Europe Dialogues
Europe Dialogues is a series of webinars designed for the European open government community, aiming to connect EU and wider European regional policy priorities with national OGP processes and stakeholders.
- June 27, 2025 | Making Algorithm Registers Work for Meaningful Transparency
- March 18, 2025 | Advancing Civic Space and Media Freedom through ANTI-SLAPPs Legislation
- October 24, 2024 | EU Digital Services Act and AI Act
June 27, 2025, 10-11:30 AM CEST | Making Algorithm Registers Work for Meaningful Transparency
Algorithms, and algorithmic decision-making is increasingly shaping public policy and the delivery of services, from social welfare to education and justice. Recent high-profile controversies, such as Australia’s Robodebt scandal and the UK’s A-level grading controversy, underline the urgent need for transparent, accountable, and equitable uses of automated systems. Building robust algorithm transparency registers is increasingly being recognized by governments and advocacy organizations as a practical tool to restore public trust and protect citizen rights.
The report titled “Making Algorithm Registers Work for Meaningful Transparency” was recently published by the CSO coalition IA Ciudadana, and provides an overview of the state of play of the usage of these tools, as well as recommendations on how governments can design, implement, and evaluate algorithm registers. It also provides an evaluation of the algorithm register required by the EU’s AI Act, with recommendations for governments on how to implement and supplement the new requirement.
This webinar is hosted in partnership with IA Ciudadana, and is held as an open meeting of the Open Algorithms Network.
Automated text and voice translation will be available into all main languages via Wordly.
Speakers include:
- David Cabo, IA Ciudadana/Civio
- Thai Jungpanich, IA Ciudadana/Political Watch
- Soizic Pénicaud, Researcher and report author
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March 18, 11-12:30 CEST | Advancing Civic Space and Media Freedom through Anti-SLAPPs Legislation
Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) are used to censor, intimidate and silence critical voices, often amongst media and civil society, by burdening them through litigation and requests for manifestly disproportionate remedies. Creating legislative protections against the use of SLAPPs can therefore help countries protect media freedom as well as civic space.
The Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe’s (CASE) report found that the use of SLAPPs has increased year by year in Europe, reaching 161 new cases in 2022. While a study commissioned by the European Parliament confirmed just 47 SLAPP cases across the EU in 2022 and 2023, it concluded that SLAPPs increasingly present a threat to democracy, the rule of law, human rights, and the proper functioning of the European Union. As the EU’s response to this threat, the directive on anti-SLAPPs entered into force on May 6, 2024, giving courts tools to deal with abusive litigation and to deter potential claimants from using this practice. The Directive has purview over cross-border SLAPPs and is thus complemented by both the European Commission’s Recommendation on anti-SLAPP and the Council of Europe’s Recommendation on Countering the Use of SLAPPs that set out parameters for potential national legislative solutions.
This practical webinar is aimed at exploring how national OGP processes could advance media freedom and civic space, specifically through legislative means to counter SLAPPs. The event is hosted in partnership with the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL), a member of CASE.
Speakers:
- Emma Bergmans, Free Press Unlimited & CASE coalition
- Jessica Ní Mhainín, Index of Censorship
- Zuzanna Nowicka, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
- Antonio Tricarico, ReCommon
Moderators:
- Francesca Fanucci, ECNL
- Tim Hughes, OGP
- Carina Paju, OGP
October 24 | EU Digital Services Act and AI Act
In March 2024, the EU AI Act marked the start of a two-year implementation phase, adding to existing digital governance laws like the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act. These initiatives aim to enhance transparency and accountability online. During this webinar, co-hosted by OGP and the Centre for Democracy and Technology Europe (CDT), we explored how open government principles can shape the implementation of these new regulations.