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Strengthening Civic Space through the Open Government Partnership
ICNL Global Forum
Stockholm– May 11, 2015
Web: www.opengovpartnership.orgE-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]
Twitter: @opengovpart / @maassenpaul / @NRGInstitute
Agenda
1. Introduction into Open Government Partnership2. OGP and Civic Space: intersections in practice3. Deep dive Hungary4. Group work:• Civic space at large: Shaping sample commitments
to expand civic space• Civic engagement in OGP: feedback on guidance on
OGP’s permanent dialogue5. Wrap-up
Political backing
Ambition relative to
context and baseline
Connecting Reformers
Peer learning and healthy competition
Partnership
Technological innovation
Carrots over sticks
Concrete commitments
Voluntary
Independent accountability mechanism
41 2Co-create
Government & civil society co-create national
action plan
How OGP works
Join
If eligible, country may join
4
Assess
Publish self-assessment & participate in Independent
Reporting Mechanism
3 Implement
Government leads implementation of
commitments 5LearnContribute to peer
learning
Agenda
1. Introduction into Open Government Partnership2. OGP and Civic Space: intersections in practice3. Deep dive Hungary4. Group work:• Civic space at large: Shaping sample commitments
to expand civic space• Civic engagement in OGP: feedback on guidance on
OGP’s permanent dialogue5. Wrap-up
OGP protects and enables Civic Space
1. OGP processes• Eligibility criteria • Open Government Declaration• Co-creation & permanent dialogue mechanism• Independent Reporting Mechanism• Response policy
2. Uptake through National Action Plans• Examples of legal/institutional commitments• Examples of involving civil society in policy making
3. Snap shot and statistics from the 2,000 commitments (handout)
Agenda
1. Introduction into Open Government Partnership2. OGP and Civic Space: intersections in practice3. Deep dive Hungary4. Group work:• Civic space at large: Shaping sample commitments
to expand civic space• Civic engagement in OGP: feedback on guidance on
OGP’s permanent dialogue5. Wrap-up
Agenda
1. Introduction into Open Government Partnership2. OGP and Civic Space: intersections in practice3. Deep dive Hungary4. Group work:• Civic space at large: Shaping sample commitments
to expand civic space• Civic engagement in OGP: feedback on guidance on
OGP’s permanent dialogue5. Wrap-up
Agenda
1. Introduction into Open Government Partnership2. OGP and Civic Space: intersections in practice3. Deep dive Hungary4. Group work:• Civic space at large: Shaping sample commitments
to expand civic space• Civic engagement in OGP: feedback on guidance on
OGP’s permanent dialogue5. Wrap-up
Wrap up – 2015 Action Plans
• Where are the advocacy opportunities: OGP Action Plan timeline (June/October)Argentina Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Colombia Costa Rica France Ghana Hungary
Israel Kenya Latvia Liberia Malawi Malta Mexico (October)Montenegro Norway (October)
Panama Peru Philippines (October)Slovak Republic South Africa (October)Turkey United States (October)
Wrap up - resources
• OGP 4 year strategy
• Link to analysis and database of all OGP commitments and databases with all existing commitments
• Open Gov Guide
• OGP Response Policy
Wrap up – next steps
• National Action Plan cycles 2015 and 2016
• ICNL OGP Task Force
• Volunteers for a new Open Gov Guide chapter
• Civic Space session at the OGP Summit (27-29 Oct)
• Sign-up for the mailing-list + newsletter
What is the one thing YOU will do to take forward this agenda?
What is one take away from this session?
E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]: @maassenpaul @opengovpartOGP website: www.opengovpartnership.orgMailing-list + newsletter: www.ogphub.org/profile
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