detainees, as well as details about where people are detained for immigration-related reasons. Immigration detention is the deprivation of liberty of non-citizens for reason related to their residency status. It typically involves locking up asylum seekers and irregular immigrants

More Information and Evidence Needed on Immigration Detention2018-11-13T10:12:46+01:00
14 Mar 2013

The Ministry of Agriculture keeps secret the location of the genetically modified commercial fields

2018-11-13T10:12:47+01:00

          Friends of the Earth (FOE) and Access Info Europe unite to enforce compliance with European legislation Madrid, 14th of March 2013 – FOE and Access Info Europe have lodged an appeal to the Ministry of agriculture, food and environment demanding that it complies with European standards of transparency and that it publish the exact data about the location of the fields of commercial genetically modified (GM) crops. The appeal challenges the lack of information given by the Ministry in response to a request submitted on 17 December 2012 (available at tuderechoasaber.es). The request called for

The Ministry of Agriculture keeps secret the location of the genetically modified commercial fields2018-11-13T10:12:47+01:00
12 Mar 2013

Spain: Twitter Campaign to ask the Congress where is the Transparency Law

2018-11-13T10:12:47+01:00

Madrid, 13 March 2013 – It’s been 228 days since Spain’s transparency law entered the national parliament (Congress) and since then there has been no information about the current state of the law, although we do know that the deadline for presenting amendments has been amended no less then twenty (20) times. The Constitutional Commission which has been given responsibity to consider the draft has not published a timetable nor has announced if there will be more hearings on the law: to date eight “experts” have been invited to speak to the parliamentarians (one of them stated in his intervention

Spain: Twitter Campaign to ask the Congress where is the Transparency Law2018-11-13T10:12:47+01:00
12 Mar 2013

Eurovegas: Spanish Ombudsman demands transparency

2018-11-13T10:12:47+01:00

Madrid, 12 March 2013 — Spain’s Ombudsman (Defensor del Pueblo) has severely criticised the secrecy of the Madrid regional government (Community of Madrid), the regional government of Madrid, in regards to the macro project Eurovegas and demands total transparency on this topic. The Ombudsman has singled out this project as one of “exceptional public interest”, therefore the Community of Madrid needs to be transparent regarding how much they know about the future leisure centre, and must inform interested parties.Since the intention to build Eurovegas in Madrid came to light, the Plataform Eurovegas No (the Platform) has made 12 requests to

Eurovegas: Spanish Ombudsman demands transparency2018-11-13T10:12:47+01:00
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