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Measuring Transparency Debate
The Debate on How to Measure “Openness” 9 November 2012 – In a public comment issued today, Helen Darbishire, Executive Director of Access Info Europe and Toby Mendel, Executive Directorof the Centre for Law and Democracy respond to criticisms of the RTI Rating in the paper Measuring Openness: A Survey of Transparency Ratings and the Prospects for a Global Index
Spain is a world leader in Open Data. Says who?
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
Participation, ethics and transparency: what citizens want from Brussels
Date: 16 November 2012, 9am–1pm Location: Residence Palace, Polak Room, Brussels
Apoyo ciudadano y político a Access Info Europe por la condena en costas de 3.000 euros
Madrid, 7 de noviembre de 2012 — Desde que Access Info Europe hizo público que le habían condenado a 3.000 € en costas por perder ante el Tribunal Supremo una demanda contra el Ministerio de Justicia por no publicar las medidas anticorrupción que están implementando, los apoyos han sido muchos y muy diversos. Desde la sociedad civil, un ciudadano comenzó
Call for stricter lobby rules after Dalli Scandal
Call for stricter lobby rules after Dalli Scandal Brussels, 5 November 2012 – Civil society groups have today written to the European Commission President urging him to end the secrecy around the resignation of the former Health and Consumer Commissioner John Dalli [1]. Campaign groups in the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) call on
Litigation by Access Info Europe against Spain’s Ministry of Justice – Request for information about anti-corruption measures
Overview: Supreme Court denies right of access to information Access Info Europe requested from Spain’s Ministry of Justice information about what it had done to implement the UN Convention against Corruption and the OECD Anti-bribery Convention. The information request containing a series of specific questions was presented on 14 June 2007. The request was never answered.
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