Programme, Brussels 3 September 2015

15:00-15:15
Welcome: Benedek Javor, MEP (Green, Hungarian)

Panel 1 – 15:15-16:00

Transparency towards citizens and on documents
Moderator: Max Andersson (Green, Swedish)
Sven Giegold, MEP and rapporteur for the INI report on Transparency, Accountability and Integrity
Helen Darbishire, Vice President and Executive Director of Access Info Europe
Atlatso Hungary (created template letters to ask Hungarian institutions for info about spending EU funds) (requested)
 
Panel 2 – 16:00-16:45

Lobby-transparency in the EU, US and Canada incl. presenting the Green Group’s lobby transparency initiative
Moderator: Julia Reda, MEP (Greens/EFA, Pirate Party, German)
Sven Giegold, MEP and rapporteur for the INI report on Transparency, Accountability and Integrity
Bruce Bergen, Senior Legal Advisor to the Commissioner of Lobbying, Canada
Thomas Susman, American bar association
Transparency International (requested)
 
Panel 3 – 16:45-17:30

Avoiding conflicts of interest in the EU and in France
Moderator: Ulrike Lunacek, EP-Vice Pres (Green, Austrian) and Pascal Durand (Green, French)
Sven Giegold, MEP and rapporteur for the INI report on Transparency, Accountability and Integrity
Élodie Cuerq, Responsable du pôle Communication & Relations institutionnelles d l’Haute Autorité pour la transparence de la vie publique
Martin Pijon, Corporate Europe Observatory (requested)
Conclusion: Sven Giegold

Registration online here.

(programme as of 4 August 2015).