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Access to Information and Accountability: A Global Context
October 11, 2012 // 8:30am — 12:30pm
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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
Location:
6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center
Event Speakers List:
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Jacqueline Peschard // Mexico Institute-Comexi Short-term ScholarIFAI
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Andrew Selee // Vice President for Programs and Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute
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Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
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Director, National Security Archive
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Senior Specialist in Social Development, World Bank
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Deputy Director Office of Government Information Services
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Mauricio Merino Huerta // Public Policy ScholarProfessor-Researcher, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE), Mexico City
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Director, Citizen’s Initiative for the Promotion of the Culture of Dialogue
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Oscar Chacon //Executive Director, National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities
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Executive Director, Open the Government
