Hoy, el día en el que el Congreso de los Diputados ha aprobado la nueva Ley de Contratos del Sector Público (LCSP), podemos constatar y anunciar un importante éxito, quizá uno de los más relevantes de Civio en estos cinco años: la mayoría de nuestras recomendaciones para hacer más transparente la contratación pública española y poner barreras a la corrupción, han sido incluidas -de forma directa o indirecta- en la nueva norma, cuya entrada en vigor está prevista a finales de febrero. Nuestros éxitos más importantes, en pocas palabras Como hemos insistido, todo el proceso -desde los estudios previos a las modificaciones y la ejecución de un contrato- será público. Y eso incluye la justificación de las decisiones tomadas: los informes sobre las modificaciones de los contratos, la justificación del procedimiento de contratación elegido, los exámenes de las bajas temerarias, la valoración detallada de cada oferta… Los ciudadanos tendremos acceso a esa información. Información clave como la identidad de todos los licitadores, los participantes en cada UTE y sus porcentajes, los asesores externos a la mesa de contratación o el objeto detallado del contrato también será por fin pública. Se publicará toda esa información y, cuando haya excepciones, serán acotadas y justificadas en el expediente público. No se aplicarán por defecto: el Consejo de Transparencia y Buen Gobierno […]

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After 13 years of serving his country, Lieutenant Luis Gonzalo Segura had had enough. Everywhere he looked in the Spanish military, he saw corruption, abuse, harassment, and inherited privilege. The top brass, meanwhile, were happy to look the other way. Segura began to document the scams, false invoices, and accounting discrepancies he came across. “For example,” he told me, “I found that €60,000 were paid monthly to update software that was not even installed.” When he reported what he’d discovered to his superiors, Segura says, they advised him to look the other way. He might get a promotion or a medal in exchange for his silence, they said, and he would put himself at risk if he continued denouncing his comrades-in-arms. But Segura refused to become an accomplice. Rather than be deterred, he insisted on reporting to his superiors each crime he encountered within the barracks. His complaints were never answered. In 2012, military courts dismissed his allegations without an investigation or audit. Prosecutors didn’t even ask him for evidence. Eventually, his frustration exploded into a book. In 2014, he published Un Paso al Frente (A Step Forward), a collection of his experiences as a military man. The book depicts a gloomy […]

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Congreso sobre Derecho de Acceso a los medios –Legislación, Participación Ciudadana y Autorregulación-. Ciclo de conferencias y mesas redondas organizado por el CEU Valencia en el que Carlota Tarín Quirós, Responsable de Estudios de la Fundación, participará con una exposición sobre el derecho a la información y libertad de expresión: balance, amenazas y retos de unos derechos universales. Tendrá lugar el 24 de octubre en Valencia en el Palacio de Colomina [ Calle Almudín, número 1 ]. Hay Derechohd-dev.hayderecho.com

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Spain’s High Court has ruled that Access Info Europe should have access to Spanish Government documents related to participation in the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in an important ruling where the Court for the first time makes reference to the right of access to information in international treaties. In a final decision, which is not open to appeal, the High Court rejected the Spanish Government’s attempt to classify progress reports on the OGP Action Plan as internal documents of an “auxiliary” nature. In doing so, the Court reined in the controversial Article 18 of Spain’s 2013 Transparency Law – a provision that excludes access to “auxiliary” documents – arguing that there could be no exclusion for documents that are necessary to understanding how a decision is being or has been taken. “This is a hugely important ruling because it will help open up decision-making processes in Spain,” said Helen Darbishire, Executive Director of Access Info Europe. The Spanish High Court referred to key international jurisprudence to bolster its argument that any limitations on the right should themselves be limited and that a broad interpretation should be given to “public information” in line with the spirit of the law. “It’s exciting that we […]

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