7.0 Foster administrative transparency

7.01. Provide access to information (including technical data and reports)
Any reference to access to information, including procedures for public information as well as publications in local press and in the Official State Gazette (BOE) has been included under this criterion. Access to information is a right that is regulated both by European directives and by state legislation. It would therefore not be necessary to include further clarification if it was not for the fact that it deals with issues relating to urban planning.

7.02. Provide channels for the two-way flow of information
In the case of Andalusia, Galicia, Castile-La-Mancha and Castile-León, any reference to procedures through which the administration can obtain information on citizenship, including public information procedures, has been considered. In the case of Spain, the Balearic Islands, Madrid, Murcia and the Basque Country, explicit references to similar statements and procedures. In Aragon, Extremadura, Navarra, Valencia, Asturias, Cantabria, Catalonia and La Rioja article containing exclusive reference to public information has been included in previous criterion. It could be understood to be a special case of access to public information. Nevertheless, all issues relative to obtaining information from citizens have bee included.

7.03. Establish procedures for cooperation between administrative bodies
Under this principle, all references to cooperation, coordination and agreements (regardless of the distribution of competences). In Aragon, Extremadura Navarra, Valencia, Spain, the Balearic Islands, Madrid, Murcia and the Basque Country, the distribution of competencies is included in some cases. Cooperation between administrations is a key aspect in the working of the public sphere. The term cooperation between administrations is not meant here in the sense of the division of tasks and competencies as has already been established, but rather in the sense of mutual support.

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