Right to Know Day: Public Event, Brussels

Paul-Henri Spaakgebouw (PHS) in Brussel
© Kevin Bergenhenegouwen
date September 28, 2017
city Brussels, Belgium
location Paul-Henri Spaak building (PHS) i Show location
attending (Monica) Macovei i, (Benedek) Jávor i et al.
organisation Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) i

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


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