12 Feb 2021

Spain: Access Info and Transparency Council meet to discuss the independent oversight of the right to information

2021-04-05T12:54:33+02:00

Madrid, 12 February 2021– Access Info’s Helen Darbishire yesterday met with the new director of Spain’s Transparency Council, José Luis Rodríguez Álvarez, to discuss reform of the Transparency Law and also recent concerns about the manner by which the new appointments to the Council had been made.

Spain: Access Info and Transparency Council meet to discuss the independent oversight of the right to information2021-04-05T12:54:33+02:00
2 Feb 2021

Call for National Researchers in Europe

2021-06-07T12:37:22+02:00

Access Info Europe is currently seeking independent, country-level researchers for several European countries to act as national researchers for the first edition of the Global Data Barometer (2020–2021).

Call for National Researchers in Europe2021-06-07T12:37:22+02:00
26 Jan 2021

Concern re Independence of Spain’s Transparency Council

2021-01-26T22:07:47+01:00

Access Info Europe is seriously concerned about recent changes to key personnel in Spain’s Transparency Council, which raise the spectre of an attack on the independence of the Council, and points to the urgent need to reform the process by which its directors are appointed.

Concern re Independence of Spain’s Transparency Council2021-01-26T22:07:47+01:00
25 Jan 2021

CALL for Participants – Freedom of Information Youth Project!

2021-03-31T10:40:33+02:00

Are you between 18 and 30 years old, passionate about human rights and journalism, and resident in either Malta or Spain? Then we are looking for you! The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation and Access Info Europe, two civil society organisations based in Malta and Madrid, are looking for youths interested in participating in the one-year Freedom of Information Youth Project! The project aims to offer to a group of 45 young people based in Spain and Malta the possibility to participate in a series of training sessions designed to leverage the fundamental right of access to information and raise greater

CALL for Participants – Freedom of Information Youth Project!2021-03-31T10:40:33+02:00
14 Jan 2021

NGOs urge the European Parliament to end secrecy in how fishing rules are enforced

2021-05-18T14:26:24+02:00

Brussels, 14 January 2021 - 72 civil society organisations from the EU and across the globe have called on Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to end secrecy around how fishing activities are controlled and sanctioned in a crucial vote to be taken in the Fisheries Committee on 26 January 2021. In a letter sent to all MEPs, the signatories warn that the lack of transparency in the current implementation of the EU Fisheries Control Regulation means the law is in fact failing to prevent illegal fishing. This, in turn, is a major threat to the sustainability of marine resources,

NGOs urge the European Parliament to end secrecy in how fishing rules are enforced2021-05-18T14:26:24+02:00
18 Dec 2020

EU Council urged to end Corporate Lobbying

2020-12-22T11:01:17+01:00

Access Info Europe today joined Corporate Europe Observatory, Transparência e Integridade and 63 other civil society organisations from across Europe, calling on the incoming Portuguese Presidency of the European Union to push for much needed lobby transparency, accountability and democratic reforms within the Council.

EU Council urged to end Corporate Lobbying2020-12-22T11:01:17+01:00
9 Dec 2020

Call to protect EU’s Number One Anti-Corruption Instrument: Open Company Registers!

2021-02-15T16:10:19+01:00

Brussels, 9 December 2020 – On International Anti-Corruption Day 2020, 101 leading transparency, anti-corruption and open data organisations along with investigative journalists from across Europe have called on the European Commission and national governments to act to ensure that company registers, including ownership and corporate structure data, are freely accessible and published in open data format. In an open letter sent today to Thierry Breton, Internal Market Commissioner, and Vera Jourová, Vice President for Values and Transparency, the organisations respond to threats to reduce access to company registers to only very basic data, without the names of owners, when the

Call to protect EU’s Number One Anti-Corruption Instrument: Open Company Registers!2021-02-15T16:10:19+01:00
17 Nov 2020

Council of Europe prepares for Entry into Force of the Tromsø Convention on Access to Official Documents

2020-11-18T12:05:34+01:00

Strasbourg (virtual participation), 17 November 2020 – Access Info today called on all member states of the Council of Europe to sign and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents – the Tromsø Convention – with a particular call on France, Germany, Italy and the UK to follow Spain in ensuring that Europe’s largest countries are party to the Convention.

Council of Europe prepares for Entry into Force of the Tromsø Convention on Access to Official Documents2020-11-18T12:05:34+01:00