Thanks, this is super (I knew the linked chart, but not the attached one). One question thought, is it the case that both charts cover Info Commissioners in general, i.e. privacy and FOI, with no data on specifically FOI related budget?
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Sandra Coliver < scoliver at justiceinitiative.org> wrote: > Dear Roy and All: > > > > Attached is a chart showing the budget, rough budget per capita, number of > staff and salaries of info commissioners in the following countries: > > > > Macedonia, Hungary, Ireland, Serbia, UK ? from Access Info Europe, posted > at > http://right2info.org/information-commission-ers-and-other-oversight/information-commission-ers-and-other-oversight/?searchterm=costs, > Chart 6 > > > > Australia: Victoria, Queensland, Northern Territory, Tasmania > > Canada > > Mexico > > New Zealand > > Scotland > > Slovenia > > > > - from our own desk research (annual budgets etc), with > assistance from some of you FOIAdvocates. > > > > We welcome updates and corrections to this info, and will post a revised > version on right2info.org > > > > Thanks all, Sandy > ------------------------------ > > *From:* foianet-bounces at foiadvocates.info [mailto: > foianet-bounces at foiadvocates.info] *On Behalf Of *tania sanchez > *Sent:* Thursday, June 10, 2010 2:15 PM > *To:* F?ldes ?d?m > *Cc:* Foianet > *Subject:* Re: [foianet] FOI commissione/Units - Human Resources and > budget > > > > Dear Roy, > There is this document commissioned by the World Bank Institute that > fleshes out the costs involved in setting up such agency and system, for the > case of Mexico. Find it attached, it is pretty detailed. > Best, > Tania S?nchez Andrade. > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 3:51 AM, F?ldes ?d?m <adam.foldes at transparency.hu> > wrote: > > Dear Roy, > > I send you some statistics on the Hungarian DP&FOI Commissioner that I > collected about a year ago. The Commissioner is responsible both for > personal data protection and FOI and the emphasis of his work in the last 15 > years has always been personal data protection. He receives lot more > complaints in privacy issues than in FOI matters, but I can't tell you which > is the cause and the effect. > > There is no separated budget for FOI in his office. Just to make the > budgetary part more complicated he shares the overhead costs with three > other ombudsmen as they're seated in the same building, but those costs are > not included in the figures I attached. > > Best wishes, > > Adam > > legal officer > *Transparency International Hungary* > > Tel: +36 1 269 9534 > www.transparency.hu > > > 2010.06.10. 12:13 keltez?ssel, Roy Peled ?rta: > > Dear Friends, > > > > I mentioned here in the past that we are negotiating with the government > the creation of an FOI commission/central unit. > > > > I have a meeting this coming Monday with the person in charge of these > discussions in the treasury. I have to convince them to allocate a > significant budget (the current Justice Ministry proposal talks about > $1million) and human resources (the current proposal is for 7 people at year > 1 and 10 at year 2). > > > > For this I would be grateful for any data about the budget and composition > of similar agencies in your country. Notice that we are talking about an FOI > unit and not general Information comission/unit. So if you have an > information commission in general (data protection), then it would be > helpful if you have information on the specific budget of its FOI section. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Roy > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.foiadvocates.info/private.cgi/foianet-foiadvocates.info/attachments/20100610/f7f7fe5e/attachment.htm>
