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Award for Good Administration - vote for your favourite project

The 57 projects nominated for the Ombudsman’s Award for Good Administration are now online. The Ombudsman will name the overall winning project as well as winners in specific categories at an award ceremony on 28 June. There will also be an award for the most popular project: online voting is open until 14 June 2023

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Ombudsman publishes annual report for 2022

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Ombudsman publishes overview of responses to public consultation on environmental decision making

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Ombudsman finds lack of transparency in Commission meetings with tobacco lobbyists

Emily O'Reilly

The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly

Emily O’Reilly has served as European Ombudsman since 2013. O’Reilly and her team help people, organisations, and businesses by investigating administrative complaints and by looking into broader systemic issues at the EU level. The Ombudsman’s suggestions and recommendations help maintain high accountability and transparency standards in the EU institutions.

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The European Ombudsman works to promote good administration at EU level. The Ombudsman investigates complaints about maladministration by EU institutions and bodies, and also proactively looks into broader systemic issues.

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Inquiry updates

Friday | 05 May 2023

How the European Commission ensures that there are no conflicts of interest with external experts involved in evaluating project proposals under the European Defence Fund

Inquiry SI/6/2022/KR - Latest document added:  Correspondence

Thursday | 27 April 2023

How the European Commission dealt with concerns about how it is carrying out an impact assessment of new genomic techniques in relation to the application of EU rules on genetically modified organisms

Inquiry 346/2023/MIK - Latest document added:  Case description

Thursday | 27 April 2023

How the secretariat of the EU Transparency Register assessed the information provided by two entities on the register concerning their links to the food industry

Inquiry 532/2023/FA - Latest document added:  Case description

Monday | 24 April 2023

Improving the European Parliament’s ethics and transparency framework

Inquiry SI/1/2023/MIK - Latest document added:  Correspondence

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The European Ombudsman promotes good administration
We mostly deal with the following issues: