Madrid, 15 June 2021- The EU’s massive commitment to spend €672.5 billion on the recovery from the pandemic is at risk of corruption and misuse due to a serious lack of transparency and accountability mechanisms, according to an analysis by civil society organisations from across Europe.
Madrid, 10 June 2021- Speaking at the Ministerial Level meeting of the Open Government Partnership Steering Committee, Helen Darbishire of Access Info, in her role as a civil society member of the Steering Committee, stressed the need to act on the transparency agenda that the pandemic has indicated should be a top priority.
Date: 04/06/2021 Experts from free expression and civil society communities discussed how UNCAC Member States should implement commitments to enhance civic space, protect civil society organisations and journalists working on anti-corruption initiatives, and improving public access to information and transparency. The panel examined public access to information as an enabler for corruption prevention and enforcement and how important it is for journalists and civil society organisations be able to effectively operate and therefore improve implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and the SDGs. The panel discussion further highlighted that supporting anti-corruption work and those who initiate it
Newtral | 03/06/2021 In Spanish- Las empresas que facturen más de 750 millones de euros, tengan su sede en la Unión Europea o no, tendrán que indicar cuántos impuestos pagan en cada país miembros de la UE, entre otros detalles. El Parlamento Europeo y Consejo Europeo han llegado a un acuerdo para obligar a las multinacionales a informar sobre sus cuentas y a revelar anualmente la cantidad de impuestos que pagan en cada país miembro de la Unión Europea (UE), entre otros detalles. Desde el gabinete de prensa del Parlamento Europeo estiman que, si se aprueba la directiva a finales
Madrid, 3 June 2021- The European Commission is considering going back on the promise of requiring Member States to open company registers because a handful of rich countries – Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands – could lose income from selling this data, Access Info has discovered.
Date: 25/05/2021 The Global Data Barometer (GDB) kicked off the first capacity building session to support regional partners in data collection. GDB Director of Strategy & Partnerships Veronica Cretu took the lead during the presentations with a question on the key ingredients for successful data collection. Several research coordinators identified communication and consistency elements during data collection. Key details about the different stages of the research process were shared during the event. The following regional partners participated in the session: Access Info Europe LDRI-Africa ILDA-Latam IDFI-Georgia OpenData-Kosovo InfoCulture-Russia
Newtral | 24/05/2021 In Spanish- Pese a la falta de regulación estatal, tres comunidades autónomas cuentan con un registro de grupos de presión o lobbies donde los ciudadanos pueden consultar quiénes pueden influir directa o indirectamente en la elaboración de normas y de políticas públicas. Read more...
Date: 24/05/2021 On 30 May 2021, Regulation 1049/01 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, will celebrate its 20th birthday. As happens in all life cycles, the surrounding environment has changed considerably in the intervening years, some might even say radically. The political, legal and digital context is a very different one twenty years after the Regulation was conceived, negotiated and saw the light of day. This is a timely moment to look back with a number of key players at the time the Regulation was adopted about the particular political (European Parliament and Council) constellations that
Date: 24/05/2021 Patricia González, Legal Researcher and Campaigner at Access Info Europe, participated in the international webinar "Best Practices of Citizen Participation in Improving Public Information during the Pandemic COVID-19", hosted by the following organisations: Instituto de Acceso a la Información Pública de Honduras (IAPI); Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID) en Honduras; Programa de la Unión Europea con América Latina (EUROsociAL+); y Red de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información (RTA).
Date: 21/05/2021 In the framework of Open Government Week, held from 17-21 May, the Spanish National Institute of Public Administration (INAP) hosted an event entitled Open Government and the Media. Helen Darbishire, Executive Director of Access Info Europe, attended this workshop which was coordinated by Cristina Monge Lasierra, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Zaragoza and Vice-President of the Open Government Forum. The event was presented by Consuelo Sánchez Naranjo, Director General of INAP, and Olivié Bayón Céspedes, Director General of Public Governance of the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Public Function. Guests included senior government officials, journalists,