Following the adoption of the ICIC founding Charter in March 2019, the Governance Working Group is pleased to announce it has granted membership to its first members. The group were pleased to see the breadth and diversity of members, united by a respect for the importance of access to information as a bedrock of modern democratic society.
The following organisations have been accepted as members:
Agencia de Acceso a la Información Pública, Argentina
Autoridad Nacional de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública, Peru
Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit, Germany
Consejo de Transparencia y Buen Gobierno, Spain
Controladoria-Geral da União, Brazil
Comisión de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública del Estado de Querétaro, Mexico
Commission on Administrative Justice, Kenya
Defensoría del Pueblo de Perú, Peru
Der Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit, Germany
Gibraltar Regulatory Authority, Gibraltar
Independent Information Commission, Liberia
Information Regulator, South Africa
Instance d’Accès à l’Information, Tunisia
Instituto Coahuilense de Acceso a la Información Pública, Mexico
Instituto de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública del Estado de México, Mexico
Isle of Man Information Commissioner, Isle of Man
Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner, Jersey
Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság (NAIH), Hungary
New South Wales Information and Privacy Commission (IPC), Australia
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Australia
Office of Government Information Services, United States
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta, Canada
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for Nova Scotia, Canada
Office of the Information Commissioner (Western Australia), Australia
Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner, Australia
Ombudsman, Cayman Islands
Órgano Garante del Derecho de Acceso a la Información (OGDAI), Argentina
Punjab Information Commission, Pakistan
Procurador de los Derechos Humanos (Ombudsman), Guatemala
Right to Access Information Commission, Sierra Leone
Scottish Information Commissioner, United Kingdom
Síndic de Greuges de Catalunya, Spain
Information Commissioners, Ombudspersons and bodies responsible for protecting, promoting and ensuring the respect of access to public information legislation, as defined in the Johannesburg Charter, are eligible for membership.
There’s more detail on the ICIC website.