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22 Feb 2015

Transparency of Media Ownership

2020-02-14T15:35:08+01:00

Access Info Europe and the Open Society Media Program launched Ten Recommendations for Transparency of Media Ownership in a presentation to the 47 governments of the Council of Europe meeting in Belgrade, Serbia. Presenting the recommendations, Mark Thompson of the Open Society Media Program called for the Council of Europe to take a lead in creating a regulatory framework for ensuring that citizens can know who really owns the media. "Public knowledge of owners' identities helps to ensure that abuses of media power can be assessed, publicised, openly debated and even prevented." Research released by Access Info Europe and the

Transparency of Media Ownership2020-02-14T15:35:08+01:00
22 Feb 2015

AsktheEU.org Report on the Council of the European Union

2020-02-14T16:00:23+01:00

The Council of the EU is failing to comply with EU transparency rules by not respecting time frames for responding, applying too many extensions to requests, and not informing all requesters of their right to appeal when information is denied, according to a report published today by Access Info Europe. Analysis of 50 access to documents requests submitted to the Council between 2011 and 2013 via the AsktheEU.org platform, found that the average time for answering was 20 working days, significantly over the maximum 15 working days permitted by EU law. Requests which resulted in partial denials of information were

AsktheEU.org Report on the Council of the European Union2020-02-14T16:00:23+01:00
17 Feb 2015

Transparency of Media Ownership FAQs

2018-11-13T10:11:25+01:00

If we do not know who the owners of media companies are, it is impossible to take steps to address excessive media concentrations and conflicts of interest. For example, prior to amendments in the law requiring disclosure of media ownership in 2011, the leading national broadcasters in Georgia were seen as mouthpieces of government and their real owners were hidden behind offshore companies. In Croatia, the process of privatising the print media from 2000 onwards was rife with corruption scandals with the real ownership structure of the media often hidden behind secret contracts and far-reaching informal agreements involving high-profile

Transparency of Media Ownership FAQs2018-11-13T10:11:25+01:00
16 Feb 2015

Access Info Europe y Civio se reúnen con el recién formado Consejo de la Transparencia

2018-11-13T09:47:21+01:00

Madrid, 16 de febrero de 2015 - Access Info Europe y Civio han mantenido una reunión con el Consejo de la Transparencia de España con el objetivo de presentarse formalmente y poner en común reflexiones y posibles mejoras a la ley de transparencia y su implementación. El Consejo de la Transparencia empezó a trabajar el mismo día de entrada en vigor de la ley de transparencia (el 10 de diciembre de 2014), su presidenta de hecho fue nombrada el 11 de diciembre. Desde entonces el Consejo se ha centrado en trazar su plan estratégico y preparar una serie de documentos

Access Info Europe y Civio se reúnen con el recién formado Consejo de la Transparencia2018-11-13T09:47:21+01:00
12 Feb 2015

MEP Julia Reda questions European Commission on postal address policy

2020-02-14T16:00:31+01:00

Madrid, 12 February 2015 – A Member of the European Parliament, Julia Reda (Pirate Party, Germany), has filed a Parliamentary Question calling on the European Commission  to provide justifications for its policy of refusing to register access to documents requests if citizens do not provide their personal postal address. Access Info Europe welcomes this investigation into the postal address policy, introduced on 1 April 2014, which the Commission has stated is necessary because it is "increasingly confronted with cases where applicants seem to hide behind false identities". Julia Reda’s Parliamentary Question notes that the new policy is placing barriers for

MEP Julia Reda questions European Commission on postal address policy2020-02-14T16:00:31+01:00
11 Feb 2015

Who Owns the Media? Sometimes No One Knows

2018-11-13T10:11:26+01:00

This post was originally published in the Open Society Foundations website. London, 11 February 2015 - Southeastern Europe suffers from some of the world’s least transparent media ownership. In a Mapping Digital Media (MDM) report on Macedonia in 2012, Roberto Belicanec and Zoran Ricliev wrote that "there are no formal or legal requirements for media, other than broadcasters, to disclose any data on ownership, turnover, or any other publicly relevant matter." As if to prove the point, two years later, in the summer of 2014, journalists traced the real ownership of Kurir.mk, an influential Macedonian news portal, back to the

Who Owns the Media? Sometimes No One Knows2018-11-13T10:11:26+01:00
3 Feb 2015

Tres de los cinco consejos de transparencia en España no son independientes

2020-02-14T16:00:37+01:00

Zoom News | 03/02/2015 Spanish – El Consejo de la Transparencia estatal, el organismo que asegura que se cumplan los requisitos de transparencia y protege el derecho de acceso a la información pública de la ciudadanía, se constituyó este mes de enero con una directora elegida por el Ministerio de Hacienda, Ester Arizmendi, y otros siete vocales propuestos por sus instituciones de procedencia. Read more…

Tres de los cinco consejos de transparencia en España no son independientes2020-02-14T16:00:37+01:00
29 Ene 2015

Taller: Open Government Parternship

2018-11-13T10:11:26+01:00

29-30 de enero de 2015, La Haya, Holanda Andreas Pavlou will be attending the Open Government Partnership pilot workshop to discuss Spain's approach to open government, in The Hague, the Netherlands. More information on this event coming soon.

Taller: Open Government Parternship2018-11-13T10:11:26+01:00
27 Ene 2015

EU lobby register: still failing to deliver real transparency

2020-02-14T16:00:47+01:00

Madrid/Brussels, 27 January 2015 - New research, published today, shows that the EU lobby register is failing to provide full transparency on lobbying as many financial lobbyists, major corporations, law firms and lobby consultancies that are actively working to influence EU law, are still not registered. The research by the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU), which is led by a steering committee that includes Access Info, demonstrates that the current voluntary approach to lobby regulation does not provide full transparency of lobbying in Brussels. In addition, the European Commission's current proposal to enact a new lobby register

EU lobby register: still failing to deliver real transparency2020-02-14T16:00:47+01:00
20 Ene 2015

Following the Money

2020-02-14T16:00:54+01:00

20-21 de enero de 2015, Berlín, Alemania Helen Darbishire will be attending the 'Follow the Money' workshop organised by the Transparency and Accountability Initiative, in Berlin, Germany. More information on this event here.

Following the Money2020-02-14T16:00:54+01:00
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