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The second International e-Participation Symposium, held in London, 28-29 February 2008, featured expert presentations covering a wide range of developments in e-Government, e-Participation and…
This United Kingdom Guidance is intended to assist ICO caseworkers and public authorities distinguish environmental information and therefore, decide whether aninformation request should be dealt…
The Command Paper, and the original Explanatory Memorandum, were release in June 2000. This revised Explanatory Memorandum was produced to explain the implementing measures that have been taken since…
Capacity Global's introduction to the Aarhus Convention places emphasis on the Convention's potential to provide socially excluded communities with the tools they need to influence and challenge…
This briefing discusses how the Aarhus Convention is being implemented through the Freedom of Information Act (Scotland) makes recommendations on what the Government can do to improve implementation…
A lecture with slides by Simon Parker who is a Senior Researcher at the Think Tank Demos. He discusses whether the private sector is capable of creating more democratic public services. The lecture…
ENGAGE is an international business-led campaign that aims to increase the quality and extent of employee engagement in the development of healthy and sustainable communities. ENGAGE helps to build…
Public sector information underpins a growing part of the economy and the amount is increasing at a dramatic pace. The driver is the emergence of online tools that allowpeople to use, re-use and…
This article covers the release of "The Power of Information", a report commissioned by the UK Government and written by Ed Mayo, chief executive of the National Consumer Council, and Tom Steinberg,…
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 all UK public authorities, including NERC, must adopt and maintain a Publication Scheme stating: the types (classes) of information it publishes, or intends…