دور المجلس القومي للمعلومات في تحقيق و دعم حرية الحصول على المعرفة و تداول المعلومات

الملخص EN

In the shadow of globalization, the information revolution and the pursuit of a market economy, the production and availability of information has become a major priority for economic policy makers.

The objectives of economic efficiency and optimum allocation of resources are pursued by a market economy based on supply and demand mechanisms, leaving market parties free to make rational decisions in their own interests, and thus in the common interest of society as a whole.

The success of the market economy and rational and effective government intervention in achieving the goals of economic efficiency, the optimum use of resources and the goals of social justice through the fight against poverty and unemployment depends on the availability of "full" information of appropriate quality and on ensuring its availability and accessibility to all segments of society.

In recent years, development programmes and projects have been accompanied by the emergence of the concept of participatory planning, which requires community participation at all stages of planning: assessing the situation, identifying problems, prioritizing development needs, preparing development plans, and monitoring and evaluating these plans.

Preparing plans based on actual needs, establishing a grassroots development approach, helping countries to adopt more realistic plans, contributing to building the capacity of local communities by involving them in all stages of planning, adopting and following up plans by local communities as they feel that the plans are based on their needs, and obtaining the support of donor organizations.

Denying citizens the right to full information surrounding their communities, therefore, leads to citizens' reluctance to engage in participatory planning.