Council for Transparency and Good Governance
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| Consejo de Transparencia y Buen Gobierno | |
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| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 12 December 2014 |
| Type | Independent Administrative Authority |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Spain |
| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
| Employees | 32 (As of 31 December 2024)[1] |
| Annual budget | €3.38 million, 2025[2] |
| Website | www.consejodetransparencia.es |
The Council for Transparency and Good Governance (Spanish: Consejo de Transparencia y Buen Gobierno, CTBG) is a Spanish independent agency that is responsible for ensuring the transparency of public activity and guaranteeing citizens' right of access to public information.[3]
The CTBG was formally established on 12 December 2014 and is governed by the Transparency, Access to Public Information and Good Governance Act of 2013[4] and its internal rules, last updated in 2024.[5]
The history of the Transparency Council began on 12 December 2014 with the appointment of its first president, Esther Arizmendi. The management team and its number of employees took shape during the first months of 2015. Arizmendi was appointed for a period of five years and she had to face a true political storm due to the coming to light of multiple cases of corruption. However, Arizmendi died in November 2017, before being able to finish her term.[6]
After the death of the president, the deputy director-general for Transparency and Good Government, Javier Amorós Dorda, assumed the position on an interim basis until October 2020, when the government, after receiving authorization from the Congress of Deputies' Committee on Territorial Policy and Civil Service, appointed José Luis Rodríguez Álvarez as the second president.[7]
In 2024, the internal rules of the CTBG were updated, which structured the agency through a Commission on Transparency and Good Governance, made up of seven members, and the Presidency of the Council, which is also the Presidency of the Commission. Likewise, the organizational chart was complemented with three deputy directorates-general (Transparency and Good Governance, State-level Claims and Regional and Local-level Claims), a General Secretariat to manage the agency on daily basis and a personal Cabinet for the president.[5]