Right to Know Day, Brussels, 28th September 2017
Organising parties:
ITCO intergroup, supported by Access Info Europe and AntiCor Belgium
Mission and objectives:
It is our mission to host an event in Brussels that brings together Freedom of Information (FOI) advocates from across Europe. The main objectives of this event will be:
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Draft agenda
9:00 – 18:30, European Parliament, Room P1A002
Organised by the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity, Transparency, Corruption and Organised Crime (ITCO)
Interpretation into French and German will be provided*
9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome speech: Benedek Jávor, MEP Greens/EFA Group, ITCO bureau member
9:15 – 10:30 | Transparency at both EU and Member State level: Challenges and Success Stories
Moderator: tbc
Participants (MAX 10 mins each):
– Claude Archer, Anticor/Transparencia.be
– Representative from the MEPs Project TBC
– Helen Darbishire, Access Info Europe
+ Flash presentations of max 5 minutes for whoever requests the floor
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break
11:00 – 12:15 | The way forward: Increasing transparency in the EU institutions and Member States. What needs to be done?
Moderator: Monica Macovei, MEP ECR Group, ITCO bureau member, tbc
– Chiara Malasomma, Head of Unit, European Parliament Transparency Unit TBC
– Representative of European Ombudsman’s Office
– European Commission, transparency unit, TBC
– Carl Dolan/Daniel Freund, TI EU TBC
+ Flash presentations of max 5 minutes for whoever requests the floor
12:15 – 12:30 | Closing Elly Schlein, MEP for the S&D Group, co-President of the ITCO intergroup, tbc
—— Second half of the day, invitation only —–
14:30 – 16:00 | Break-out sessions to discuss future pan-European freedom of information campaigns. Participants will be able to propose specific sessions on the day as well.
Session 1: Led by Anticor Belgium (using Alaveteli, tracking the spending of EU structural funds)
Room A1H1 (booked from 14:00 – 18:30). 30 pax.
Session 2: tbc
Room A7F387 (booked all day)
Session 3: Led by Access Info Europe (Decision Making Transparency)
Room A4F384 (booked from 14:00 – 18:30). 40 pax.
16:00 – 17:30 | Feedback from the breakout sessions, discussion of draft statement on “Key transparency challenges at EU and Member State level”
17:30 – 18:30 | Agreement on final statement on “Key transparency challenges at EU and Member State level” and closing of the event, Dennis de Jong, co-chair of the ITCO intergroup