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Access Info Calls for an End to Closed Negotiations on Fighting Corruption
Marrakesh, 27 October 2011 – Access Info Europe, participating in the Marrakesh negotiations of the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), today made...
View ArticleCivil Society Calls for Greater Transparency in International Negotiations on...
Marrakesh, 28 October 2011 – Transparency International Spain and Access Info Europe have joined civil society organisations from around the world in calling on governments signatory to the UN...
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Access to information: a growing priority in the fight against corruption
Madrid, 1 August 2012 – At the first ever civil society briefing with States Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) which took place in Vienna this June, access to information and...
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Focus on Access to Information Laws essential for implementation of UN...
Vienna, 29 May 2013 – Access Info Europe today called on States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) to make strong mechanisms for access to information a priority issue. The right...
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UN Convention against Corruption: Call for action on right to information and...
Madrid, 23 August 2013 – NGOs today urged parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) to take action to promote adoption of access to information laws and to increase the availability of...
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UN anti corruption conference makes progress on beneficial ownership...
Madrid, 13 December 2013 – Access Info Europe has welcomed the progress made on beneficial ownership transparency and access to information mechanisms during the recent conference of governments which...
View ArticleLaunch of new global campaign to stop secret government contracting
Madrid, 27 February 2014 – Today sees the launch of a new global campaign, Stop Secret Contracts, calling on world leaders to end secrecy in public contracting. The campaign is coordinated by the Open...
View ArticleEnd impunity for corruption and recognize people’s rights to information and...
Hundreds of groups worldwide call for governments to act Madrid, 9 December 2014 – On the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day, the UNCAC Coalition, an anti-corruption network of 350 public...
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Civil society urges World Bank to collect and publish beneficial ownership...
Madrid, 10 June 2015 – Over 100 civil society organizations from around the globe including Access Info Europe, on 8 June 2015 called on the World Bank to require that all companies bidding for...
View ArticleTransparency is Essential for a Credible Post-2015 Development Agenda
Madrid, 19 June 2015 – Access Info Europe has joined civil society organisations from around the globe in calling on the UN to take significant steps to integrate transparency, accountability and...
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UN anti corruption conference makes progress on beneficial ownership...
Madrid, 13 December 2013 – Access Info Europe has welcomed the progress made on beneficial ownership transparency and access to information mechanisms during the recent conference of governments which...
View ArticleLaunch of new global campaign to stop secret government contracting
Madrid, 27 February 2014 – Today sees the launch of a new global campaign, Stop Secret Contracts, calling on world leaders to end secrecy in public contracting. The campaign is coordinated by the Open...
View ArticleEnd impunity for corruption and recognize people’s rights to information and...
Hundreds of groups worldwide call for governments to act Madrid, 9 December 2014 – On the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day, the UNCAC Coalition, an anti-corruption network of 350 public...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament votes in favour of stronger EU-wide beneficial ownership...
Madrid, 1 March 2017 – Access Info Europe has welcomed yesterday’s vote by the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs and Civil Liberties committees to strengthen beneficial ownership...
View ArticleWhy is the European Commission not publishing reports on Corruption in the 28...
Madrid, 3 March 2017 – Fourteen (14) of Europe’s leading transparency organisations today submitted a formal request for EU documents in an attempt to understand what lies behind the European...
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The risks of transparency in times of rising populism
[Article first published by the UNCAC Coalition Blog] Helen Darbishire, Executive Director Madrid, 10 March 2017 – It’s not often that your own colleagues working on democracy issues actually question...
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European Civil Society Organsations Urge EU to Publish Anti-Corruption Reports
Madrid, 22 March 2017 – Access Info Europe, Transparency International EU, and 56 other civil society organisations have urged the Commission in an open letter not to abandon its leadership role in the...
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Pushing for beneficial ownership transparency in Europe
[Article first published by the UNCAC Coalition Blog] Andreas Pavlou, RTI Campaigner and Researcher Madrid, 11 April 2017 – Earlier this year, the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament urged to support protections for right of access to...
Madrid, 13 March 2018 – In light of the shocking news that Jan Kuciak was likely killed as a result of his work as an investigative journalist and whose freedom of information requests may have been...
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Ten Recommendations on Transparency in Covid-19 Emergency Procurement
Madrid, 4 May 2020– Leading transparency and anti-corruption organisations from across Europe have today released a set of ten recommendations on how governments can ensure transparency of emergency...
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