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Development and Promotion of the Right to Information in National Frameworks: Policy Guidelines

Paris: UNESCO (2023), 41 pp.

ISBN 978-92-3-100583-1

CC BY-SA

"The first part of these guidelines describes specific stakes related to Public Sector Information and Data (PSID) Access. It starts by defining PSID and their typology, continues by positioning their access at the heart of RTI, and stresses its role in giving a new boost to GPDI promotion. PSID disclosure and dissemination multidimensional values, are then described from governance, social, cultural, economic perspectives. Ubiquitous and intelligent technologies’ Impact on PSID is discussed at the end of this part. The second part highlights main issues to consider while developing and promoting PSID access, and how to address them. The focus is put on components necessary to any normative framework for a broader, trustworthy and inclusive disclosure, namely its constitutional basis, strategic levers, legal foundations, and structures to support PSID requests and appeals. Other dire ctives are also proposed to ensure a serene and sustainable PSID disclosure, such as balancing PSID access and privacy, proactive release, intellectual property protection, and request algorithms transparency. This part describes also how set-up and reinforce institutional capacities to oversee access to information, as well as practices and directives necessary to manage PSID resources." (Introduction, page 10)
I. PUBLIC SECTOR INFORMATION AND DATA ACCESS STAKES
Defining Public Sector Information and Data, 11
International Standards and Access to Information, 15
PSID Access multidimensional Role and Value, 18
II. HOW TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE PUBLIC ACCESS TO PSID
Normative Frameworks of Access to Information, 25
Right Balance to Unlock Public Sector Information and Data Potential, 29
Institutional Capacities to Oversee Access to Information, 32
PSID Resources Management, 36
III. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MEMBER STATES, 41