Après le Médiateur fédéral, le Médiateur des Pensions a remis son Rapport annuel 2013 au Ministre Alexander DE CROO et à la Ministre Sabine LARUELLE, ce mardi 25 mars 2014.

Le Médiateur fédéral a remis son Rapport annuel 2013 au Président de la Chambre des Représentant, Monsieur André Flahaut, ce lundi 24 mars 2014.

On 6 March 2014, Ms Emilia Caballero Álvarez has been appointed as the new Regional Ombudsman of Valencia. Ms Caballero Álvarez replaces de previous Ombudsman, Mr Cholbi Diego. We are happy to welcome Ms Caballero Álvarez to the Network and look forward to continuing our fruitful cooperation with her institution.

On 12 March 2014, the French Liaison Officer, Charlotte Clavreul, posted an entry onto the 'Legal basis and mandate' section of the forum, entitled 'Consultation on existing claims from citizens against Ombudsman institutions'. Many thanks to the two offices that have so far replied. If you haven't already done so, it would be very much appreciated if you could add a reply to this entry. The procedure...

"Declarations are not enough yet for gaining clean drinking water. Serious determination and actions are required from all stakeholders in order to use the finite water reserve as efficiently as possible, taking into consideration all legitimate needs as well as the interests of the future generations," referred Marcel Szabó, advocate for the future generations, the "green ombudsman," to the common responsibility on the World Day for Water. Almost one million seven hundred thousand EU citizens have just recently supported the first successful citizens' initiative with their signature, which started out as the recognition of the fundamental human right to clean drinking water.