Transparencia del Lobby

28 Oct 2015

Nace la coalición ‘¡Transparencia del Lobby Ya!’: por un lobby transparente, íntegro y participativo en España

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:06:52+01:00

Madrid, 28 de octubre de 2015 – Hoy, las organizaciones Access Info Europe, ACEM, CIECODE, Civio y QuéHacenLosDiputados se han unido para lanzar la coalición ‘¡Transparencia del Lobby Ya!’, una plataforma cuyo objetivo es reivindicar e impulsar la creación de un marco regulatorio para el lobby en España basado en la transparencia, la integridad y la participación. A día de hoy no existe normativa o regulación alguna en España que aborde la actividad de los lobistas. Sin embargo, sí existe un palpable y creciente interés público en asegurar la transparencia e integridad del lobby, así como la diversidad en la

Nace la coalición ‘¡Transparencia del Lobby Ya!’: por un lobby transparente, íntegro y participativo en EspañaHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:06:52+01:00

26 Jun 2015

Lobbying Transparency via RTI Laws

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:46:14+01:00

This document sets out the classes of information that should be made available by public bodies in order to get a full picture of the influence of interest groups, particularly lobbyists, on governmental and legislative decision making. You can download the report in PDF and in Word . If you have any comments about the contents of this report, we are happy to hear from you. For a member of the public to be able to follow how a particular decision is being or was taken, it is essential that there be full transparency about the influences which shaped that

Lobbying Transparency via RTI LawsHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:46:14+01:00

26 Jun 2015

New lobby transparency civic-tech tools reveal corporate dominance of the Brussels bubble

Helen Darbishire2020-01-29T11:07:19+01:00

Madrid, 25 June 2015 - The RTI community celebrated this week the launch of two groundbreaking online tools that enable citizens to monitor the interactions between high-level European Commission officials and lobbyists in the Brussels bubble: » LobbyFacts.eu, created by ALTER-EU's Corporate Europe's Observatory, Friends of the Earth Europe and LobbyControl, and relaunched last week, is a site that delivers easy access to data from the EU Transparency Register, allowing you to compare entries over time and to sort and rank the data contained in the EU's (still voluntary) Transparency Register; » IntegrityWatch.eu, created by the Transparency International EU office,

New lobby transparency civic-tech tools reveal corporate dominance of the Brussels bubbleHelen Darbishire2020-01-29T11:07:19+01:00

11 May 2015

Over 100 NGOs urge EU Commission to make the lobby register legally binding

Helen Darbishire2020-01-29T11:07:28+01:00

Brussels, 11 May 2015 - The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) [1] has urged European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans to take strong and urgent action to create a high-quality and legally-binding EU lobby transparency register in a letter sent to him today, signed by over one hundred non-governmental organisations and trade unions, and supported by the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity [2]. The letter calls on the Commission to adopt measures to reduce opportunities for unethical lobbying, and to ensure a better balance between corporate and public interest groups in the access to, and influence they

Over 100 NGOs urge EU Commission to make the lobby register legally bindingHelen Darbishire2020-01-29T11:07:28+01:00

29 Abr 2015

Full Lobby Transparency campaign launched with ALTER-EU debate at the Parliament

Helen Darbishire2020-02-14T13:58:43+01:00

This article was originally published on ALTER-EU.org: http://www.alter-eu.org/alter-eus-new-campaign-launched-with-transparency-debate-at-the-parliament Brussels, 29 April 2015 - ALTER-EU launched its new campaign Full lobby transparency now! with a high-profile debate. Held at the European Parliament, panellists included ALTER-EU members and officials from the Commission, Parliament and Council. Here, Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans renewed the Commission's commitment to a mandatory lobby register but postponed submitting a proposal to the Autumn. Timmermans also rejected the possibility of trying to do so via legislation, instead choosing to implement a sanctions-based system for the unregistered and those who submit false information. Facing a fully packed house, the Vice-President

Full Lobby Transparency campaign launched with ALTER-EU debate at the ParliamentHelen Darbishire2020-02-14T13:58:43+01:00

10 Abr 2015

Seeking Sign-ons for Letter to European Commission on Lobby Transparency

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:47:18+01:00

The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU), which Access Info participates in as a Steering Committee member, is seeking sign-ons from civil society organisations for a letter to European Vice-President Frans Timmermans, as part of our campaign to improve lobbying transparency in Brussels. The EU has a voluntary lobby register that covers the European Parliament and European Commission. The register is meant to tell us who the EU's lobbyists are; who they are working for; how much they spend on influencing policy; and what specific dossiers they lobby on. Yet the lobby register does not deliver real transparency,

Seeking Sign-ons for Letter to European Commission on Lobby TransparencyHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T09:47:18+01:00

1 Abr 2015

Transparency campaigners launch guide for MEPs on lobby contacts and ethics reform proposals

Helen Darbishire2020-02-14T14:06:23+01:00

Madrid, 1 April 2015 - The Alliance for Lobby Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU), of which Access Info Europe is a Steering Committee member, has launched Navigating the lobby labyrinth: A guide to transparency and ethics for MEPs along with Ten policy recommendations for a strengthened MEP Code of Conduct. Guide for MEPs The guide is intended to help MEPs put into practice their commitment to transparency and fulfil their obligations to be receptive to public opinion, open to public scrutiny, and fully independent in order to defend the public interest. The guide also offers practical advice for MEPs on how

Transparency campaigners launch guide for MEPs on lobby contacts and ethics reform proposalsHelen Darbishire2020-02-14T14:06:23+01:00

27 Ene 2015

EU lobby register: still failing to deliver real transparency

Helen Darbishire2020-02-14T16:00:47+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 transparencyHelen Darbishire2020-02-14T16:00:47+01:00

16 Dic 2014

Juncker Commission breaks promise to create a mandatory lobby register, say transparency campaigners

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:30+01:00

Brussels, - According to ALTER EU transparency campaigners [1], the proposal by the Juncker Commission - as part of its 2015 work plan announced today - to introduce a mandatory lobby register on the basis of an inter-institutional agreement is misleading because such an agreement will not be binding on lobbyists. A revised lobby register based on an inter-institutional agreement will lack mechanisms for verifying whether the information in the register is correct and will mean that there is no possibility to apply effective sanctions when incorrect information has been provided. This is the situation currently and a new inter-institutional

Juncker Commission breaks promise to create a mandatory lobby register, say transparency campaignersHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:30+01:00

27 Nov 2014

Proactive lobbying transparency measures welcomed by civil society but loopholes remain

Helen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:32+01:00

Madrid – Access Info Europe has welcomed the 25 November decision by the European Commission to proactively publish information about meetings between high level officials and lobbyists, but has raised concerns that the measures do not go far enough and contain loopholes which could seriously undermine the transparency initiative. Of particular concern is the lack of independent criteria for ascertaining whether or not the name of a particular lobbyist should be withheld from the public, with this hinging solely on whether or not the lobbyists provide “unambiguous consent”. This loophole leaves transparency in the hands of the lobbyists, who are

Proactive lobbying transparency measures welcomed by civil society but loopholes remainHelen Darbishire2018-11-13T10:11:32+01:00