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The Council returns to contribute to the organization of the International Congress of Transparency, whose X edition begins tomorrow in Castellón

23/09/2025
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The Council of Transparency and Good Governance contributes one more year, as a sponsor, to the great annual event of transparency in Spain: the International Congress of Transparency and Open Government (CIT), whose X edition begins on Wednesday, September 24 in Castellón de la Plana.

The Faculty of Legal and Economic Sciences of the Universitat Jaume I hosts until September 27 this meeting in which representatives of the academic world, the Administration, the media and civil organizations will analyze key issues on transparency, access to public information, accountability and open government.

In the X edition of the CIT More than 450 people from 18 countries have been registered, 334 of them face-to-face.

These are the activities with the participation of the Council of Transparency and Good Governance:

Wednesday, 24 September

  • 16 hours. The President of the Council for Transparency and Good Governance, José Luis Rodríguez Álvarez, intervenes in the inaugural session of the congress, in which will also participate Cristina Pauner Chulvi, general secretary of the Jaume I University; Santiago Lumbreras Peláez, autonomous secretary of Institutional Relations and Transparency; María Tormo Casañ, deputy of Transparency of the Provincial Council of Castellón; Francisco Cabañero Catalán, councilor of the City of Castellón; Rosario García Mahamut, director of the Center for Political and Constitutional Studies; Manuel Villoria Mendieta, president of the Independent Authority of Protection of the Informant; and Manuel Cit.
  • 17 hours. The President of the Council, José Luis Rodríguez Álvarez, speaking in the plenary session: “Comparative Perspective of Transparency”, in which representatives of the Council for Transparency of Chile (CPLT), the Comissão de Acesso aos Administrative Documents (CADA) of Portugal, and the State Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data of the State of Nuevo León (Mexico) (INFO.NL) also participate.

Thursday, 25 September

  • 10:30 hours. The Council coordinates the plenary session “Main actions of the bodies guaranteeing transparency”.

The President of the Council will moderate the meeting, José Luis Rodríguez Álvarez.

They will intervene in the session:

Marta Timón Herrero, Deputy Director General for State Level Complaints of the Council for Transparency and Good Governance.

José Manuel Jover Lorente, Deputy Director-General for Regional and Local Affairs of the Council for Transparency and Good Governance.

Clara Isabel Velasco Rico, vice-president of the Committee for the Guarantee of the Right of Access to Public Information of Catalonia (GAIP).

Jesús Jiménez López, director of the Council of Transparency and Data Protection of Andalusia.

Natalia Sánchez López, Commissioner for Transparency of the Region of Murcia.

Sofía García Solís, member of the Valencian Council of Transparency.

Fernando Muñoz Jiménez, president of the Regional Council for Transparency and Good Governance of Castilla-La Mancha.

Noelia García Leal, Commissioner for Transparency and Access to Public Information of the Canary Islands.

Jesús María González García, President of the Transparency and Data Protection Council of the Community of Madrid.