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UPyD spokesman in the city of Murcia, Juan Ruben Serna said in his speech at the roundtable 'Future autonomic regulation on transparency and access to information in Murcia regional public sector', framed within the forum SICARM 2013 , that "the future regional Transparency Act should strengthen the right of access of citizens to information held by public institutions"

The spokesman for Progress and Democracy Union in the city of Murcia, Juan Ruben Serna, says the future Law on Transparency in the Region of Murcia "is an opportunity to provide both regional and local administrations of appropriate instruments to strengthen the right citizens access to information held by public institutions. "

Serna made these remarks in his speech at the roundtable 'Future autonomic regulation on transparency and access to information in Murcia regional public sector', framed within the forum SICARM 2013 (XIII Annual Forum of the Information Society Region of Murcia) for administrative transparency and the 'open data' in the public sector.

As Serna explains, "the so-called 'open data' literally open data, to facilitate access to information for free", usable by all citizens who so wish, arranged in a format able to be reused immediately both people and for search engines.

In this regard, the representative of UPyD explains that the regional Transparency Act, proceed to create mechanisms to release the information held by public authorities, based on the criteria of 'open data', "thus reinforcing the character its democratic activity. "

"Transparency is one of the most important issues regarding our present and future as a democracy."

"It should serve," continued Serna, "to give detailed information on the activities of all institutions that receive public funds, without exception", and unable to rely on administrative silence, besides regulating the activity of large groups of influence.

Also, the mayor of Murcia UPyD highlights the possibilities of stimulating economic activity that provides a sector like infomediary or information intermediaries.

"The 'open data' is a market economic potential of particular interest in times of crisis like the present" and also, "is one of the pillars of the European Digital Agenda" with an estimated market value of the form direct 40 000 million and an indirect effect of 140 000 million euros in the whole of the European Union.

Finally, he explained that the magenta is presenting training in all the municipalities of the region an initiative for the implementation of a necessary to dump all data and information generated by the municipalities of the Region of Murcia common platform.

In it, they urged that the process of drafting the Transparency Act, will include the need for the Autonomous Community is to provide these tools to regional local authorities.

So far it has been presented at the Full Council of Murcia, being rejected by most of the popular group.

Source: UPyD Murcia