Halifax/Madrid, 1 de noviembre de 2013 - Dos organizaciones concienciadas con el derecho de acceso a la información, Access Info Europe (AIE) y Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) han instado a los países miembros de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (Open Government Partnership, OGP) a comprometerse seriamente a reforzar sus leyes de derecho de acceso a la información

1 February 2013 - The Open Government Standards are being drafted through a consultative process amongst civil society organisations across the world that are working to promote open government. The Standards define the measures that different governments must adopt in order to advance and become Open Governments. Participation It means that the public can engage directly in the consideration of

13 November 2012 – In September 2012 the Web Foundation published the first edition of its Open Data Index, “a specific set of 14 indicators directly targeted at measuring open data worldwide”. Many open data and transparency activists in Spain were surprised to find Spain in the leading pack, since Spain still doesn't have an access to information law and

Access Info Europe has led for the last year a campaign aimed to create Open Government Standards and promote them around the world. The idea was to set standards on what open, transparent, accountable and participatory government really means. The website http://www.opengovstandards.org/ unfolds the work behind this project. Open Government is a hot topic right now, but what does

Unfair business practices supported by government secrecy new report warns Open Government Partnership countries score badly on promoting corporate transparency London/Brasilia, 17 April 2012 – Private corporations around the world are benefitting from undue levels of secrecy around company registers making it impossible for the public to know how businesses are structured and who really owns them, according to a