Right to Know Day 2010

Access Info Europe Celebrates International Right to Know Day

28 September 2010: Access Info Europe is marking the 8th International Right to Know Day with a series of events to promote awareness of the right of access to information.

From Secrecy to Transparency – A public conference on the right of access to information in the School of Journalism of Madrid’s Complutense University. The conference will discuss Spain's draft access to information law which was leaked to civil society last week. Read more 

Lights, Information, Action! – A special right to know day event in Bilbao organised by the NGO Alboan with the participation of Access Info Europe. Read more

Tell Us What You’ve Done – Launch of the monitoring of transparency on anti-corruption measures in 20 countries. Read more

Legal Leaks Help Desk - Launch of a service to provide legal advice and support to journalists. It is part of the Legal Leaks project which also includes a Toolkit for journalists, training sessions, and an international support network. Read more

International Right to Know Day was first celebrated on 28 September 2003 by access to information activists. The day is now marked by NGOs, Information Commissioners, Ombudsmen, and Inter-Governmental Bodies around the world. See more on the FOI Advocates Network here

The aim of Right to Know Day is to raise awareness about the right of all to access information about what government bodies are doing: it is the right to know how politicians are exercising power and how they are spending the money received from our taxes.