Ich sehe viele Verwaltungsleute und Wissenschaftler, aber wo sind Bürger
und ihre Organisationen im Programm geblieben?
Sowohl Ausländer als auch Deutsche, die im Ausland lebten sind schokiert
über ihre Erfahrungen mit der deutschen Verwaltung was begrenzte
Akteneinsicht und
Recht
auf eine gute Verwaltung (Recht auf begründete Antwort innerhalb
angemessener Zeit, Ombudsmann) angeht.
Jedenfalls sehe ich, dass die OECD die Einbeziehung und Anhörung von NGOs
und ihrer Organisationen vorsieht.
Das muss ja wohl der erste Schritt im "neuen Verhältnis zwischen Bürger
und Verwaltung" sein, dem Bürger die Möglichkeit geben sich zu
artikulieren zu dürfen wo der Schuh drückt.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen aus Norwegen
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Walter Keim
Netizen: http://walter.keim.googlepages.com
UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR):
http://wkeim.bplaced.net/files/foi-upr-de.htm#result
Will CoE Support the Human Right of Access to Information
in Germany? http://t.co/AavLgnOnz2
Will OSCE Support the Human Right of Access to Information
in Germany by Commenting ATI Laws?: http://t.co/GmQy9V0U
Is it possible to enforce access to information in Bavaria?
http://wkeim.bplaced.net/files/enforce_access_to_information.html
Dear Mr. Alter,
I refer to the
GfP-Jahrestagung
2013, 10. – 11. April 2013 and your contribution "The Call for
Innovative and Open Government – Key Elements for a Strategic State"
Unfortunately I could not find your contribution published, but in "
The
Call for Innovative and Open Government: AN OVERVIEW OF COUNTRY
INITIATIVES" (2011) one of OECDs the questions is:
To what extent have openness and transparency increased for
citizens and customers?
I assume that NGOs and citizens/customers involvement have been mentioned
by you. There have been many contributions from administration and science
to the program of the conference, but I could not see that a NGO,
customers/citizens have been invited to give their experience and views.
Progress for transparency has been tremendous: more than 120 states
(http://right2info.org/laws)
with more then
5.9
billion inhabitants i. e. 84 % of the worlds population adopted FOI
laws or provisions in constitutions.
However the Tenth Joint Declaration by the Four Special International
Mandates for Protecting Freedom of Expression, 3. February 2010 focuses on
implementation of international standards:
Although great strides have been made over the last decade
in recognising the right to information, the fourth challenge
recognises that much still remains to be done... Many laws that have
been passed fail to meet minimum international standards, and
implementation efforts remain too weak in many countries: http://merlin.obs.coe.int/iris/2010/5/article1
RTI-rating.org is run by global NGOs
Centre for Law and Democracy and and
Access
Info Europe have rated access to information laws on the basis of
international standards.
88
states with approx.
5.5
billion inhabitants i. e. 78% of the world population give better
access to information then the federal Freedom of Information Law in
Germany (
http://www.rti-rating.org/country-data/).
I would like to compare Germany and Norway from a user perspective and
look at what global ranking of access to information laws means to show
the diffenence.
In Norway an electronic public record database for the civil service (
https://einnsyn.no/) was
launched in May 2010. Since its launch, all citizens can access the public
records from one common site. All documents sent from or received by
ministries, directorates, state agencies and county governors can be
accessed through OEP, where everyone can make searches in the public
journals. Documents are sent electronically from the unit in charge to
those who make a request for a specific document or file.
This makes it easy for citizens and adminitration to deal with access to
documents applications: documents can be found by applicants within
minutes and are sent electronically within 3 days free of charge. An free
ombudsman elected and responsable to parliament has the necessary
authority to support applicants free of charge. The result is
3385
requests per 100 00 inhabitants in 2011.
In Germany it is time consuming for applicants decribing the document and
choosing the right agency/department/organisation. The receipt of the
application will always say that costs are dependent on the actual work
involved which can not be guessed in advance. An answer is due in 4 weeks.
If the answer is no, no timelimits are given for the following complaints.
The Freedom of information commissioners advice to the administration can
be ignored. Adminitrative courts are expensive for applicants, but are
"free" for the individual agency, billing the state/taxpayer for costs.
The result is less then 4 requests per 100 000 inhabitants
So following international standards improve transparency from the
citizens and customers perspective.
I sent a copy to Mr. Stephan Jaud participant of the conferrence, who is
working to propose a freedom of information laws for the state
Baden-Württemberg and Prof. Dr. Dieter Schimanke, head of GfP.
Sincerely
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--
Walter Keim
Netizen: http://walter.keim.googlepages.com
UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR):
http://wkeim.bplaced.net/files/foi-upr-de.htm#result
Will CoE Support the Human Right of Access to Information
in Germany? http://t.co/AavLgnOnz2
Will OSCE Support the Human Right of Access to Information
in Germany by Commenting ATI Laws?: http://t.co/GmQy9V0U
Is it possible to enforce access to information in Bavaria?
http://wkeim.bplaced.net/files/enforce_access_to_information.html
