Right to Know Day: Public Event
Transparency at EU and Member State level: Challenges and Next Steps
WATCH THE EVENT LIVE
28th September 2017, 9:00 - 13:30
European Parliament, Room P1A002, Brussels
Organised by the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity, Transparency, Corruption and Organised Crime (ITCO)
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
9:00 - 9:15 | Welcome speech: Benedek Jávor, Greens/EFA MEP and ITCO bureau member
9:15 - 10:30 | Transparency at both EU and Member State level: Challenges and Success Stories
Moderator: Alberto Alemanno, Professor of EU law and founder of The Good Lobby
- Claude Archer, Anticor/Transparencia.be
- Delphine Reuter, the MEPs Project
- Helen Darbishire, Access Info Europe
+ Flash presentations of max 5 minutes for whoever requests the floor, including guests such as the US lawyers working on the Monsanto case, Romanian investigative journalists and Bulgarian civil society organisations, etc.
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, ECR MEP and ITCO bureau member
- Martin Krüger, Head of Unit, Transparency, European Commission
- Honor Mahony, Communication Unit, European Ombudsman’s Office
- Daniel Freund, Transparency International EU
+ Flash presentations of max 5 minutes for whoever requests the floor
12:15 - 12:30 | Closing Benedek Jávor, Greens/EFA MEP and ITCO bureau member
