Ireland's Freedom of Information (FOI) Acts 1997 - 2003, give three legal rights to those seeking access to information held by public bodies covered by the Act: the right of access to official…
These collected research reports include information on Environmental Democracy; Aarhus Convention-related Council Directives; General Environmental Reports; and the National Development Plan for…
Baltic 21 is a regional multi-stakeholder process for sustainable development initiated by the Prime Ministers from the eleven member states of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS). The Baltic…
This issue of the publication Development Dialogue is devoted to the topic of access to information, with a particular emphasis on Southeast Asia. Various contributions reflect the global and the…
APES is a non-profit organization of diverse mass media journalists. APES guards the freedom of press and access to information, as well as the physical integrity of journalists in the exercise of…
The OECD programme on Public Management and Governance (PUMA) studies how governments organise and manage the public sector. In the context of its activity on "Strengthening Government-Citizen…
Council of Europe Member states should guarantee the right of everyone to have access, on request, to official documents held by public authorities. The recommendation addresses requests for access…
The report examines how Norway approaches provision of information, consultation and active engagement of citizens in public policy-making and includes a special focus on the use of consensus…
The IHF is a unique community of 42 human rights NGOs in the OSCE region, working together internationally to insist on compliance with human rights standards. Publishers of the annual report "…
UNDP Oslo Governance Centre is UNDP's global facility on democratic governance. It assists UNDP country offices in their cooperation with governments and their partners, civil society…
