Transparency activist Helen Darbishire died last Friday, as reported by the organization Access Info, of which she was executive director. Darbishire played a key role in improving the Spanish transparency lawthrough the Pro Acceso platform, of which she was the founder.
Darbishire moved to Madrid in 2006, where he founded Access Info, the organization of promotion and protection of the right to information, Open Government, the fight against corruption and the defense of human rights in Spain, in the European Union and internationally.
The activist also participated in the creation of the Pro Access Coalition, a civil society transparency network made up of Spanish CSOs, which played a key role in improving the current transparency law Spanish to expand free access to public information.
In his career, through Access Info and in his own name, the creation of the Right to Know Day (September 28), recognized by UNESCO and the United Nations, achievements in transparency in Spain and the European Union, as well as the application of access to information laws in Europe, Latin America and Africa.
Darbishire also collaborated on transparency with organizations such as the UNESCO, the Council of Europe, the OSCE and the World Bank.
“To everyone who has worked at Access Info, Helen has been a friend, a mentor, a guiding light and a source of inspiration. His unwavering commitment to access to information, along with his compassionate leadership style, have shaped the very essence of Access Info as an organization,” said the organization, which is committed to continuing to “uphold the values and vision that she instilled in the organization, ensuring that her work and passion lives on in everything we do.
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