Connecting Information Commissioners and oversight authorities worldwide to strengthen transparency, accountability, and the right of access to information held by public bodies.
The ICIC’s vision is to be the leading global forum that brings together Information Commissioners and oversight bodies responsible for the protection, promotion, and effective implementation of access to information laws. Through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and mutual support, the ICIC seeks to strengthen transparency, accountability, and good governance across jurisdictions, empowering public institutions to be more open and responsive while ensuring that the right of access to information is upheld for the benefit of all people.
The ICIC’s mission is to share knowledge and best practices, to build capacity, to help identify what is needed for global progress and to act as a collective voice in international fora with a view to improving people’s right to public information and their ability to hold to account bodies that provide public functions.
The goals of the ICIC are to:
1. Protect and promote access to public information;
2. Promote and support dialogue and mutual cooperation;
3. Encourage the development and sharing of information and best practices, including peer learning;
4. Undertake and support research on issues integral to access to public information;
5. Develop the capacity of the ICIC;
6. Help to develop the capacity of its registered members and increase membership;
7. Facilitate reflection and learning from case work on systemic issues;
8. Act as a collective voice in the international community to raise awareness of issues that impact upon access to public information; and
9. Promote the development and adoption of international standards in access to public information in all regions across the world, including the establishment of independent oversight bodies.
Oversight bodies from every region take part in the Conference. Explore members by where they operate.
Member authorities across the Africa region.
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View members →Adopted on 13 March 2019 in Johannesburg, the Charter sets out ICIC's governance framework — its guiding principles, vision, mission, values and goals, the role of the Conference, the rules of membership and the structure that holds it all together.
Ten member authorities lead implementation of the Conference resolutions, oversee membership and host applications, and shape the agenda for the annual meeting.
The 17th edition of the International Conference of Information Commissioners (ICIC) was held in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from September 28 to 30,…
Read moreOversight authorities responsible for access to public information are welcome to take part in the Conference.
