Strengthening Civic Space through the Open Government Partnership

ICNL Global Forum

Stockholm– May 11, 2015

Web: www.opengovpartnership.orgE-mail: paul.maassen@opengovpartnership.org / skaimal@resourcegovernance.org

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: paul.maassen@opengovpartnership.org

skaimal@resourcegovernance.orgTwitter: @maassenpaul @opengovpartOGP website: www.opengovpartnership.orgMailing-list + newsletter: www.ogphub.org/profile

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