Agenda
| Updated 14.05.2008. Please note that the names in italic are those invited, not confirmed |
Wednesday, May 14
- 20:00 - 23:00
- Welcome reception in the hotel "Elizabetes nams"
Thursday, May 15
- 9:30 - 10:00
- Registration of the participants
- 10:00 - 10:30
- Welcome address by Vita Tērauda, director of the Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS
- 10:35 - 11:30
- FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – A HUMAN RIGHT?
- Moderator: David Goldberg (Scotland)
- Eva Moraga, Access-info Europe, lawyer (Spain) (Download draft CoE Access convention discussed) and later document with drafting solutions
- Darian Pavli, Justice Initiative (USA)
- Inga Reine, Representative of the Republic of Latvia in the international Human Rights Organizations (Latvia)
- 11:30 - 12:00
- Questions and Discussion
- 12:00 - 13:00
- Lunch in the hotel “Elizabetes nams”
- 13:00 – 14:30
- PROTECTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND NATO SECRECY
- Moderator: Alexander Kashumov Access to Information Program (Bulgaria)
- Nicoleta Popescu, APADOR, expert (Romania) (Download speech)
- Ádám Földes, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, lawyer (Hungary) (Download presentation)
- Representative to be confirmed, State Chancellery of Latvia, working group on the new FOI law (Latvia)
- 14:30 - 15:00
- Questions and discussion
- 15:00 - 15:30
- Coffee break
- 15:30 - 17:00
- PROTECTING CONFIDENCE: PRIVACY AND COMMERCIAL SECRETS
- Moderator: Tom McClean ,London School of Economics and Political Science (UK)
- Alexander Kashumov, Access to Information Program (Bulgaria)
- Darian Pavli, Justice Initiative (USA) (Download materials:Chile; Peru)
- 17:00 - 17:30
- Questions and discussion
- 17:30 - 18:00
- Conclusions of the day. Ideas about evening out in Riga
Friday, May 16
:9:30 - 10:30 : PROTECTING DELIBERATIONS AND INVESTIGATION
- Alistair Graham, Information Disclosure Manager, Grampian Police (Scotland) (Download presentation)
- Ilze Ruķere, Advisor of the Chief of the State Police of the Republic of Latvia, Human rights expert (Latvia)
- Diāna Kurpniece, Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau, Head of Public Relations Division (Latvia)
- 10:30 - 11:00
- Questions and discussion
- 11:05 - 12:00
- MONITORING FOI IMPLEMENTATION
- Tom Steinberg, MySociety.org (UK) video presentation
- Sergey Muravjov, Transparency International - Lithuania (Lithuania)
- Eszter Filippinyi, Justice Initiative (Hungary)
- Linda Austere, PROVIDUS (Latvia)
- 12:00 - 12:30
- Questions and discussion
- 12:30 - 13:30
- Lunch in the hotel “Elizabetes nams”
- Jautrīte Briede, Justice of the Administrative Division of the Supreme Court of Latvia
- David Goldberg, Expert (Scotland)
- 14:30 - 15:00
- Questions and discussion
15:00 - 15:30 : Coffee break
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- 15:30 - 17:00
- FOIAnet INFORMAL MEETING. Open to all
- 17:00 - 18:00
- Conclusions of the seminar
