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Next Wednesday, July 1, the Council of Transparency and Good Governance (CTBG) and the Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP) open a space in the Palacio de la Magdalena de Santander to debate the challenges and opportunities that artificial intelligence represents for public transparency. The meeting, which will be attended by first-level experts from different fields, will last until 3 July and is part of the UIMP’s Summer Activities 2026.

The Council of Transparency and Good Governance (CTBG) has published today seven interpretative criteria on the rules of application of the causes of non-admission of requests for access to public information established in article 18 of Law 19/2013, of 9 December, on transparency, access to public information and good governance (LTAIBG).

Available for consultation on the resolutions issued by the Council in May in 106 complaints procedures against the General State Administration and the state public sector.

The Council has today received a delegation from the Administration of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan, which has been able to learn first-hand about the configuration, functions and activity of the independent authority, especially with regard to the evaluation of compliance with active publicity obligations and the defence of the right of access to public information.

“Transparency has a triple effect against corruption: deterrent, detection and transformative. It is one of the most effective instruments for preventing corruption before it occurs. It is not a reactive measure; it is a preventive tool”, said yesterday the President of the Council in her speech within the framework of the conference “The fight against corruption in France and Spain”.

Available for consultation the 85 resolutions issued by the Council in May in complaint procedures against the autonomous and local administrations of those autonomous communities with which we have agreement.

Organised in Tallinn (Estonia) on 1 and 2 June, the European Case Handling Workshop FOI 2026 brought together experts from transparency authorities from 13 European countries, with the aim of sharing knowledge on practical challenges in the management and work of guaranteeing the right of access to information.

In the framework of the meeting of the Conference of Guarantor Bodies of Transparency and Access to Public Information (COTAI) in Barcelona, the president of the Council of Transparency and Good Governance (CTBG), Concepción Campos Acuña, gave a presentation yesterday on the possibilities of technology and artificial intelligence in the field of transparency, putting on the table proposals that allow to promote a more open administration.

The president of the Council of Transparency and Good Government, Concepción Campos Acuña, participated on June 2 in Madrid in the high-level panel "Transparency with a gender perspective in Ibero-America: evidence, challenges and cooperation", organized by the Organization of Ibero-American States and the body Transparency for the People of Mexico. In the session he recalled that “what is not seen, does not exist”, and that is why the right of access to public information and transparency in public management “should serve to make visible and correct gender inequality.”

The president of the Council for Transparency and Good Governance, Concepción Campos, met yesterday with the Ombudsman, Ángel Gabilondo, at the headquarters of this institution, in an institutional meeting aimed at analyzing the current state of transparency in public administrations, and in which the high percentage of complaints submitted to the Council for administrative silence was highlighted.