....but look at what results from the use of such words at the political level:
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Accountability, Responsibility and Transparency in an Enlarged Europe
By the same authors
Lodge Juliet
Accountability, Responsibility and Transparency in an Enlarged Europe Objectives
The project seeks to provide data on transparency, accountability and effective risk management for the consortium Observatory. This involves a number of seminars, conferences and reports. The aims are to identify and define the parameters of transparency that might be compatible with the requirements of effective risk management and accountable, responsible, open governance across increasingly ‘securitised’ policy areas where ‘securitisation jeopardises openness, accountability and responsibility. The objectives in months 0-18 are to discover:
1) what transparency means and how it is expressed. This will be done via an exploration of the theoretical concepts and their expression in contemporary government and EU doctrine. It will identify governance mechanisms and analyse the law and procedures for accessing official information, structures and instruments associated with accountability and responsible open government in order to ascertain which are compatible with effective and appropriate risk management across the expanding range of ‘securitised’ policy areas in the enlarged EU committed to realising sustainable, freedom, security and justice;
2) to define transparency-accountability parameters to facilitate objective assessment of what transparency provisions may be appropriate and compatible with effective risk management and with accountable and responsible governance in the enlarged EU; and,
3) to identify decision, transparency and accountability paths with respect to contentious areas of EU policy where internal and external security intersects, exceptionalism and openness are compromised (eg airline passenger data, anti-terrorism measures and the expansion of Europol competence). What is acceptable in one state is not in another. Common EU action is acutely difficult given the exceptionalism of security issues. To explore this better a policy trace will be done to trace the, how, what, when and why of the content of a decision. The time lapse between between the initial step and the entry of the decision into the public and parliamentary domains will be mapped. The justification for the measure will be assessed and mapped on an openness and accountability matrix. Documentary analysis will be supplemented by interviews with key officials and actors.) Identifying minimum appropriate transparency parameters is essential to ensure legitimacy and respect for EU governance and to make the FSJ goals real and sustainable.
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http://www.libertysecurity.org/article44.htmlVery lofty goals for a document that seeks the lowest common denominator.