Access To Information Principles Working Group
Objective
This Working Group should tangibly accelerate progress in concrete ways to advance the knowledge about Transparency by design with the overarching goal of increasing innovation. These efforts are intended to promote data and knowledge sharing and exchange and best practices in favor of the wellbeing of our communities.
Coordinators
1. Information Commissioner’s Office of the United Kingdom.
2. National Secretariat of Access to Information of the Office of the Comptroller General of Brazil
Members
| Country | Authority / Body |
|---|---|
| Albania | Information and Data Protection Commissioner |
| Bermuda | Office of the Information Commissioner |
| Brazil | Controller-General of the Union |
| Chile | Consejo para la Transparencia de Chile |
| Ethiopia | Ethiopian Institution of Ombudsman |
| Kenya | Commission on Administrative Justice (Office of the Ombudsman) |
| Mexico City | Instituto de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información Pública, Protección de Datos Personales y Rendición de Cuentas de la Ciudad de México |
| State of Mexico | Instituto de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información Pública y Protección de Datos Personales del Estado de México y Municipios |
| Nepal | National Information Commission (NIC) |
| Netherlands | Advisory Board on Open Government and Information Management |
| North Macedonia | Агенцијата за заштита на правото на слободен пристап до информациите од јавен карактер |
| Ontario (Canada) | Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario |
| Peru | Tribunal de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública de Perú |
| Philippines | Freedom of Information – Project Management Office (FOI-PMO) |
| Scotland | Scottish Information Commissioner |
| Sierra Leone | Right to Access Information Commission |
| South Africa | Information Regulator |
| United Kingdom | Information Commissioner’s Office |
| Uruguay | Unidad de Acceso a la Información Pública |
| Victoria (Australia) | Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner |
Activities and Products
Principles relating to Transparency by Design
Developed to help authorities follow transparency principles and gain benefits such as:
- Increased trust with citizens
- Public participation
- Greater efficiency in public services
- Fighting corruption and maladministration
Findings Report – ICIC Transparency-by-Design Working Group
Presents measures taken by different jurisdictions to put transparency laws into practice. Includes examples of good practices to improve accountability, openness, and citizen participation.
The Berlin Principles on the Protection and Promotion of Access to Information Commissioners
The International Conference of Information Commissioners formally adopted the Transparency by Design principles to support and strengthen Information Commissioners in their role of enforcing access to information laws.