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Saturday May 24, 2025 3:30pm - 4:45pm CEST
Did you know there is a tool which can get around the protection of commercial secrets? Journalists have used it to access details on Russian bitcoin-mining near a NATO exercise, and to find out about privately owned salmon farms and overseas fracking operations. In this session you will learn about the Aarhus Convention.
The beauty of this tool is not only that it can overrule secrecy of business interests, but also the vague or wide definitions of "environmental information". Come and learn how this can be done, and what arguments to use to open otherwise closed doors.
Speakers
avatar for Staffan Dahllöf

Staffan Dahllöf

Reporter, Investigative Reporting Denmark
Eager to discuss any matter related to EU-reporting, especially FOI/Wobbing-issues. Have taken part in cross border project Farmsubsidy.org, the Facebook arrests, the MEP's Project, Chlorpyrifos (the most dangerous pesticide you've never heared of), Illegal pesticide, Covid 19, Asbestos... Read More →
avatar for Tarjei Leer-Salvesen

Tarjei Leer-Salvesen

Prosjektleder Innsyn.no, Faktisk.no
Tarjei Leer-Salvesen spent this year six months at Reuters Institute in Oxford to learn more about the differences between 136 RTI laws in the world, and how journalists can use cross-border filing for information in their investigations.As he also is a well know international working... Read More →
Saturday May 24, 2025 3:30pm - 4:45pm CEST
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