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,
Madrid, 21 May 2021- As Open Government week is celebrated around the world, a survey of 24 transparency organisations reveals that most national Open Government Partnership work in Europe is largely unfunded: of an estimated total value of OGP-related work of € 435,220 reported by survey respondents, a full 60%, or €261,130 is unfunded.
Madrid, 18 May 2021 – Access Info Europe today issued a legal analysis of the draft of the Austrian Freedom of Information Act, expressing concerns over shortcomings such as the narrow definition of information, the absence of an independent oversight body, and the lack of a sanctions regime for non-compliance.
Date: 18/05/2021 Access Info Europe Executive Director, Helen Darbishire, took part in the webinar "A global call to action to transform the way governments serve their citizens", adressing the institutional framework for Open Government in Spain and the attitudes of the Spanish local and central governments in the framework of Open Government Partnership. The event, which was organised by the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation in the frame of the Open Government Week 2021, discussed the 3rd National Action Plan Open Government Partnership in Germany as well the Open Government as a platform for innovation.
Date: 18/05/2021 Helen Darbishire, Executive Director of Access Info Europe, has participated in the round table "Transparency and future challenges" as part of the conference "2021 If you participate, you decide Madrid", organised by the Madrid City Council in the framework of the Open Government Week. The event, moderated by the Director General of Citizen Participation of the Madrid City Council, Maria Pía Junquera, also included the participation of: Rafael Ayala González, member of Modelos de Gobierno Abierto. Antonio Relaño, Director General of Transparency of Madrid City Council. Dolores González Pastor, member of APRI, Association of Institutional Relations Professionals. Olga Quirós,
Netzpolitik | 17/05/2021 A new law will abolish Austria’s official secrecy and give the country its first real freedom of information law. But the government’s proposal has many weaknesses, according to experts of the NGO Access Info. Read more...
Date: 14/05/2021 Helen Darbishire, Executive Director of Access Info Europe, participated in the panel "Opportunities for the implementation of the Tromsø Convention", as part of the Forum "Right to Аccess of Public Information. 10 years of Freedom and Challenges", which was organised by the Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law. She was joined by: Tetyana Oleksiyuk, Council of Europe Consultant; Taras Shevchenko, Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine; David Goldberg, Expert on Freedom of Information, Scotland; Gergana Jouleva, Executive Director on Access to Information Programme, Bulgaria; Igor Rozkladai, Deputy Director, chief expert on media law at Centre