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Access Info wins access to names of participants in meetings held by Spanish government
Madrid, 12 November 2015 – In an important ruling from Spain’s Transparency Council, Access Info Europe has won access to the names of participants in meetings held to discuss the Open Government Partnership (OGP). Welcoming this standard-setting ruling Access Info Europe noted that it should contribute to genuine accountability of decision-making processes. Helen Darbishire of Access Info, who presented the
Spain: Draft Regulation Limits Already Weak Transparency Law
Madrid, 13 July 2015 - Access Info Europe and the 65-member Coalición Pro Acceso have strongly criticised the draft implementing Regulation for Spain’s transparency law as a deliberate attempt by the government to further limit an already weak law and have called for it to be redrafted with urgency. Particularly egregious features of the Regulation include inverting the public interest
Access Info sends its submission to the Spanish Transparency Council’s public consultation
Madrid, 9 June 2015 - - Access Info Europe has sent today its contributions to the open consultation by the Transparency Council and Good Government on its Strategic Plan 2015-2020. Access Info contributions are divided in two sections: » Some pending issues which deserve the attention and intervention of the Transparency Council, among which stand out: the need to press for
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
High levels of administrative silence leave Spanish FOI requesters in the dark
Madrid, 22 April 2015 - Levels of administrative silence remained high in Spain in 2014, in the year running up to Europe’s newest transparency law coming into force, according to a report published by civil society organisations Access Info Europe and Civio. Out of the 314 requests for information sent via the Tuderechoasaber.es request platform in 2014, 42% did not
El defensor del Pueblo reconoce que el Portal de Transparencia puede tener un efecto disuasorio sobre el derecho de acceso a la información
[ACTUALIZACIÓN. 5 de mayo de 2015 - Access Info Europe ha respondido con una nueva carta al Defensor del Pueblo exponiendo nuevas pruebas de lo denunciado en su primera queja, enviada el 17 de diciembre de 2014. Esta nueva respuesta, enviada hoy, 5 de mayo de 2015, está disponible aquí.] Madrid, 9 de abril de 2015 - Access Info Europe
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