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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

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

Ley General de Transparencia de México, primer lugar de la clasificación global del derecho a la información

2018-11-13T10:10:35+01:00

La Jornada Aguascalientes | 02/10/2016 Spanish – La clasificación elaborada por las organizaciones internacionales Centre for Law and Democracy y Access Info Europe, evalúa el marco jurídico general de 112 países y se sustenta en una valoración de criterios fundamentales para la garantía efectiva del derecho de acceso a la información en poder de los gobiernos. Read more...

Ley General de Transparencia de México, primer lugar de la clasificación global del derecho a la información2018-11-13T10:10:35+01:00

Formal complaint to President Juncker on Barroso, Kroes and De Gucht revolving door cases filed by ALTER-EU

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

[UPDATE - 8 November 2016 - On 2 November 2016 ALTER-EU responded to the Ad Hoc Ethics Committee opinion which said Barroso’s new role at Goldman Sachs International was not a breach of the rules. Read the statement here.] [UPDATE - 13 October 2016 - On 12 October 2016 ALTER-EU handed over to to Secretary-General Alexander Italianer the 63,000 signatures gathered through the WeMove petition Barroso, don’t sell our public interest to Goldman Sachs, demanding greater ethics and transparency and to put a stop to revolving doors.] Madrid-Brussels, 30 September 2016 - The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

Formal complaint to President Juncker on Barroso, Kroes and De Gucht revolving door cases filed by ALTER-EU2018-11-13T10:03:59+01:00

ALTER-EU reaction to Commission’s announcement on transparency register

2018-11-13T10:10:35+01:00

Madrid/Brussels, 28 September 2016 - The European Commission has today published its proposal for a new inter-institutional agreement on the lobby transparency register [1], and the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) makes the following reaction: "The Commission’s response is too little too late. If you look at the political situation in Europe, the Commission should do its utmost to regain public trust. People want to know who their leaders are really working for, especially in the light of the scandals of former Commissioners Barroso and Kroes taking on high-level jobs with big multinational companies. This could have

ALTER-EU reaction to Commission’s announcement on transparency register2018-11-13T10:10:35+01:00

Maratón de preguntas por derecho

2016-10-06T10:19:23+02:00

SER Madrid Norte | 28/09/2016 Spanish – El 28 de septiembre se celebra el Día Internacional del Derecho Saber, una iniciativa reconocida por las Naciones Unidas, donde se reclama el derecho de todos los ciudadanos a acceder a la información de las administraciones públicas como vía esencial para facilitar la participación ciudadana y garantizar la rendición de cuentas y la transparencia. Read more...

Maratón de preguntas por derecho2016-10-06T10:19:23+02:00

Derecho a saber: dificultades y soluciones

2021-04-01T14:07:59+02:00

El Diario.es | 28/09/2016 Spanish – ¿Por qué una obra pública multiplica al final su presupuesto inicial? ¿Quién tomó la decisión que no soy capaz de comprender y en qué apoyó sus argumentos? ¿Cuánto cobran nuestros representantes en dietas? ¿Cómo se adopta una decisión importante y quién participó en ella? Read more...

Derecho a saber: dificultades y soluciones2021-04-01T14:07:59+02:00

Statement by European RTI Community on the world’s First Official Access to Information Day!

2018-11-13T10:10:35+01:00

Madrid, 28 September 2016 - On the first officially-recognised International Right to Know Day [1], European civil society groups working on the right of access to information today raised concerns that a lack of government transparency is damaging democratic processes, thereby facilitating rising mistrust and demagogic populism in Europe. Recent monitoring by civil society organisations has demonstrated that while significant progress has been made - there are now 111 access to information laws globally and governments regularly publish key datasets on spending and services - there remain serious shortcomings with transparency of decision making which is shielding much government activity

Statement by European RTI Community on the world’s First Official Access to Information Day!2018-11-13T10:10:35+01:00
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