Информационен бюлетин Фондация Програма Достъп до Информация
ISSN 1313-6496
Брой 1(61), януари, 2009 г.

Членове на Глобалната общност за откритост приветства инициативата на президента Обама за прозрачност

Долуподписаните организации, които работят за поощряването на правото на достъп до информация в целия свят, приветстват стъпките, предприети от президента Барак Обама в първия ден от встъпването му в длъжност за промяна в досегашните тенденции и за повишаване на стандартите за откритост в управлението. Ние особено приветстваме призива за истинска презумпция в полза на разкриването на информация, по начин, по който „в случай на съмнение, откритостта надделява”. Ние също така приветстваме включването в тази презумпция на положителното задължение за обществените институции да разкриват информация бързо и във форми, които обществеността може лесно да намери и използва. Проактивното предоставяне на информация се определя в международен план като основен елемент на правото на достъп до информация, заедно с правото да се иска и получава информация.

Президентът Обама показа ясна глобална лидерска позиция по този въпрос, отбелязвайки фундаменталното значение на откритото управление в демокрацията. Призоваваме правителствата по света да предприемат подобни действия, за да поощрят прозрачността и да защитят правото на достъп до информация.

Ние също така призоваваме президента Обама да гарантира привеждането в пълно изпълнение на своите заповеди, в съответствие с техния език и цел. Гарантирането на ефективното прилагане на тези стандарти ще постави висок критерий, който да насърчава правителствата по целия свят.

Подкрепили организации:

• Access Info Europe, Helen Darbishire, Executive Director (Spain)
• Access to Information Programme, Gergana Jouleva, Executive Director (Bulgaria)
• Ad IDEM/Canadian Media Lawyers Association, Paul Schabas, President (Canada)
• American Civil Liberties Union, Caroline Fredrickson, Washington Legislative Office, Director (USA)
• Arab Freedom of Information Network, Said Essoulami, Executive Director
• ARTICLE 19, Toby Mendel, Senior Legal Counsel
• Asociacion por los Derechos Civiles, Roberto Saba, Executive Director (Argentina)
• Association for Freedom of Thoughts and Expression, Mohamed Omran (Egypt)
• Bank Information Center, Chad Dobson, Executive Director (USA)
• BilgiEdinmeHakki.Org, Dr. Yaman Akdeniz, Director (Turkey)
• Campaign for Freedom of Information, Maurice Frankel, Director (UK)
• Carter Center, Laura Neuman, Associate Director and Access to Information Project Manager (USA)
• Center for Development and Democratization of Institutions, Ilir Aliaj, Executive Director (Albania)
• Center for Independent Journalism, Ioana Avadani, Executive Director (Romania)
• Center for Promotion of Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, Vasile Spinei, President (Moldova)
• Center of Access to Public Information, Edison Lanza, Director (Uruguay)
• Centre for Media Freedom Middle East and North Africa, Said Essoulami, Executive Director
• Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Reshmi Mitra, Project Officer, Access to Information Programme, (India)
• DELNA - Transparency International Latvia, Inese Voika, President (Latvia)
• Due Process of Law Foundation, Eduardo Bertoni, Executive Director
• Electronic Privacy Information Center, Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director (USA)
• Foundation Open Society Institute, Dance Danilovska, Project Coordinator (Macedonia)
• Freedom Forum, Santosh Sigdel, Executive Director (Nepal)
• Freedom of Information Center of Armenia, Shushan Doydoyan, President (Armenia)
• Freedom of Information Coalition, Edetaen Ojo, Coordinator (Nigeria)
• Freedom of Information Coalition, Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai, Executive Director (Sierra Leone)
• Fund for an Open Society, Miodrag Milosavljevic, Project Coordinator (Serbia)
• Fundacion Pro Acceso, Moises Sanchez, Executive Director (Chile)
• Fundar, Miguel Pulido Jimenez, Coordinator (Mexico)
• GYLA, Tamar Gurchiani, Project Coordinator (Georgia)
• Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, Balazs Denes, Executive Director (Hungary)
• Information Commissioner of Republic of Slovenia, Natasa Pirc, Information Commissioner (Slovenia)
• Institute for Information Freedom Development in Russia, Ivan Pavlov, Lawyer and Chairman (Russia)
• Instituto Prensa y Sociedad, Andres Mejia (Colombia)
• Instituto Prensa y Sociedad, Javier Casas (Peru)
• Jamaicans for Justice, Carolyn Gomes, Executive Director (Jamaica)
• Media Institute of Southern Africa, Sampa Kangwa-Wilkie, Program Specialist (Southern African Region)
• Media Rights Agenda, Edetaen Ojo, Executive Director (Nigeria)
• Movement for Freedom of Information in Israel, Roy Peled, Executive Director (Israel)
• National Freedom of Information Coalition, Charles Davis, Executive Director (USA)
• National Security Archive, Tom Blanton, Director (USA)
• New York State Committee on Open Government, Robert J. Freeman, Executive Director (USA)
• Open Society Institute, Aryeh Neier, President (USA)
• Poder Ciudadano – Transparency International, Laura Alonso, Executive Director (Argentina)
• Pro Media, Klime Babunski (Macedonia)
• PROETICA – Transparency International, Cecilia Blondet, Executive Director (Peru)
• PROVIDUS, Linda Austere, Policy Researcher (Latvia)
• Public Citizen, Adina Rosenbaum, Attorney (USA)
• Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia, Darce Fardy, President (Canada)
• Society for Democratic Initiatives, Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai, Executive Director (Sierra Leone)
• Statewatch, Tony Bunyan, Director
• Sunshine Week, Debra Gersh Hernandez, Coordinator (USA)
• Sustentia, Carlos Cordero, Executive Director (Spain)
• The Canadian Association of Professional Access and Privacy Administrators, Sharon Polsky, National Chair (Canada)
• Transparency International – Secretariat, Andrea Figari, Global Programmes Manager (Germany)
• Transparency International Anti-corruption Center, Amalia Kostanyan, Chairwoman (Armenia)
• Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina, Aleksandra Martinovic, Member of the Board of Directors (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Transparency International Croatia, Zorislav Antun Petrovic, President (Croatia)
• Transparency International Israel, Galia Sagi, CEO (Israel)
• Transparency International Russia, Marina Savintseva, Programme Co-ordinator (Russia)
• Transparency International Slovakia, Emilia Beblava, President (Slovakia)
• Transparency Serbia, Program Director, Nemanja Nenadic, (Serbia)
• Wobbing Europe, Brigitte Alfter, Editor (Europe)
• Youth Initiative for Human Rights, Sarah Maliqi, Executive Director (Kosovo)

Подкрепили частни лица:

• Francesca Fanucci, International Human Rights Lawyer
  
• John Edwards, FOI Advocate (New Zealand)
  
• Natalia Torres, MSc Public Policy (Argentina)
  
• Ricardo Corcuera, Legal Advisor in Human Rights (Peru)
  
• Richard Calland, Programme Director: Economic Governance, Idasa (South Africa)
  
• Roger Vleugels, Lecturer and Legal Advisor FOIA (The Netherlands)
  
• Susanne Tam, Ethics Consultant, (Israel)
  
• Walter Keim (Norway)