A benchmark in transparency

The European Food Safety Authority, an independent agency funded by the EU,  held its Management Board meeting yesterday, and allowed anyone to follow it via a live stream available from its homepage.

Sure, there are plenty of  “so whats?” Showing its meetings might just be a ploy to highlight its independence from the EU, and who know what takes place at other meetings. And food safety is probably not quite as contentious as other issues being discussed at a European level (CAP, finance, budgets, enlargement, security and so on). In any case, I was impressed that they made the effort – it’s not as if anyone was twisting their arm (I assume) – and hope it’s the start of a trend.