State of implementation

On January 25, 2022, the consultation process on the reform of the Law on Transparency, Access to Public Information and Good Governance began.

The consultation process has been configured in three large blocks:

1. Prior public consultation

2. Targeted consultations

3. Presentation of the main conclusions of the sub-working group

With regard to the first of these, on the same day, January 25, 2023, the prior public consultation document established by article 133 of Law 39/2015, of October 1, on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations, in relation to article 26.2 of Law 50/1997, of November 27, of the Government, was published on the website of the Ministry of Finance and Public Function, in order to improve the participation of citizens in the procedure of elaboration of the rules, with a deadline for making contributions until February 25, 2023. The system of collection of contributions has been carried out by answering a questionnaire with questions on various aspects of the reform, contemplating the possibility of being able to present attached documents that more broadly collect the contributions of citizens. During this period, contributions have been collected and can be consulted at the following link: 3 Prior public consultation - Participates - Open Government - Portal of Transparency of the State Administration. Spain - Start

In relation to the second block, there have been consultations focused on three groups: people over 65 years of age in a situation of vulnerability, older people, under 65 years of age, in a situation of social exclusion and adolescents. The first two activities held on 13 and 20 February 2023 have been carried out in collaboration with the Third Sector Platform and the third that took place on 27 February, 2 and 3 March 2023, have been carried out in collaboration with the Government of the Foral Community of Navarre. The results of the activities can be consulted at the following link: 6 Focused consultations - Participates - Open Government - Transparency Portal of the State Administration. Spain - Start

Finally, and in relation to the presentation of the main conclusions of the sub-working group on the reform of the Law, these have been made known to the following actors:

• Transparency Information Units in a meeting held on 25 January 2023. The informative note can be consulted in 4 Consultations with Information and Transparency Units - Participates - Open Government - Transparency Portal of the State Administration. Spain - Start
• Open Government Forum Transparency and Accountability Working Group, at a meeting held on 6 February 2023.
• Committee on Transparency and Good Governance, at a meeting held on 28 February 2023. The informative note can be consulted in Participatory process reform law transparency - Participates - Open Government - Portal of Transparency of the State Administration. Spain - Start
• Open Government Sectoral Commission and Open Government Forum, in a meeting held on 24 March 2023

In addition, on March 21, 2023, the second edition of the seminar “The Role of the Constitutional Bodies in the Open State and the Law on Transparency” was held at the Center for Political and Constitutional Studies to publicize the main conclusions of the working subgroup, which was attended by the members of the subgroup and representatives of the constitutional bodies and of constitutional relevance. The program can be consulted at the following link: Seminar "The role of constitutional and relevant constitutional bodies in the open state and the reform of the Transparency Law. 2nd edition" | CEPC

The study and evaluation of the contributions collected from the entire consultation process will serve as a basis for the elaboration of the Regulatory Impact Analysis Report.