On May 9-10th we attended the Dataharvest conference here in Brussels, an annual conference organised by Journalismfund.eu, that brought together just under 300 data coders and journalists (investigative or otherwise) and held 75 different workshops...
Two days before the Eastern Partnership Summit, the civil society organised a conference in Riga to discuss Georgia’s progress of implementation of the Association Agenda with the European Union so far. The event was organised by the Georgian...
Download Lobbying of the European Union (EU) needs to become more transparent and open to public scrutiny. EU policy-makers should therefore collect and disclose comprehensive information on who influences whom in the European Union EU...
Political participation is a fundamental element in mature democratic systems, and governments should ensure that decisions are taken in the interests of citizens. Unfortunately, money and inside contacts often seem to be necessary to open the doors...
08:30 – 09:30 REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE 09:30 – 10:00 OPENING Chair: Mr. Sergejus Muravjovas, Board Member of Transparency InternationalProfessor Kevin Morgan, special adviser to Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Creţu Mr. Miklos...
On 28 April the deadline expired for all organisations on the EU Transparency Register to perform an update of their registration. Organisations that did not update were suspended and no longer appear in the public database of the Transparency...
With the European Parliament’s plenary debate and vote on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) due this week, one may wonder if and when the EU machinery will start discussing the real “hot...
Exposing corruption, maladministration and mismanagement can be a dangerous route to take! Nicole-Marie Meyer, who reported evidence of embezzlement and forgery for example, was first demoted, then harassed and ultimately dismissed from the French...
Report published on 15 April 2015 Download here This report examines the practice of lobbying and the attempts to regulate it in 19 European countries and within the three core EU institutions. It comes at a time when public trust in government is...