Following the Commission's publication of the Green Paper on transparency, Touteleurope.fr, a centre of information supported by the French government and the European Commission, launched its own consultation on the European Transparency Initiative to get contributions from businesses, civil society organizations and individuals at the French national level.
The Commission published the Green paper on 3 May 2006 as a new step in the European Transparency Initiative. The initiative aims to strengthen ethics rules for EU policymakers and lobbyists in order to increase the openness and transparency of EU institutions and, more generally, to make the EU more accountable to citizens.
The consultation is being carried out via three chat rooms dealing with the role of lobbyists in EU institutions, the involvement of civil society stakeholders and the transparency of organisations or projects funded by the EU.
The consultation is open until the end of August 2006. Visit the website here.
