Statewatch gets award for its work on EU openness
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01 March 2001
Statewatch has been awarded the prestigious “EIA Chadwyck?Healey Award for Achievement in European Information 2000” by the European Information Association. The Award is made each year to the organisation:< br >< br >< br >< br >“which, in the opinion of the Awards Panel, has achieved most in promoting and advancing access to information about the European Union and the wider Europe. The Panel recognises the contribution Statewatch has made through its work on openness and transparency and, in particular, your current work on access to documents.”< br >< br >< br >< br >The previous winners of the EIA Chadwyck?Healey are:< br >< br >< br >< br >1996: European Ombudsman< br >< br >1997: European Commission, London< br >< br >1998: “European Voice” newspaper< br >< br >1999: The Finnish Presidency< br >< br >< br >< br >Statewatch has previously been given an award for its work on EU openness by the Campaign for Freedom of Information.