Fantastic Inese!
This is so different from Spain where, when I called the govt this morning, they used the word "secret" four times just to describe the agendas! Other examples greatly appreciated J Helen From: Inese Voika [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 20 August 2010 14:20 To: Helen Darbishire Cc: 'Foianet' Subject: Re: [foianet] quick request: cabinet agendas public? Hi Helen, The Latvian Cabinet publishes the agenda and almost ALL of the documents that will be reviewed at the Cabinet meeting. Actually, the Cabinet meetings are also open to the public (since 2002), especially if an NGO has a vested interest. NGO can also be asked to present 'an expert opinion' at the Cabinet meeting (I have done it regarding the secection of the Chief of the Anti-corruption bureau). Here is the official text in English describing the procedure: http://www.mk.gov.lv/en/mk/mksedes/ here is the link to the actual upcoming agendas (next one on August 24th) and protocols of the past meetings: http://www.mk.gov.lv/lv/mk/mksedes/saraksts/ Inese ***************************** Inese Voika Chair of the Board Transparency International - Latvia - DELNA +(371)292 84 707 www.delna.lv skype: ivoika On 20 Aug 2010, at 15:08, Helen Darbishire wrote: Hi All In spite of rumours in the press this week, the Spanish cabinet, the Council of Ministers did not consider the draft access to information law today. The Ministry of the Presidency tells us that we cannot know when it will be discussed as the agendas of the upcoming cabinet meetings are always secret. Question: Can anyone help me with examples of countries where the agendas of upcoming meetings are published, at least a day or two in advance? Thanks in advance Helen _________________________ Helen Darbishire, Executive Director Access Info Europe, www.access-info.org mobile tel: + 34 667 685 319 e-mail: <mailto:helen at access-info.org> helen at access-info.org Skype: helen_darbishire Twitter: @Access_Info, @helen_access -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.foiadvocates.info/private.cgi/foianet-foiadvocates.info/attachments/20100820/81d9d383/attachment.htm>
