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cid:939115113 at 27072011-239A Event Announcement / Invitation: Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 10:00 - 12:30, followed by a reception Location: Room ASP A1-G2 at the European Parliament in Brussels - (entrance Place du Luxembourg side of the Altiero Spinelli building). We hope to see you there! International Right to Know Day Seminar: What the EU can learn from others & AsktheEU.org - a new tool for improving EU Transparency On the occasion of International Right to Know Day, a high-level conference organised by the European Ombudsman will discuss how to improve EU transparency. Currently lack of transparency lies behind one third of inquiries carried out by the European Ombudsman each year. The right of access to EU documents is also an under-used right. On 28th September, Access Info will also be launching AsktheEU.org a new web portal which makes it easier for members of the public to file requests for documents with the European Union. In the context of the 20 September 2011 launch in New York of the Open Government Partnership, lead by the US and Brazil, the discussion will also focus on what the European Union can learn from the massive advances in transparency made around the world in recent years and the new "open government data" movement. The line up of speakers is as follows: > P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, the European Ombudsman > Heidi Hautala, Finnish Minister for International Development and former MEP > Thomas J. White, Deputy Chief of the U.S. Mission to the EU > Helen Darbishire, Executive Director of Access Info Europe, Chair: Geoff Meade, Europe Editor of the Press Association. International Right to Know Day, which takes place every 28 September, was established in 2003 by access to information advocates from around the world. Its aim is to raise awareness of every individual's right of access to information. See an informational video here: www.foiadvocates.net. AsktheEU.org is a web portal developed by Access Info Europe <http://www.access-info.org/> and mySociety <http://www.mysociety.com/> portal via which anyone can file a request to any institution, office, body or agency covered by the European Union Access to Documents Regulation 1049/2001 <http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/PDF/r1049_en.pdf> and under the right to documents in the Treaty of the Functioning of the EU <http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:115:0047:01 99:en:PDF> (Article 15). The portal, which will be called www.asktheeu.org <http://www.asktheeu.eu> , will track the responses received from the EU institutions, and provide opportunities for users to rate their satisfaction with the answers received, as well as file confirmatory applications. Please fill in the following registration form <http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/shortcuts/document.faces/en/10816/pdf.bookma rk> ASAP. For more information, please contact: Pam Bartlett, Access Info Europe - pam at access-info.org Gundi Gadesmann, European Ombudsman's Office - gundi.gadesmann at ombudsman.europa.eu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.foiadvocates.info/private.cgi/foianet-foiadvocates.info/attachments/20110921/ee78979b/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 2515 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.foiadvocates.info/private.cgi/foianet-foiadvocates.info/attachments/20110921/ee78979b/attachment-0002.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 2366 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.foiadvocates.info/private.cgi/foianet-foiadvocates.info/attachments/20110921/ee78979b/attachment-0003.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 5261 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.foiadvocates.info/private.cgi/foianet-foiadvocates.info/attachments/20110921/ee78979b/attachment-0001.gif>
