Spain Transparency Campaign2021-08-30T11:48:36+02:00

ADVANCING THE RIGHT OF
ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN SPAIN

WE CAMPAIGN FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY, IN LAW AND IN PRACTICE

8Apr 2014

Spanish institutions ignored 57% of access to information requests during 2013, the ‘year of transparency’

» Administrative silence increased with respect to 2012 despite the fact institutions should be working already to meet the requirements of the new law » Only 13% of requests received the information asked for » Whilst Spanish Autonomous Communities were better at responding, municipalities and other local levels ignored 81% of requests made – an increase of more than 11%

3Apr 2014

Access Info Europe Discusses Transparency with Spanish Government

Madrid, 3 April 2014 – Access Info and the Foundation Civio met on Wednesday 2 April 2014 with senior representatives of the Spanish government to discuss a range of transparency issues, including implementation of the access to information law (due to come into force on 10 December 2014), Spain’s second Open Government Partnership Action Plan, and moves by the Spanish

11Mar 2014

Access Info Europe addresses Spanish Secretary of State José Luis Ayllón about Transparency Law

Madrid, 11 March 2014 – Today Access Info Europe and the Fundación Ciudadana Civio addressed the Spanish Secretary of State, José Luis Ayllón Manso, to find out about the current state and evolution of the Transparency, Access to Information and Good Governance Law, after its approval last December. The letter sent to Mr. Ayllón, signed by Helen Darbishire, Executive Director

3Feb 2014

EU Calls on Spain to Strengthen Transparency Law

Madrid, 3 February 2014 – Access Info Europe today welcomed the European Union’s first anti-corruption report on Spain, which called for measures to strengthen Spain’s transparency law adopted in December 2013 in line with those which civil society has been campaigning for. Access Info Europe today urged the Spanish government to act immediately on the recommendations, which include guaranteeing independence

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