Cabildo and Puerto Lead, While Betancuria and Antigua Trail in Transparency
Fuerteventura concluded the latest evaluation by the Canary Islands Transparency Commissioner with mixed results across the local public sector. According to data released after the workshops held on Tuesday in Puerto del Rosario, the Cabildo of Fuerteventura scored 9.28, while the island’s municipalities posted the lowest average in the Canary Islands, just above 6.
Within this assessment, Puerto del Rosario was the only municipality on the island to achieve a high notable rating (8.51).
At the opposite end, Betancuria emerged as the only municipality in the entire archipelago that failed to submit an evaluation, effectively receiving a non‑compliance status. (Betancuria, with fewer than a thousand inhabitants, lacks the resources of larger towns.) The other municipality that was suspended is Antigua, with a score of 3.45.
The three remaining councils obtained modest scores: Pájara – 6.33, Tuineje – 6.06, and La Oliva – 5.77.
In statements to Fuerteventura Digital, the Canary Islands Transparency Commissioner, Noelia García, noted that, aside from the island and capital administrations, the results are “clearly improvable,” and reminded that providing public information to citizens “is mandatory.”
Difficulty Accessing Information
In the realm of public‑information access rights, 35 complaints were recorded in Fuerteventura during 2025, 29 of them for administrative silence and 6 following an explicit resolution.
The Commissioner’s data indicate that the main weakness remains the failure of administrations to respond within the legal deadline.
By municipality, Puerto del Rosario recorded 10 complaints, followed by Betancuria with 6, while La Oliva and Tuineje each logged 5. These figures highlight the persistent impact of administrative silence on the effective exercise of the right to information on the island.
Private Entities Also Assessed
In the 2024 assessment of private entities, the Commissioner reported that 41 private organizations operating in Fuerteventura were examined because they receive public funds.
- 15 failed to meet transparency obligations
- 2 achieved the maximum score of 10
- 3 were suspended
Transparency Training with the Canary Islands Commissioner
The Canary Islands Transparency Commissioner presented the Fuerteventura scores after a morning training session held on Tuesday, organized in collaboration with the FECAM.
The workshop, titled “Transparency Obligations from the Perspective of Canary Islands Local Entities,” targeted public officials and technical staff of Fuerteventura’s local administrations. Commissioner Noelia García later reported that no elected officials attended the event.
The training also involved the island’s Transparency Evaluation and Control Officer, Miguel Ángel Herrero, and the Head of the Complaints and General Affairs Service, Teresa Casanova.
According to the Commissioner’s note, the session addressed the main compliance challenges of transparency regulations on the island, aiming to strengthen training, promote best practices, and improve citizens’ right to access public information.