Re International Right to Know Day for those who will be in Brussels .... it's great that the Ombudsman is doing an event!
Best, Helen From: EO-News [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 26 August 2010 10:22 To: GADESMANN Gundi Subject: Ombudsman invitation - International Right to Know Day INVITATION International Right to Know Day "Transparency at the EU level and in the Member States" Seminar organised by the European Ombudsman and Transparency International 28 September 2010, 10h Room P7C050 European Parliament, Rue Wiertz, Brussels The International Right to Know Day, celebrated on 28 September, was established in 2003 by access to information advocates from around the globe. The aim is to raise awareness of every individual's right of access to information. While much progress has been made in the EU over the past decade, the fact remains that one third of the inquiries the European Ombudsman carries out each year concern lack of transparency. This includes refusal to give access to documents, the composition of expert groups or how public consultations are conducted. In this seminar, the state of play concerning transparency at the EU level, as well as in the Member States, will be discussed by the following speakers: P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, European Ombudsman "European citizens' right to know - complaints about lack of transparency" Jana Mittermeier, Head of Transparency International Brussels "Differences in access to information cultures and regulations in EU Member States: A problem for EU transparency?" Christian Linder, Cabinet Member of Commission Vice-President ?ef?ovi? "Transparency at EU level: an institutional point of view" Olivier Hoedeman, Corporate Europe Observatory/ALTER-EU "The 10-point action plan for transparency and ethics reform in the EU institutions" The registration form is available at: <http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/shortcuts/document.faces/en/5278/pdf.bookmar k> http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/shortcuts/document.faces/en/5278/pdf.bookmark Please send the form by 13 September to EO-News at ombudsman.europa.eu, FAX 0032 (0)2 2844914 For more information, contact: Gundi Gadesmann, Media and External Relations Officer of the European Ombudsman, tel. +32 (0)2 284 2609, gundi.gadesmann at ombudsman.europa.eu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.foiadvocates.info/private.cgi/foianet-foiadvocates.info/attachments/20100830/87f61959/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: invitation.doc Type: application/msword Size: 68096 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.foiadvocates.info/private.cgi/foianet-foiadvocates.info/attachments/20100830/87f61959/attachment-0002.doc> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: registration form.doc Type: application/msword Size: 28160 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.foiadvocates.info/private.cgi/foianet-foiadvocates.info/attachments/20100830/87f61959/attachment-0003.doc>
