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7 Mar 2014

ECB Criticised for Lack of Transparency over Financial Crisis

2020-01-29T11:25:02+01:00

Madrid/Brussels, 7 March 2014 – The European Central Bank (ECB) has once again come under fire for lack of transparency over the financial crisis, this time from the European Ombudsman who today regretted the decision not to release a letter sent to Ireland’s Finance Minister in November 2010. The ECB letter, which might reveal pressure on the Irish government to enter the EU’s bailout programme, was requested by Irish journalist and FOI activist Gavin Sheridan in December 2011 via the web platform AsktheEU.org. The request and all correspondence can be found here.

ECB Criticised for Lack of Transparency over Financial Crisis2020-01-29T11:25:02+01:00
7 Mar 2014

El Parlamento Europeo vota a favor de una mayor transparencia en su proceso de toma de decisiones

2020-01-29T11:22:05+01:00

Madrid/Bruselas, 7 de marzo de 2014 - Access Info Europe celebra la decisión [1] del Parlamento Europeo de hacer más transparente su proceso de toma de decisiones mediante el registro y la publicación de las votaciones finales en comisión. Hasta ahora la mayor parte de los votos de las comisiones se hacían a mano alzada, sin registrar el sentido del voto de cada eurodiputado. La decisión, adoptada el 26 de febrero de 2014, afectará a todas las votaciones finales en comisión, tanto de textos legislativos como de no legislativos. Asimismo hace obligatorio registrar y publicar los votos individuales de cada

El Parlamento Europeo vota a favor de una mayor transparencia en su proceso de toma de decisiones2020-01-29T11:22:05+01:00
27 Feb 2014

Access Info joins We Promise campaign to get European Parliament candidates to support 10 point Charter of Digital Rights

2020-01-29T11:15:19+01:00

Madrid, 27 February 2014 – Access Info Europe today joined European civil society organisations campaigning for pledges from European Parliament election candidates to support the 10 point Charter of Digital Rights. This campaign is run EDRi, a network of European civil rights organisations defending digital rights. Between 22 and 25 May 2014, European Parliament elections will take place in 28 Member States. The next five years will be hugely important for digital rights, with legislation expected on copyright, cybercrime, data protection and surveillance. The campaign aims to put digital civil rights issues firmly on the agenda of the election campaigns

Access Info joins We Promise campaign to get European Parliament candidates to support 10 point Charter of Digital Rights2020-01-29T11:15:19+01:00
27 Feb 2014

Lanzamiento de una nueva campaña global contra el secretismo en la contratación pública

2020-02-14T16:19:50+01:00

Madrid, jueves 27 de febrero de 2014 - Hoy se lanza la nueva campaña global Stop Secret Contracts que pide a los líderes mundiales que terminen con el secretismo en la contratación pública. La campaña está coordinada por la Open Knowledge Foundation, y ha sido firmada por Access Info Europa junto con otros signatarios como Global Witness, Integrity Action, el International Budget Partnership, la Sunlight Foundation y Transparency International. La necesidad de apertura y transparencia en la contratación es un tema que ha ido ganando protagonismo en los últimos años. Se estima que el valor global de los contratos públicos

Lanzamiento de una nueva campaña global contra el secretismo en la contratación pública2020-02-14T16:19:50+01:00
22 Feb 2014

Open Data Day 2014: Open Government Standards

2020-02-14T16:19:54+01:00

Madrid, 22 February 2014 - As open data activists around the world celebrate "Open Data Day" on 22 February 2014, Access Info Europe recalls that Open Data is an integral part of all work to promote open government and has been integrated into the core of the Open Government Standards, which are being promoted by civil society as a framework for determining and evaluating government progress on openness. To mark Open Data Day 2014, Access Info reiterated its call for governments to ensure that all data released in digital formats is made available in an open format. In practice this

Open Data Day 2014: Open Government Standards2020-02-14T16:19:54+01:00
21 Feb 2014

European Parliament moves forward on Transparency of Company Ownership

2018-11-13T10:12:09+01:00

Madrid, 21 February 2014 – In an important move with widespread implications for the defence of human rights and the fight against corruption, the European Parliament moved a step closer towards a legal obligation for companies to disclose their real or “beneficial” owners on 20 February 2014. The progress came in the form of a vote in favour of beneficial ownership transparency by Parliamentarians in the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) and the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE). The Parliamentarians voted that the future EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive should require mandatory public registries of the beneficial

European Parliament moves forward on Transparency of Company Ownership2018-11-13T10:12:09+01:00
21 Feb 2014

Access Info Europe endorses International Principles on Surveillance

2018-11-13T10:12:10+01:00

Madrid, 24 February 2014 – Access Info Europe today formally signed the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance, and reiterated its call for greater transparency of state surveillance of private communications. "In spite of the scandal which followed the Snowden revelations, we still have insufficient information about the nature, scale, and use by states of surveillance of private individuals," said Helen Darbishire, Executive Director of Access Info Europe. In November 2013, Access Info Europe and the Web Foundation initiated a letter, signed by 140 civil society organisations and individual leaders and thinkers including Aruna Roy

Access Info Europe endorses International Principles on Surveillance2018-11-13T10:12:10+01:00
20 Feb 2014

Country case study: United Kingdom

2018-11-13T10:12:10+01:00

Is media ownership transparent? In law YES FOR BROADCAST MEDIA ONLY In practice NO IN LAW Under the Broadcasting Act 1990 and Communications Act 2003 it is possible to find out who owns the broadcast media through information reported to media authority, the Office for Communications (Ofcom). The law does not state what information should be disclosed but leaves it to the discretion of Ofcom to request all the information it deems necessary. In practice this may include information on the size of shareholdings, beneficial owners and those with indirect interests and control if Ofcom requests such information. These requirements

Country case study: United Kingdom2018-11-13T10:12:10+01:00
19 Feb 2014

Country case study: Norway

2018-11-13T10:12:10+01:00

Is media ownership transparent? In law YES In practice NO IN LAW According to the law, it is possible to finds out who owns print, broadcast and online media in Norway through information reported to the Norwegian Media Authority. Under the 1997 Media Ownership Act, on the request of the Norwegian Media Authority, all media must report sufficient information for their owners to be identified. It should be noted that, in common with Luxembourg and the UK, the Norwegian law does not specific exactly what information should be reported but rather relies on the media authority to request of the

Country case study: Norway2018-11-13T10:12:10+01:00
18 Feb 2014

Country case study: Georgia

2018-11-13T10:12:10+01:00

Is media ownership transparent? In law YES FOR BROADCAST MEDIA ONLY In practice NO IN LAW According to the law, it is possible to finds out who owns broadcast media only in Georgia through information reported to the media authority, Georgian National Communications Council (GNCC), and directly to the public. As a result of amendments to the Law on Broadcasting in 2011, broadcast media must disclose enough information for their real owners to be identified. This includes information on the size of shareholdings, beneficial owners and those with indirect interests and control. Ownership of broadcast media by offshore companies was

Country case study: Georgia2018-11-13T10:12:10+01:00
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