Name of the social innovation: Alaveteli
Founder: Tom Steinberg
Location:
Europe
Project summary
it is a simple concept for those people who
want to know more about official things held by a public authority, such as a government department, local council
or state school. Environmental information requests can also be made to certain
non-public bodies carrying out a public function. Basically the citizens use Alaveteli to request
information, and the replies recorded for all to see on the website. Historic
request, along with any resulting correspondence, are archived publicly online.
This increases the availability of the requested information and encourages
transparency. Therefore, Alaveteli acts both as a useful tool for citizens and
as an advocacy tool for right-to-know campaigners. Alaveteli websites, like tuderechoasaber.es (Spain), AskTheEU (EU), or WhatDoTheyKnow (UK). These sites all use the Alaveteli software,
plus their own custom themes installed on top to make them look different.
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