ADVANCING THE RIGHT OF
ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN SPAIN
WE CAMPAIGN FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY, IN LAW AND IN PRACTICE
Eurovegas: A megaproject betting on secrecy
Madrid, 30 May 2012 – The serious lack of transparency around the proposed massive “Eurovegas” gambling, events and entertainment project was criticised today in a detailed report by the civil society platform “Eurovegas NO”, which accuses the Spanish government of violating national and European laws on access to information and public participation. The report “Eurovegas: a megaproject betting on
Spain: Government ignores voice of experts and civil society and makes minimal changes to draft transparency law
Madrid 29 May 2012 — The Spanish Government has made minimal changes to its proposed access to information law has ignored the changes proposed by national experts and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The new text, published quietly on the Presidency website without informing members of the Coalición Pro Acceso or the public in general, appears
Confusion and lack of transparency mark process of adoption of Spain’s access to information law
23 May 2012 – Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría announced on Friday 18 May 2012 that some changes have been made to the draft access to information law based on the suggestions made in the almost 3,700 comments submitted during the public consultation, carried out between 26 March and 10 April 2012. Precisely what these changes are,
Lo que opinan los expertos (y aún no se ha escuchado)
Madrid, 18 de mayo de 2012 – Al mismo tiempo que se celebraba la segunda reunión de la Comisión de Expertos para considerar posibles cambios y mejoras en la futura ley de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información Pública y Buen Gobierno, en Moncloa, el Gobierno ya tenía preparados los cambios que presentaría tan solo unas horas después, durante la reunión
Access Info / Avaaz: Presentación de las 86,389 firmas en la cumbre de Brasilia
En la cumbre de gobierno abierto de Brasilia, Access Info Europe pide al gobierno español que escuche a la sociedad y mejore el anteproyecto de ley de transparencia Madrid/Brasilia, 18 de abril de 2012 – Access Info Europe presentó ayer en la conferencia del Open Government Partnership las más de 86.000 firmas que se han recogido a través de Avaaz
Spain’s Action Plan for the Open Government Partnership is weak and vague, and has not been subject to a public consultation.
Access Info Europe today raised a series of concerns about the Spanish government’s Open Government Action Plan which will be presented in Brasilia next week at the Open Government Partnership summit, and has called for a full public consultation on the proposals. The Action Plan (see version in English on the OGP website here) was developed without input from civil
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