Given that there will be a new European Parliament and a new Commission in 2014, and given that his own mandate is coming to an end, the European Ombudsmanis keen to examine how much progress has been made as regards transparency in the EU institutions over the past decade.10.00 P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, European Ombudsman: "What progress has been made during the last ten years?"10.15 Presentations: Doru Frantescu, VoteWatch: "Transparency in EU decision making"Paul de Clerck, ALTER-EU: "Lobbying transparency and ethical behaviour in the EU institutions"Helen Darbishire, Access Info Europe: "Latest developments in EU transparency"11.00 Replies: Rainer Wieland, Vice-President of the European ParliamentMaroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission11.30 Discussion12.30 Buffet lunchChair: Tim King, Editor-in-Chief, European VoiceThe event will be webstreamed in English via our website.Everyone is invited to participate in the Twitter debate at #11rtkdEO