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El Gobierno afirma que el silencio administrativo no supera el 1% en los últimos cinco meses
Post originalmente publicado en El Blog de Tuderechoasaber.es Madrid, 6 de mayo de 2015 - Desde que Access Info Europe empezó a monitorear en 2005 el nivel de respuesta de las instituciones públicas españolas a las solicitudes de acceso a la información hasta el último informe de Tuderechoasaber.es en 2014, la falta de respuesta ha sido la tónica dominante: cerca
Access Info Europe welcomes European Ombudsman investigation into excessive secrecy of “trilogues”
Madrid, 28 May 2015 - Access Info Europe today welcomed the decision by the European Ombudsman to investigate the lack of transparency of “trilogues”, the informal and secretive negotiations between the EU’s Commission, Council and Parliament by which much future legislation is decided. In spite of their crucial role in the legislative process, trilogues are closed meetings, and there is
AsktheEU.org and the EU Institutions: The Challenge of running an Alaveteli Request Platform
Madrid, 22 May 2015 - Following AlaveteliCon 2015 in Madrid on 19-20 May, Access Info Europe’s director Helen Darbishire, reflects on 3.5 years of running the AsktheEU.org website for making documents requests to the European Union. In particular she notes the successes, challenges and lessons learned about the relationship with the EU Institutions and public officials. Access Info Europe launched
Civil society secures European Parliament support for transparency of mineral imports
Madrid, 22 May 2015 – The European Parliament this week took a strong stance in favour of binding rules on transparency for the mineral extraction industry, following a letter sent to MEPs signed by 157 civil society organisations, including Access Info Europe, calling for action to tackle the deadly trade in conflict minerals. The civil society letter called on MEPs
Over 100 NGOs urge EU Commission to make the lobby register legally binding
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
Propiedad de los Medios de Comunicación: Necesidad de Estándares de Transparencia
This article was originally published in Artículo XIII - Informe Estatal de los Medios de Comunicación. El Problema de la propiedad de los medios en Europa En Europa, informar a los reguladores mediáticos sobre quién es el verdadero propietario de un medio de comunicación no está considerado como un requisito en la mayoría de los países. Esta conclusión se desprende
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