"From Public Data on Sunshine to Sunshine no Public Data. Global Norms on Access to Environmental Information: A Point of Departure for Improving International Access to Information"

An International Experts' Roundtable Workshop at the CMCS, co-organized by the CMCS and Access-Info Europe with the kind support of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.

Over three days, the participants analyzed internationally developed safeguards on access to environmental information, and discussed how those norms can foster the improvement of access to public data in other fields. Workshop participants drafted and adopted the "Budapest Declaration on the Right of Access to Information."

The event gathered key experts on access to public data from the Council of Europe, the Association of American States (OAS), the European Union and the OSCE, as well as global NGOs such as Access-Info Europe and Article 19.