Access Info joins the UNCAC Coalition Board
Madrid, 17 June 2020 – Access Info Europe, represented by its director, Helen Darbishire, has been elected to the UNCAC Coalition Coordinating Committee, the network that coordinates civil society...
View ArticleTransparency as a Priority for the UN General Assembly Special Session on...
Madrid, 15 July 2020 – Access Info Europe has called for the right of access to information to be treated as priority during the first UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) against corruption,...
View ArticleHelen Darbishire, new Chair of the UNCAC Coalition
Madrid, 28 August 2020 – Access Info Europe is glad to announce that its director, Helen Darbishire, has been elected as the new Chair of the UNCAC Coalition, the network that coordinates civil society...
View ArticleCall to protect EU’s Number One Anti-Corruption Instrument: Open Company...
Brussels, 9 December 2020 – On International Anti-Corruption Day 2020, 101 leading transparency, anti-corruption and open data organisations along with investigative journalists from across Europe have...
View ArticleNGOs urge the European Parliament to end secrecy in how fishing rules are...
Brussels, 14 January 2021 – 72 civil society organisations from the EU and across the globe have called on Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to end secrecy around how fishing activities are...
View ArticleAccess Info Europe reiterates call for Open Company Registers
Madrid, 8 February 2021 – As the OpenLux scandal unfolds, Access Info Europe today reiterated its call to the European Commission and national governments to open company registers fully as open data...
View ArticleRenewed call for Open Company Registers: a Response to OpenLux
15 February 2021 – As the OpenLux scandal unfolds, leading transparency, anti-corruption and open data organisations today reiterated their call to the European Commission and national governments to...
View ArticleOGP governments urged to open company registers
Madrid, 10 June 2021- Speaking at the Ministerial Level meeting of the Open Government Partnership Steering Committee, Helen Darbishire of Access Info, in her role as a civil society member of the OGP...
View ArticleEuropean Commission urged to make procurement transparent to protect pandemic...
Brussels, 29 June 2021 – Leading transparency organisations from across Europe today alerted the European Commission to a series of weaknesses in national public procurement systems, and recommended...
View ArticlePandora Papers: How long before we have open company registers?
Helen Darbishire, Director of Access Info Europe, reflects on what the Pandora Papers tell us about anti-corruption and integrity instruments in Europe, and calls on the European Commission to move...
View ArticleHelen Darbishire re-elected Chair of UNCAC Coalition
Madrid, 13 September 2022 – Access Info Europe is delighted to announce that its Executive Director, Helen Darbishire, has been re-elected as Chair of the UNCAC Coalition, the global network of...
View ArticleMalta: Civil society calls for justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia on fifth...
Valletta, 16 October 2022 – Access Info is one of 36 freedom of expression and information groups which have denounced the Maltese government’s lack of ambition and transparency in press freedom...
View ArticleGlobal Civil Society Organisations Concerned About European Court Ruling on...
As European Union and African Union representatives meet in Brussels on Monday 28 November 2022 to review progress following the EU-AU Summit in February, 34 African and European civil society...
View ArticleNot all Expression is Lobbying
Submission to OECD Consultation on Lobbying and Influence Madrid, 6 December 2022 – In its analysis of the draft OECD Recommendation on the regulation of lobbying and influence, Access Info has warned...
View ArticleGlobal Data Barometer: What the EU should do to close the data gap
Madrid, 22 December 2022 – Access Info is today calling on the European Union and EU Member States to act to ensure that data needed for priority issues such as for preventing corruption and tackling...
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