EESC Hearing on the European Transparency Initiative

On 11 July 2006, EPHA attended a hearing of stakeholders concerned by certain questions addressed in the European Transparency Initiative. The hearing was organised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), at the request of and in close cooperation with the European Commission (EC).


Participants included representatives of civil society organisations, consultancies, business sector lobby groups, law firms and think tanks, as well as the EC, the EESC and the office of the European Ombudsman.

The debate focused on two key questions with a view to enhanced transparency in the activities of civil society organisations and other interest groups - creating a system for registering civil society organisations and other interest groups, and drawing up a joint code of conduct.

The results of this hearing were intended to feed into European Commission discussions on the follow-up to the Green Paper, as well as to contribute to the opinion which the EESC is drawing up on the subject.

EPHA’s report of the day-long hearing is attached below.

Related links -

- Green Paper on a European Transparency Initiative

- Transparency Initiative - What Response for NGOs?

- Move for greater transparency in EU lobbying

Last modified on August 2 2006.