Presented at AlaveteliCon 2019 in Oslo. More details of the conference can be found here: https://www.mysociety.org/transparency/alaveteli/alavetelicon-2019/

1. Campaigns to actively make
governments more open and
improve FOI legislation

2. Freedom of Information
Campaigns

3. Maslow's hierarchy of needs

4. Reports of the Scientific Service
of the German Bundestag

5. 2.102 requests ->
Council of Elders of
Parliament gave in and
agreed to publication

6. Lobby statements
to law proposals

7. 1.424 requests ->
Ministries asked for a
break and negotiations.
Dedicated portal for
legislative transparency
planned.

10. Topf Secret

13. Topf Secret
• A map with 300.000+ food related venues
from OpenStreetMap
• Pre-filled request form to the right food
safety authority
• 37.000+ requests from 21.000+ users

14. Resistance from the restaurant lobby

15. • Mixed handling by counties
• food venues sue food authorities when they
want to release the reports
• 150+ court cases, mixed preliminary rulings,
but almost all main proceedings won so far
• Berlin is planning on publishing
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16. Thank you
Stefan Wehrmeyer