Access to Information and Accountability: A Global Context
The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, IFAI, the Citizen’s Initiative for the Promotion of the Culture of Dialogue, and CIDE are pleased to invite you to, “Access to Information and Accountability: A Global Context.” The aim of the event will be to exchange views on the impact of the right to access information and its use by civil society in order to increase governmental accountability.
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Event Agenda
8:30am - Opening Remarks
- Andrew Selee, Vice President for Programs, Woodrow Wilson Center
- Jacqueline Peschard, IFAI
9:00 – 10:30am - The Right for Access to Information: a Cross-border Experience
- Catalina Botero, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- Andrew Selee, Vice President for Programs, Woodrow Wilson Center
- Thomas Blanton, Director, National Security Archive
- Marcos Mendiburu, Senior Specialist in Social Development, World Bank
- Karen Finnegan, Deputy Director Office of Government Information Services
Moderated by: Jacqueline Peschard, IFAI
10:45am – 12:15pm - Access to Information and Accountability: Civil Society Experiences
- Elio Villasenor, Director, Citizen’s Initiative for the Promotion of the Culture of Dialogue
- Oscar Chacon, Executive Director, National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities
- Ellen Weiss, Executive Editor, Center for Public Integrity
- Patrice McDermott, Executive Director, Open the Government
- Vivek Ramkumar, Manager, International Budget Partnership
Moderated by: Mauricio Merino, CIDE
12:15 – 12:30pm - Concluding Remarks:
- Mauricio Merino, CIDE
- Elio Villasenor, Director, Citizen’s Initiative for the Promotion of the Culture of Dialogue
Speakers
Jacqueline Peschard
IFAI
Andrew Selee
President, Migration Policy Institute
Catalina Botero
Thomas Blanton
Marcos Mendiburu
Karen Finnegan
Mauricio Merino Huerta
Professor-Researcher, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE), Mexico City
Elio Villasenor
Oscar Chacon
Patrice McDermott
Vivek Ramkumar
Ellen Weiss
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Mexico Institute
The Mexico Institute seeks to improve understanding, communication, and cooperation between Mexico and the United States by promoting original research, encouraging public discussion, and proposing policy options for enhancing the bilateral relationship. A binational Advisory Board, chaired by Luis Téllez and Earl Anthony Wayne, oversees the work of the Mexico Institute. Read more
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