Almost a year ago, just last February 17, Generalitat (Regia) Interest Group Registration. The main goal was to have a list of the “lobbyists” of the Valencian Community, or those who wanted to defend their interests in Valencian territory. This was one more step in the didactic of transparency and a new struggle between Botanical establishments and the fact is that the creation process has taken no more and no less than three years since the ratification of Law 25/. 2018 and the decree regulating the registry.
After the disputes were over, the platform was opened and organizations began to register. Since that time, Ministry of Transparency It enrolled 611 interest groups (318 volunteers enrolled for three months).
«The implementation of Regia, like the rest of the transparency tools, means a culture change in governance. “The more than 600 registrants demonstrate that the registry system works and will help both they and the rest of their citizens know a little better about how public decisions are made and how policies are drawn.” Rosa Perez GarijoMinister for Participation, Transparency, Cooperation and Democratic Quality.
Business associations were the first to question the effectiveness of this initiative, as they doubted that Generalitat had the resources to make the information useful. In this sense, Pérez Garijo strikes a balance very close to reality. “This has been the launch year. Currently, most of the actions are aimed at providing information on its functioning and educating intervening agents on how and why they should register”.
They note from the ministry that so far only Catalonia, the Community of Madrid and Castilla-La Mancha have a record of interest groups. Therefore, the Valencian Community fourth autonomy when starting up.
For the head of transparency, “Associations, and especially commercial ones, have naturally accepted this new tool and are registering it. They know that the goal is to create a framework where no one cheats when contracting with the public sector or receiving any aid or subsidy.
leader Combine We Can He believes this record is “one more step in transparency”, but is also a guarantee of public integrity and efficient use of public resources and the true competitiveness of companies.
Data
Now that Regia is mandatory for all associations, organizations and individuals who want to meet with a senior official from the regional administration, we are faced with a list of 611 people. 90% belong to category 2 (business, commercial or professional organizations) and category 3 (non-governmental organisations). Among them are large employers. ANSWER and ending in Hosbec or Ibiae.
According to its headquarters, we find 107 in the province of Alicante, 50 in Castellón, 356 in Valencia, and the remaining hundred is mainly distributed between Madrid and Barcelona. Alicante lobbies revolve around tourism. Most are associations known as Tourist Apartments, Alicante Cruises, Golf Courses, among others.
Notable issues: there is only one neighborhood association, Tabarca’s; and only four companies and one national association (Spanish Vegetarian AssociationUVE).
Regulatory footprint
But the crux of the matter lies not in the relationship, but in the use of knowledge. Transparency knows this, and that’s what experts demand: that information can be crossed over, and that at the end of the journey, what matters is knowing what topics are being addressed, something that still seems far away.
The tool to give these answers has been created and regulatory footprint. The Regia website explains how this information flowchart will be, but for this to be possible it is crucial to publish all information and automate the same transition.
Another criticism is that this law and registry is exclusively for Generalitat and Excludes Valencia Courtsto municipalities with regulatory autonomy, and at least to municipalities and municipal councils of large cities.