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The UNDESA Database on Economic and Social Councils (ESCs) and similar institutions contains a per-country Global Directory of institutions and other bodies or arrangements within the government…
The Portuguese Government and the European Commission jointly organized the 4th Ministerial eGovernment Conference under the title “Reaping the Benefits of eGovernment”, in September 2007. The…
The Convention's rules of procedure on the participation of specialized agencies and bodies of the United Nations and of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations promotes public…
The article explains how India's poorest citizens are using the "Right to Information Act" to secure public services and resources and expose corruption. The Act, which came into force…
The Independent Institute for Environmental Investigations organized this workshop to draw initial conclusions on practical experiences with the new rights to access to environmental information in…
This website aims to disseminate information about the right to know and raise awareness and use of the newly available tools. It explains in a transparent way which institutions are obliged to…
This website informs about the "Environmental Information Act" (Umweltinformationsgesetz). It describes in a transparent way what environmental information are, who has access, where to get…
The website describes the concept, form and functions of this data catalog and provides a link to the catalog itself, which is meanwhile integrated into the PortalU structure. The catalog is a meta…
In this statement directed to the environmental committee auf the German Bundestag, the NGOs especially critizise two bills implementing the second and third pillar of the Aarhus Convention. In their…
This presentation gives a short overview of PortalU, the German environmental information portal. It contains information on the locations, players involved, main focus and type of the project, its…