Councilwoman Portal and Accountability Office, Maria Jose Soler, took stock of actions taken since the creation of the Department, created as an overall government strategy covering transparency, citizen participation and open data to partners with neighbors municipal management, facilitating their access to public information.
Soler has indicated that since the establishment of the Office of Transparency, located on the ground floor of San Miguel, have benefited citizens, providing access to data and issues that demand, but also public employees themselves, thanks to the continuous training they receive on transparency and access to information, so they are fully trained to effectively develop the objectives of the Office.
On the other hand, on December 3 last year he presented the new Transparency Portal del Ayuntamiento, a tool that is allowing to bring the administration to residents of the municipality of Cartagena, providing access to municipal information through graphics and search engine web, for working from the council to make it the source of public information about the city.
We believe that on the work of politicians we must openly and.
The best way to do this is that citizens can know how their taxes are spent, what plans and municipal programs are, how they can participate in the development policies of the city, and what are the figures and statistics are in major sectors interest, indicated Maria Jose Soler.
The City of Cartagena is attached to the Network of Local Authorities for Transparency and Citizen Participation of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, with voice and vote.
After approval by the full City on November 27, adherence to the Code of Good Local Government of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces ratified, and the Decalogue of Good Practices of Local Public Communications he was signed, reiterating the commitment of municipal government to assume criteria of good governance and transparency in their actions.
Councilwoman wanted to emphasize that the work done by the City of Cartagena towards promoting transparency in public administration is being valued by other entities, such as the Committee on Transparency, Open Government and Citizen Participation of the Federation of Municipalities of the region, where several municipal technicians will have a prominent role, contributing their knowledge about the data Protection Act.
Also in the day Public transparency in the Region of Murcia.
Performance criteria and management in local government, organized by the Office of Transparency and Citizen Participation of the Ministry of Presidency of the CARM, the City was protagonist of one of the papers of the day, valuing the work that has been done as a model and leader in the regional integration process transparency policies in public attention.
In order to make the most attractive and understandable information to citizens and who knows well their right to request information, there have been performances like publishing guides, surveys and using tools that enable us to achieve this purpose.
In addition, continuously performed from the Department self-assessment tasks, reviewing the precise compliance with existing regulations on transparency.
We are not satisfied with what we get done or ceiling, we will be as transparent as possible;
the limit is compliance with the law. This is the commitment of the government team to which I belong, promote a new way forward in the governance of this city and serve the neighbor, he concluded.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena