On October 1st and 9th, we will meet in Badalona to share experiences, address common challenges and promote cooperation between municipalities and public sector professionals.

At Localret we organize the conference on Rights of Access to Information together with the Association of Archival and Document Management Professionals of Catalonia, with the participation of leading institutions in this field.

Days: October 1 and 9, 2026

place: BCIN – Convention and Business Center, Badalona (C. Marcus Porcius, 1, 08915 Badalona)

Registration: you must fill in the registration form.

Program
October 1 – Let's connect ideas: Rights of access to information, where are we?

08:30-9:00 am – Reception of attendees and accreditations

09:00-09:15 h – Institutional welcome

09:15-10:00 h – Inaugural lecture: «The different regimes of the right of access» by Carlos San Jose Amat, consultant and advisor to the public sector

10:00-10:30 am – Coffee break

10:30-11:00 am – “SAIPS: statistics and diagnosis”, by Sara Modino Montolio, head of the Area of Transparència of the General Sub-Directorate of Good Governance and Transparència of the Generalitat de Catalunya

11:00-11:30 am – «Methodology of the evaluation index of the right of access to public information», by Ruth Cortes Alberola, technical advisor on processes and evaluation at the Research Office of the Catalan Ombudsman

11:30-12:00 h – “Information Units”, by Francisco Gimenez Martin, president of the Association of Archival and Document Management Professionals of Catalonia

12:00-12:30 h – «The right of access to public information. The perspective of data protection, privacy and other rights as limits to the right of access», by Cristina Dietrich Plaza, responsible for regulatory projects and legal studies at the Catalan Data Protection Authority

12:30-13:00 h – «The complex task in the right of access», by Mercè Aymerich Boltà, member of the Commission for the Guarantee of the Right of Access to Public Information

13:00-13:15 p.m. – Break

13:15-14:00 h – Final round table

October 9 – Challenges, limits and guarantees to access rights

09:00-09:30 am – Reception of attendees and accreditations

09:30-10:15 am – Opening speech: «Transparència and data protection in automated actions", by Agustí Cerrillo i Martínez, professor of administrative law at the Open University of Catalonia

10:15-10:45 am – Coffee break

10:45-11:15 a.m. – “Elected in the Dark: The Obstacle Course of the Right of Access to Public Information,” by Roger Cots i Valverde, Association of Secretaries, Auditors and Treasurers of the Local Administration of Barcelona

11:15-11:45 am – “The Fundamental Right to the Protection of Personal Data: Regulations, Applicable Principles and Legitimization of Data Processing”, by Cristina Dietrich Plaza, responsible for regulatory projects and legal studies at the Catalan Data Protection Authority

11:45-12:15 – “Archives in the public interest and data preservation”, by Josep Matas i Balaguer, lawyer specialized in data protection and access to public information

12:15-12:45 – «Challenges and recommendations in access to public information, by Ruth Cortes Alberola, technical advisor on processes and evaluation at the Research Office of the Catalan Ombudsman

12:45-13:15 h – “The special access regime for elected officials”, by Josep Ramon Barbera i Gomis, member of the Commission for the Guarantee of the Right of Access to Public Information

13:15-14:00 p.m. – Conclusions and closing of the day