REFUGIADOS Y MIGRACIONES
ARROJANDO LUZ A LA FORMA EN QUE SE TOMAN LAS DECISIONES EN RESPUESTA A LA CRISIS HUMANITARIA EN EUROPA
Access Info Europe helps create the CONSUL Democracy Foundation
22 March 2019 – Access Info Europe, together with civil society partners from across Europe, meeting today in Amsterdam, created a new foundation to promote citizen engagement in decision making using the CONSUL participation platform. The CONSUL Democracy Foundation will promote citizen participation worldwide and will oversee the use and development of the largest open source digital democracy platform – CONSUL,
Access Info insiste a España que reconozca el acceso a la información como derecho fundamental
Madrid, 11 abril 2019 – Tras las elecciones del próximo 28 de abril, el nuevo Gobierno tendrá que afrontar una de las tareas pendientes de España: la reforma de la débil ley de transparencia. Con el objetivo de cumplir las normas internacionales, el ejecutivo deberá reconocer el acceso a la información como un derecho fundamental, en línea con la jurisprudencia
España: Nuevo sistema para solicitudes sigue limitando el derecho de acceso a la información
Madrid, 12 de abril de 2019 – El gobierno español ha anunciado un nuevo sistema de identificación para aquellos que deseen solicitar información con base a lo establecido en la Ley de Transparencia de 2013: necesitaras dar tu nombre, número de identificación español, correo electrónico y un número de teléfono móvil. Access Info Europe, organización promotora del derecho de acceso
Members of European Parliament vote for transparency about who lobbies them
With a difference of four votes, there is now more transparency in lobbying of Members of the European Parliament. The European Parliament voted for MEPs to publish online information about meetings with lobbyist on 31 January 2019. The vote had to be approved by at least 376 votes for an amendment to its Rules of Procedure. With a total of
European Parliament leaders vote against spending transparency
Madrid, 3 July 2018 – Access Info condemns the move by the European Parliament to keep secret details how Member of the European Parliament (MEPs) spend their general expenditure allowance, a lump sum amount of €4,342 per month. The vote on the evening of 2 July by the Bureau of the European Parliament, a body of 14 senior MEPs,
Montenegro: Analysis of 2017 amendments finds that they seriously undermine the Law on Free Access to Information
Access Info and MANS call for a working group on reform of the law, possibly as part of Montenegro’s re-established OGP process Madrid/Podgorica, 28 June 2018: Access Info Europe and MANS today called on the Montenegrin government to undo its 2017 amendments to Law on Free Access to Information (originally adopted in 2006) in order to bring