The introduction of freedom of information (FOI) legislation in Ireland was a response to the demand of the electorate for greater openness and formed part of a wider and longer-term programme of…
A general questionnaire on government policy and initiatives on provision of information, consultation and active participation of citizens in OECD countries. In English and French.(Original source…
The case study examines the participation of citizens (as individuals and through groups) in the activities of the United States Protection Agency (EPA). In particular, the report focuses on two EPA…
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…
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…
Greenpeace is a non-profit organisation, with a presence in 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific. Greenpeace of the USSR was organized in 1989 in the time of '…
The purpose of the guidance note is to provide UNDP country offices with guidance they can draw on and use in discussions with government counterparts and other stakeholders to promote the…
Freedom House’s annual press freedom survey has tracked trends in media freedom worldwide since 1980. The survey provides numerical rankings and rates each country’s media as “Free,” “Partly Free,”…
The Tocqueville Research Center (T-RC) is a nonpartisan institute specializing in comparative political analysis at the subnational level. Its main project is the Indicators of Local Democratic…
The Ecuadorian Transparency and Access to Information Law establishes that "[a]ccess to information is a right of the person guaranteed by the State" and requires that government agencies…
