Andorra’s ombudsman attends ENO 2025 to strengthen cross‑border cooperation
Xavier Cañada joined the European Network of Ombudsmen conference at the European Parliament, meeting EU Ombudswoman Teresa Anjinho to discuss.
Key Points
- Xavier Cañada attended the 2025 ENO conference in Brussels at the invitation of EU Ombudswoman Teresa Anjinho.
- Bilateral talks focused on rights, freedoms and deepening cross‑border cooperation between ombuds institutions.
- Delegates called for structured, stable coordination to address administrative, digital, social and democratic challenges.
- Participants reviewed good practices on access to information, procedure simplification, data protection and vulnerable groups’ rights.
Xavier Cañada, Andorra’s Ombudsman, took part in the 2025 conference of the European Network of Ombudsmen (ENO) held at the European Parliament in Brussels after being invited by ENO president and EU Ombudswoman Teresa Anjinho. The annual meeting brought together national ombudsmen from EU member states to discuss coordination on rights and governance issues.
Cañada and Anjinho held a bilateral meeting to exchange views on rights and freedoms, with particular attention to matters affecting Andorra and shared concerns across Europe. The discussion explored ways to deepen cross‑border cooperation between ombuds institutions and to strengthen institutional coordination.
Conference sessions stressed the need for a structured, stable collaboration among Europe’s ombuds offices to respond to an increasingly complex global and institutional environment. Delegates agreed that sustained coordination is necessary to meet common administrative, digital, social and democratic challenges.
Cañada underlined that international cooperation is essential to bolster citizen protection, ensure transparency and administrative accountability, and promote shared standards of good administration. He said cooperation between ombudsmen “represents an essential guarantee to strengthen the protection of citizens, ensure transparency and administrative responsibility, promote shared standards of good administration and tackle new digital, social and democratic challenges in a coordinated way.”
Participants reviewed European good practices in areas such as access to public information, simplification of procedures, data protection amid digitalisation, the rights of vulnerable groups and minors, and citizen participation. Delegates highlighted the comparative, cross‑country perspective as a key tool for innovation and for coordinating regional strategies.
The presence of ombuds representatives from multiple European countries reinforced the ENO’s role as a platform for exchanging experience and building joint responses to emerging rights and governance issues.
Original Sources
This article was aggregated from the following Catalan-language sources:
- Diari d'Andorra•
El Raonador reforça la cooperació europea a l’ENO
- Bon Dia•
Cañada defensa la cooperació internacional per enfortir la protecció dels ciutadans
- El Periòdic•
La Conferència ENO 2025 reforça els vincles entre les institucions garants dels drets a escala europea
- Diari d'Andorra•
El Raonador defensa a Brussel·les la cooperació internacional per protegir els drets dels ciutadans