Office of the Information Commissioner and Commissioner for Environmental Information

Date of article: 07/05/2014

Daily News of: 08/05/2014

Country:  Ireland

Author: National Ombudsman of Ireland

Article language: en

New Information Commissioner forecasts increase in FOI appeals when An Garda Síochána, NAMA and others come under FOI Act The Information Commissioner and Commissioner for Environmental Information, Peter Tyndall, today Wednesday 7 May 2014, launched his Annual Report for 2013, the sixteenth since the founding of the Office in 1998. This is the first Annual Report of the Information Commissioner following...
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Rapport annuel du Médiateur des Télécommunications

Date of article: 07/05/2014

Daily News of: 08/05/2014

Country:  Belgium - Wallonia and Wallonia-Brussels Federation

Author: Regional Ombudsman of Wallonia and Federation of Wallonia-Brussels

Article language: fr

En 2013, le service de médiation pour les télécommunications a reçu 21.519 plaintes écrites. Ce nombre est en nette diminution (-17 % par rapport à 2012), et se retrouve à un niveau qui, depuis 2006-2007, n’avait plus été connu. En 2012, le service de médiation avait enregistré un nombre record de plaintes, avec 25.984 dossiers introduits.

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Kooperation an Hochschulen

Date of article: 07/05/2014

Daily News of: 07/05/2014

Country:  Germany

Author: Federal Committee on Petitions of Germany

Article language: de

Der Petitionsausschuss plädiert für eine Erweiterung der Kooperationsmöglichkeiten von Bund und Ländern im Grundgesetz bei Vorhaben der Wissenschaft und Forschung an Hochschulen. In der Sitzung am Mittwochmorgen beschloss der Ausschuss daher einstimmig, eine dahingehende Petition dem Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung „als Material“ zu überweisen und den Fraktionen zur Kenntnis zu geben.

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Booklet “Bullying-free school” is now available in English

Date of article: 07/05/2014

Daily News of: 07/05/2014

Country:  Estonia

Author: Chancellor of Justice of Estonia

Article language: en

The Chancellor of Justice acting also as the ombudsman for children in Estonia has published together with professionals a booklet “Bullying-free school”. The booklet gives practical recommendations for pupils, teachers and parents for the prevention of bullying and resolving bullying incidents.

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