Access Info Europe

Publication date: Thursday 04 September 2008

Access Info Europe works to promote and protect the right to information through a range of activities including:

Promoting the Right to Know: campaigning to promote adoption, reform and implementation of access to information laws within Europe;

Assisting Civil Society: cooperation with and training of civil society organizations to promote use and monitoring of existing provisions on access to information;

Developing Best Practices: providing advice and technical assistance to governments on implementation of access to information laws and sharing best practices;

Fighting Secrecy: advocacy, appeals and litigation to challenge secrecy and other laws which neutralize, dilute or conflict with access to information;

Exchanging Know-How: sharing information, expertise and experiences on the right to know with national and international NGOs, national freedom of information commissioners, governments and intergovernmental organizations.