07/04/2015
FAES Foundation and ESADE Law School celebrate in Barcelona the XXI edition of the Antonio Marzal Permanent Seminar on Human Rights, from Thursday, April 9 to Tuesday 21. The session for the 2014-2015 course is entitled 'Information and Power: The Right to Information and the Exercise of Power', and is headed by Enric R. Bartlett Castellá.
PROGRAM
Thursday April 9, 2015
Opening ceremony:
Freedom of Information and Power.
What secrets can States and companies have? What can we do when they want to extend the exclusive circle of information or condition the content of that which is transmitted?
Javier González Ferrari, journalist, president of Onda Cero
Tuesday April 14, 2015
Transparency in Government. Legal Mandates.
Law of transparency, access to public information and governance (Law 19/2013, of December 9). Subjective scope; active advertising; right to access public information. Enforcement and compliance monitoring.
José María Andreu Castellá Professor of Constitutional Law
María Isabel Álvarez Vela Lecturer of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law ICADE, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas.
Thursday April 16, 2015
Improving Democracy through Transparency and Access to Public Information.
Measurements related to the quality of democracy. What possibilities does current technology offer to provide access to public information? Reusing information, accessing it when generated, crossing it with other available information. From strategy to implementation. From good intentions to the difficulties of everyday life.
José Antonio Bermúdez de Castro, MP, deputy spokesperson party of the PP
Eduard Gil Carbó, director of organization and systems, SAGESSA Group
Tuesday April 21, 2015
Lobby. Between Legitimate Influence and Unacceptable Pressure.
Lobby as a contribution to governance in companies with multiple interests and issues of great complexity. Necessary regulation. The register of interests, transparency of contacts, limits to the ‘revolving door’.
José Maria de Areilza Carvajal, Community law professor and director of the Jean Monnet Chair, ESADE Law School (URL)
David Córdova Almanza, founding partner of VINCES, consultants on regulatory and government issues
Closing Session