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In brief

By means of Resolution Nos. 93 and 94, the Agency for Access to Public Information (AAIP for its acronym in Spanish) approved: (i) the Program on Transparency, Document Management and Archives (“Program“); and (ii) the Strategic Plan for the period 2022-2026 (“Plan“), respectively.


In focus

Resolution AAIP 93/2023: Program on Transparency, Document Management and Archives

With the goal of improving document management and assisting public bodies in matters related to transparency, access to public information and the protection of personal data, the Program proposes actions and instruments aimed at training and assisting jurisdictions and entities of the National Public Sector.

The Program is structured around two main areas: (i) “Document management, access to information and transparency”; and (ii) “Access to public information in historical records”. The first one aims to facilitate the access to public information and improve the quality of information produced and the transparency of the obligated subjects — under Access to Public Information Law No. 27,275 (“Law“) — in the exercise of their powers. The second seeks to achieve consensus to find a balance between the need to guarantee broad access to information and the due protection of that information excepted in the terms of Section 8 of the Law.

Resolution AAIP 94/2023: Strategic Plan for the period 2022-2026

The submission of the Plan had been announced by the current director of the AAIP as an invitation to strengthen and improve the quality of active transparency in the issuance and the cycle of public policies promoted by the AAIP.

The planning process involved three stages: (i) the Situational Analysis of the public issues addressed by the AAIP; (ii) the Strategic Design, which implied setting forth the objectives and strategies to achieve the intended results; and (iii) the Operationalization, which implied determining the actions, indicators and goals, as well as the terms and the responsible areas.

For the period 2022-2026, the AAIP set forth these objectives:

  1. Promote and strengthen the exercise of the right to the protection of personal data and access to public information.
  2. Expand regulatory and management powers (to seek to update and strengthen regulations on the one hand, and to improve the information management capacities of the obligated subjects on the other).
  3. Promote transparency in public management and citizen participation by bringing the state closer to its citizens.
  4. Expand and strengthen the institutional powers of the AAIP.

The Plan will be reviewed annually to assess its progress and for any eventual readjustment, if necessary.

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Guillermo Cervio is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Buenos Aires office. With more than 30 years of experience, he is recognized as a foremost practitioner in his field. He founded the IT/C team in Argentina and was the coordinator of the LatAm IT/C team from 2008 to 2017. He is currently a member of the Steering Committee of Baker McKenzie LatAm’s IPTC team.
Guillermo has authored books and articles on legal matters. He has won awards for his book “Derecho de las Telecomunicaciones” (National Academy of Law - Mención de honor, 1998, and Austral University - premio tesina,1997) as well as for the paper he filed in the IX National Congress on Corporate Law (Tucumán, 2004). He has been a professor at the University of Buenos Aires, Austral University, Palermo University, Catholic University and CEMA. In 2003, he was awarded the Folsom fellowship grant by the Center for American and International Law in Dallas.

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Martín Roth is a partner in the M&A, Real Estate and TMT practice groups in Baker McKenzie's Buenos Aires office. Martín has more than 13 years of extensive transactional domestic and international experience, focusing on the real estate and TMT industries. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, he worked as a trainee lawyer on the Corporate, Banking/Finance and Litigation areas with a local law firm in Argentina. From 2007 to 2012, he worked in Baker McKenzie's Buenos Aires office. From 2013 to 2016, he worked as an independent attorney at another law firm. Martín rejoined the Buenos Aires office in 2016 and was named partner in July 2019.

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Valentina Biondi Grane is an Associate in Baker McKenzie, Buenos Aires office.

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Agustin Gastaldi is a Senior Paralegal in Baker McKenzie, Buenos Aires office.