Madrid, 20 de enero de 2012 – Hoy Access Info Europe ha acudido a una reunión en el Ministerio de la Presidencia convocada por el nuevo Secretario de Estado de Relaciones con las Cortes Generales para hablar sobre la futura ley de transparencia y acceso a la información para España. Access Info Europe ha destacado durante la reunión la necesidad

Madrid, 20 January 2012 – Access Info Europe has welcomed today’s publication of the Navarra region’s draft law on Transparency and Open Government, qualifying it as a “highly progressive law” which sets new standards for Spain and internationally. The draft law was developed in consultation with the public and input from expert groups such as Access Info Europe and is

Madrid, 20 December 2011: The new crowd-funding platform Goteo on Tuesday presented the first cheque for a successful project to Access Info, which received for €5,150 for a project to build an information request platform in Spain, in anticipation of the new access to information law expected to be adopted in the first half of 2012. The Goteo platform, whose

  Madrid, 2 Abril 2012 – España es el único país de Europa con más de un millón de habitantes que no tiene una ley de acceso a la información. Este dato explica por qué el resultado de la presentación de 113 preguntas a entidades públicas revela un decepcionante 54% de silencio administrativo, la falta de respuesta alguna por parte

The Spanish government has conceded that it failed to conquer internal resistance to its draft access to infomation law in time to meet the 2008 electoral promises to adopt a law during this legislatrure; elections are scheduled in Spain for 20 November 2011. Speaking with representatives of the NGO platform, the Coalición Pro Acceso on 10 October 2011, Spain’s Minister

Madrid 28 September 2011 – Today Access Info Europe and the Coalición Pro Acceso will hold a round table to celebrate International Right to Know Day with members of four Spanish political parties to discuss their proposals for transparency in the next legislative period.   Spain’s two major political parties, the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), currently in government, and