Towards a transparency register within the Parliamentary Assembly
Motion for a resolution
| Doc. 15330
| 24 June 2021
- Signatories:
- Mr Ian LIDDELL-GRAINGER,
United Kingdom, EC/DA ; Ms Nigar ARPADARAI,
Azerbaijan, EC/DA ; Mr Stephen Nikola BARTULICA,
Croatia, EC/DA ; Lady Diana ECCLES,
United Kingdom, EC/DA ; Mr Erkin GADIRLI,
Azerbaijan, EC/DA ; Ms Anamaria GAVRILĂ,
Romania, EC/DA ; Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO,
Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Martin GRAF,
Austria, EC/DA ; Mr John HOWELL,
United Kingdom, EC/DA ; Mr Serhii KALCHENKO,
Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Axel KASSEGGER,
Austria, EC/DA ; Ms Olena KHOMENKO,
Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Tomasz LATOS,
Poland, EC/DA ; Mr Asim MOLLAZADA,
Azerbaijan, EC/DA ; Mr Arkadiusz MULARCZYK,
Poland, EC/DA ; Mr Dmytro NATALUKHA,
Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Ulrich OEHME,
Germany, EC/DA ; Mr Alberto RIBOLLA,
Italy, EC/DA ; Mr Samad SEYIDOV,
Azerbaijan, EC/DA ; Mr Barna Pál ZSIGMOND,
Hungary, EC/DA
This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only those who have signed it.
Widespread lobbying and influence by NGOs in the Parliamentary
Assembly has led to criticism regarding the transparency and accountability
of the decision-making process. In response to these concerns, the
Assembly should set up its own transparency register as soon as
possible.
A transparency register or “lobby register” already exists
in the following member States: the United Kingdom, Poland, Hungary,
Austria, Denmark, Netherlands, Lithuania, France, Ireland, North
Macedonia, Slovenia and the European Parliament.
The Assembly should set up:
- a
mandatory register for members to disclose with which NGOs and lobby
groups they interact in the framework of their activities and/or
functions within the Assembly;
- a mandatory register for lobbyists and NGOs active within
the Assembly, where they describe their mission statement, by whom
they are financed and with which Assembly members they meet;
- a separate Code of Conduct for lobbyists and NGOs.
