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Murcia UPyD spokesman Ruben Juan Serna, calls through an initiative at the next full council that the future standard includes the implementation of a necessary to dump all common platform data and information generated by the municipalities in the region Murcia "for administrations more transparent and therefore more democratic"

The spokesman for Progress and Democracy Union in the city of Murcia, Juan Ruben Serna, calls for future regional Transparency Act include the launch of a necessary common platform to dump all data and information generated by the municipalities in the region of Murcia.

To do this, ask at the next full council that the parliamentary groups of the Regional Assembly urge that in the process of developing such Transparency Act, will include the need to be the Autonomous Community that provides these tools regional local authorities.

As Serna explains, "it is necessary to provide appropriate tools for councils to strengthen the right of access of citizens to information held by local authorities, for this administration more transparent and therefore more democratic."

This measure aims to Murcia UPyD local authorities proceed with the free distribution under the criterion of 'open data', so that not only the democratic nature of municipal activity but also economic activity is stimulated strengthening a sector like infomediary or information intermediaries.

Serna said that according to estimates by the European Union, "the use of 'open data' or open market data is a economic potential of particular interest in times of crisis like the present."

Also, the mayor of the magenta form explains that is is one of the pillars of the European Digital Agenda, with a market value estimated directly 40,000 million and an indirect effect of 140 000 million euros in the whole of the European Union.

In addition, it calls UPyD Murcia Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara Botia as president of the Federation of Municipalities of the Region of Murcia (FMRM), which collects municipal needs and peculiarities of local authorities in the region, including own City of Murcia, to give transfer after the parliamentary groups of the Regional Assembly, so that will be taken into account in the process of drafting the Regional Transparency Act.

"Ultimately", transparency and access to information in the field of Public Administration "can only be understood from the premises of Open Government, ie, that is based on transparency, participation and collaboration of citizens and, in general, civil society. "

Source: UPyD Murcia