The Turkish Right to Information Act, in force from April 2004, aims to regulate the procedure and the basis of the right to information from all public institutions. This status report examines the…
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…
This landmark legislation guarantees the Mexican public's right to request and receive information from the government. In Spanish. For an English translation, see http://www.freedominfo.org/…
To complement the qualitative information obtained from an initial, general questionnaire on "Strengthening Government-Citizen Connections", OECD launched a follow-up questionnaire to…
This report takes stock of the OECD’s thirteen years of experience working with civil society to fight corruption. The important contribution civil society organisations have made to the process…
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…
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…
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…
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…
