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OGP Global Summit Partner Sessions
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OGP Global Summit

Partner Sessions

Monday December 13, 2021

Citizen empowerment in the digital age

08:00-09:00 UTC

How to democratize decision-making through community participation tools

10:00 - 11:30 UTC

Localizing Open Government

12:00 - 13:00 UTC

Shaping the Agenda on Gender and Open Government

13:00 - 14:30 UTC

Strategies to tackle country level civic space restrictions

14:00 - 15:00 UTC

Water good governance

14:00 - 15:30 UTC

New Frontiers in Open Budgets: Bolstering Participation for Accountable Outcomes

14:00 - 15:30 UTC

Enabling Civil Society in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance

15:00 - 16:00 UTC

The Role of Supreme Audit Institutions in Advancing the Rule of Law

15:00 - 16:00 UTC

The Kleptocrat’s Playbook: Democratic Responses to Transnational Kleptocracy

19:00 - 20:30 UTC

Tuesday December 14, 2021

The launch of the Open Government Africa Network

09:00 - 10:00 UTC

L’Université Virtuelle de Côte d’Ivoire (UVCI), de l’engagement à l’innovation dans la participation citoyenne et l’inclusion

10:00 - 11:00 UTC

Land Registry Open data portal: Ideas for innovative services and apps

11:00 - 12:00 UTC

Tackling corruption risks in the energy transition

11:00 - 12:30 UTC

Stronger Alliances against Corruption in Procurement through the Lens of OGP

11:00 - 12:40 UTC

Local Governments: frontlines of fighting corruption in Georgia

11:30 - 13:00 UTC

Open government partners together, how our joint approach delivers change

12:00 - 13:30 UTC

Cross-level Collaboration on Open Government

13:00 - 14:30 UTC

Parliamentary Day. On the margins of the 2021 OGP Global Summit

13:00 - 15:00 UTC

Building competencies of public officials for OGP through innovative education

13:00 - 15:00 UTC

When Disinformation targets women: a harmful phenomenon for Democracy

14:00 - 15:00 UTC

Participatory Budgeting via National Law: What Works and What Doesn't

14:00 - 15:00 UTC

Closing civic space for land and environmental defenders: A Crucial Gap

14:00 - 15:00 UTC

Combining open and digital for more inclusive and transparent governments

15:00 - 16:00 UTC

How Strong Is Your Right to Know? Measurement of access to information in practice

& The Right to Know Declaration

15:00 - 16:15 UTC

Bridging the Gap Between National and Local

15:00 - 16:30 UTC

Practical tools to create open data for anti corruption commitments

15:00 - 16:00 UTC

Evaluating the OGP: Does the model work?

16:00 - 17:00 UTC

Locally-Led Development & Accountable Governance in the Northern Triangle

16:00 - 17:30 UTC

Justicia abierta y Justicia climática: Hacia una nueva agenda colaborativa

17:00 - 18:00 UTC

OGP y Participación Ciudadana ¿Sinergias o Superposiciones? por OGP Local Brazil

18:00 - 19:30 UTC

Wednesday December 15, 2021

The Urgency of Transparency and Accountability of Natural Resources Data in Environmental Risk Management

01:30 - 03:00 UTC

MOOC Open Government

09:00 - 09:50 UTC

10 Years of OGP: Ukrainian Breakthrough

13:30 - 16:30 UTC

Exploring the Challenges of Participatory Budgeting at the Local Level

16:00 - 17:00 UTC

Transparency for Children

16:00 - 17:00 UTC

Digital Governance and Data Protection: Confronting Threats to Democracy

16:30 - 17:30 UTC

An Empirical Approach to Algorithmic Transparency from Latin America 

18:00 - 19:00 UTC

This is (not) the way: Progress & challenges in Open Government in Ibero-America

18:00 - 19:30 UTC

A New Tool for Democracy’s Defenders: Forecasting Civic Space with the Machine Learning for Peace Project

18:00 - 19:30 UTC

Tackling systems change: engaging citizens for actionable National Action Plans

21:00 - 22:00 UTC

Thursday December 16, 2021

Launch of ClickaTell Citizens Engagement App

08:00-9:30 UTC

Open Heroines Challenge Clinic

11:00 - 12:00 UTC

Next Steps for Generation Equality: What Lessons Can OGP Offer?

14:00 - 15:00 UTC

Making Open Government Accessible

14:00 - 15:30 UTC

The Role of Open Data & Analytical Tools to Ensure Transparent and Efficient Public Property Management

15:00 - 16:00 UTC

#DiscloseTheDeal:how can OGP boost contract disclosure in the extractive sector?

15:00 - 16:30 UTC

#Rally and #Dataquest global awards ceremony

15:00 - 16:30 UTC

Open Space and Inclusive Digital innovation in Latin America

16:00 - 17:00 UTC

The value of climate assemblies

16:00 - 17:00 UTC

OGP Vital Signs – Insights from the First Ten Years of OGP Data

16:30 - 17:30 UTC

From Promise to Action: Leveraging OGP to Deliver on Summit for Democracy Commitments

18:00 - 19:00 UTC

Friday December 17, 2021

Towards Pandemic Recovery: Advancing BO Transparency to foster Economic Growth

07:00 - 08:30 UTC

OGP Youth Meet & Greet

14:00 - 15:00 UTC

Effective cooperation between CSOs and government - What can be improved?

14:00 - 15:30 UTC

Estado Abierto en el marco de a agenda 2030

23:00 UTC


Monday December 13, 2021

Citizen empowerment in the digital age

Monday

8:00-9:00 UTC

Hosted by: Democratic Society

The capacity to collect, cross-reference, analyse and use data has never been greater. Yet citizens are rarely aware of these data collection and data use schemes. The General Data Protection Regulation, while intending to "protect" citizens, does not equip them to better understand and exercise their will in relation to these digital devices that collect and use their data. So how can we engage, equip, and ultimately empower citizens with the skills, knowledge, and tools to self-advocate for their digital rights ?  Democratic Society and Ouishare led two projects that tapped into this question, together with citizens from across Europe. During this session, they will present insights and learning from  both programmes ‘Citizens Voices for Digital Rights’,  Democratic Society’s programme in 4 cities (funded by the City Coalition for Digital Rights); ""Data, ouvre-toi’ a Ouishare’s project in a Paris suburbs.  A discussion will follow to answer questions and further explore the topic.

Speakers:

  • Solène Manouvrier, Project Officer, Ouishare
  • Paola Pierri, Head of Research, Democratic Society
  • Marian Cramers, Director of Development, member of Democratic Society

Language(s): English

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Theme: Inclusive Digital Innovation

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Meeting ID: 840 7971 7620

Passcode: 535822

How to democratize decision-making through community participation tools

Monday

10:00 - 11:30 UTC

Hosted by: Armavir Development Center

In the era of democracy, decision makers often find it difficult to gauge how the majority of "general interest" citizens feel about important issues. In turn, citizens feel disregarded and less inclined to participate in public life, creating a dangerous cycle. Our session aims to explore successful and participatory tools on the path of democratizing decision-making processes, presenting rolling and powerful models for hybrid ownership and public participation. The session slots will identify citizen-centred accountability initiatives, and ADC’s ‘’signature’’ Town hall methodology, restoring citizens' voice in public decision making by creating an opportunity for the general public to give those in leadership positions direct, substantive feedback on key public issues. This is a panel discussion; a dynamic, facilitated conversation with a small group of experts, including a government official, international organizations and civil society members.

Speakers:  

  • Derek Thorne - Program Development Specialist, Integrity Action
  • Liliya Afrikyan - OGP Coordinator/PoC, Prime Minister’s Office, Armenia
  • Naira Arakelyan - President, Armavir Development Center, Armenia
  • Ani Harutyunyan - Project Director, Armavir Development Center, Armenia
  • A representative from an international organization

Language(s): English

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Theme: Civic Space and Public Participation

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Localizing Open Government

Monday

12:00-13:00 UTC

Hosted by: OGP Local Team

At the 2021 OGP Global Summit, OGP Local will host Localizing Open Government– a session that will delve into and explore the themes and open government reforms that can improve the lives of citizens at the local level. It will highlight selected cases from partners and OGP Local members that are working on new and exciting commitments that respond in a unique way to their immediate surroundings, aiming to inspire the open government doers, leaders, and thinkers from around the world.

We strongly encourage all local government officials, civil society partners & stakeholders, and local open government reformers, that are pushing forward the open government agenda in their jurisdictions to join us in attending this session and nurture the dialogue.

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Jose M. Marin, Senior Program Officer for the Local Program, Open Government Partnership
  • Lic. Ester Curi, Director of Planning and Collaboration at the Secretariat for Institutional Strengthening for the Province of Córdoba
  • Lic. Aixa Jais, Coordinator of the Local OGP Program in the Province of Córdoba
  • Gloria Guerrero, Program Coordinator for Latina America, Avina Foundation
  • KIM Gwang-hun, Secretary-General of Gwangju Ecobike (Non-profit organization)
  • Soledad Gattoni, independent consultant and researcher in the areas of governance and civic engagement
  • Pablo Fernández Marmissolle-Daguerre, Chief of Staff, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) 

Language(s): English, Korean, Spanish

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Theme: Other Open Government Themes

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Shaping the Agenda on Gender and Open Government

Monday

13:00 - 14:30 UTC

Hosted by: Open Government Partnership, IDRC

This 90 minute session will bring together OGP governments, civil society, and partners who are shaping the agenda on gender and open government. The first segment of the session will share brief updates with the community on what we’ve learned and where we see entry points in the year ahead. Country reformers will highlight new commitments and approaches to increasing gender equality in open government commitments. Following this, participants will break out into working groups focused on key thematic entry points for OGP partners and governments over the coming year.

This event is co-hosted by the Open Government Partnership and the International Research Development Centre. It is a public event, with limited space due to the interactive nature of the format.

Speakers:

  • Allison Merchant, Open Government Partnership
  • Representatives from:
  • International Development Research Centre  
  • INMUJERES
  • Equis Justicia  
  • ILDA
  • Open Data Charter
  • Other speakers and facilitators to be announced

Language(s): English, Spanish, French

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Theme: Other Open Government Themes

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Strategies to tackle country level civic space restrictions

Monday

14:00 - 15:00 UTC

Hosted by: CIVICUS

The CIVICUS Monitor is the only tool tracking civic space conditions at a global level. It provides an assessment of the situation of the freedom of association, peaceful assembly and expression for 197 countries and territories. In addition, as a research collaboration, the Monitor brings the voices of local civil society and provides information about the main tactics used by governments to restrict civic space as well as regional focus.

This session aims to provide an overview of our latest civic space report: People Power Under Attack, which explains the changes of civic space ratings for some countries but also the civic space situation during the past year by providing a global and regional analysis. The session will take a closer look at countries who are part of the OGP with the goal to provide a constructive space for dialogue and action-oriented recommendations for improvement. The format of the session would be a panel with experts from CIVICUS.

Speakers:

  • Mandeep Tiwana, Chief Programmes Officer, CIVICUS
  • Lysa John, Secretary General, CIVICUS
  • Aarti Narsee, Civic Space Researcher, CIVICUS

Language(s): English

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Theme: Civic Space and Public Participation

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Water good governance

Monday

14:00 - 15:30 UTC

Hosted by: Water Integrity Network (WIN), WRI, SIWI

How can good governance solve some of the biggest problems that people suffer from around water and sanitation? The challenges of poor integrity often seem enormous, but open government approaches bring innovative solutions.

Drawing on the experience of the Community of Practice on Water and OGP, and on the recommendations included in the Water Integrity Global Outlook 2021, this session discusses the connections between WASH and OGP. Using case studies and high-impact recommendations from stakeholders around the world, it focuses on how integrity, accountability, transparency and participation address many of the root causes of WASH issues: corruption, poor quality, lack of prioritization, access and equity.

In the session, participants will have the opportunity to engage with different stakeholders around the Declaration on Water and Open Government, as well as to know first-hand the experiences of different local actors that have created and implemented commitments on the topic.

Speakers:

  • Barbara Schreiner, Executive Director, Water Integrity Network
  • Elizabeth Moses, Environmental Rights and Justice Associate, World Resources Institute
  • Pilar Avello, Water Governance Programme Manager, SIWI - Stockholm International Water Institute
  • Valentine N. Mbuthia, Communications Consultant, Centre for Social Planning and Administrative Development
  • Isaac Aido, Sekondi  Takoradi  Metropolitan Assembly

Language(s): English

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Theme: Civic Space and Public Participation

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New Frontiers in Open Budgets: Bolstering Participation for Accountable Outcomes

Monday

14:00 - 15:30 UTC

Hosted by: International Budget Partnership

Over the last decade, many countries have committed to be open about what they’re doing with the public’s money. But transparency is not enough. We need an all-hands-on-deck approach - public auditors, governments, legislators, and the public working together to ensure public monies are spent towards the public interests.

Several country experiences show a more inclusive approach is possible and signal the kinds of commitments local and national governments can pursue as we advance an open government agenda. Civil society and movements are claiming spaces to have a seat at the table where spending decisions are made and playing oversight roles through social audits. From Peru to Sierra Leone, national auditors are forging collaborations with citizens to monitor spending.

Through interactive multimedia experiences and discussions, this event will showcase the voices of change agents who are pushing the frontier with participatory approaches to accountability and spur further action.

Speakers:

  • Abu Bakarr Kamara, Coordinator, Budget Advocacy Network, Sierra Leone
  • Wulandari, Executive Board Member, Perkumpulan Inisiatif, Indonesia
  • Ramu Prasad Dotel, Deputy Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General, Nepal
  • Francisco Rodriguez Abinal, Coordinador Derechos Sociales de la Niñez, Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia, Argentina
  • Claire Schouten, Senior Program Officer, International Budget Partnership

Language(s): English

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Theme: Civic Space and Public Participation

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Enabling Civil Society in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance

Monday

15:00 - 16:00 UTC

Hosted by: International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

This virtual partner session will provide an opportunity to discuss the recently adopted OECD DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance and opportunities for OGP members to support civil society and expanded civic space through implementation of the Recommendation.

The Recommendation was unanimously adopted by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in July 2021, and is the first international standard providing guidance to donors on enabling civil society as a contributor to the 2030 Agenda and its pledge to leave no one behind. At the session, we will hear from government, OECD, and civil society representatives about concrete ways that OGP members can advance implementation of the Recommendation. We will also discuss forms of support that can assist governments in implementing the Recommendation.

Speakers:

  • Viveka Carlestam, Senior Policy Specialist for Civil Society, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
  • Jacqueline Wood, Team Lead - Senior Civil Society Specialist, OECD Development Co-operation Directorate
  • María Baron, Global Executive Director, Directorio Legislativo; OGP Lead Civil Society Co-Chair 2020 – 2021
  • Anabel Cruz, Founder Director, Communication and Development Institute (ICD) of Uruguay; OGP Incoming Civil Society Co-Chair 2022 – 2023
  • Aidan Eyakuze, Executive Director, Twaweza East Africa; OGP Incoming Civil Society Co-Chair 2021 – 2022
  • Tonu Basu, Deputy Director of Thematic Policy Areas, Open Government Partnership

Language(s): English

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Theme: Civic Space and Public Participation

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The Role of Supreme Audit Institutions in Advancing the Rule of Law

Monday

15:00 - 16:00 UTC

Hosted by: World Justice Project, INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI)

Ensuring the independence of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) is a prerequisite for fiscal transparency, accountability, control of corruption, and civic participation. Moreover, in a context where constraints on government powers are declining worldwide, as evidenced by the WJP Rule of Law Index 2021, the work conducted by SAIs is increasingly relevant. This session will focus on SAIs' role in exercising oversight of government powers, controlling corruption, and strengthening rule of law around the world. Speakers will present independent and robust metrics on the performance of SAIs and the link between well-functioning SAIs and adherence to the rule of law. The speakers will then present innovative ways through which SAIs have contributed to civic participation in the audit field. Finally, speakers will explain the main challenges SAIs face, showcase good practices, and offer recommendations to guarantee independence, governance, professionalism, and relevance.

Speakers:

  • Benjamín Fuentes, Manager on SAI Independence,  INTOSAI Development Institute
  • María Luz Martín Sanz, Deputy Director of the Presidency, Tribunal de Cuentas (SAI), Spain
  • Alejandro Ponce, Chief Research Officer, World Justice Project
  • Michelle Sager, Managing Director of Strategic Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Language(s): English

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Theme: Anti-Corruption

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The Kleptocrat’s Playbook: Democratic Responses to Transnational Kleptocracy

Monday

19:00 - 20:30 UTC

Hosted by: International Republican Institute

The Biden administration has made countering corruption a key pillar of its foreign policy, including combatting the spread of kleptocracy – a system of government where corrupt leaders use authoritarian methods at home and professional enablers abroad for personal enrichment and political survival. Pushing back against kleptocratic rule requires a multi-faceted from democracies that harnesses their dual capacity to promote good governance and international cooperation. During this event, panelists will discuss proven and emerging approaches to address the variety of tactics used by kleptocrats, and IRI will present the Kleptocrat’s Playbook. This publication is the only comprehensive description of the many domestic and transnational strategies employed by kleptocrats to siphon off state resources for private gain and to maintain their hold on power, as well as examples of successful responses.

Speakers:

  • Shannon Green, Senior Advisor to the Administrator and Executive Director of the Anti-Corruption Task Force, USAID
  • Daniel Twining, President, International Republican Institute
  • Miranda Patrucic, Deputy Editor in Chief for Regional Stories and Central Asia, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
  • John Glenn, Senior Director of the International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy
  • Eguiar Lizundia, Deputy Director for Technical Advancement at The Center for Global Impact, International Republican Institute

Language(s): English

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Theme: Anti-Corruption

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Passcode: Playbook21

Tuesday December 14, 2021

The launch of the Open Government Africa Network

Tuesday

09:00 - 10:00 UTC

Hosted by: Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform, Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform

The Africa GO Network is a network that aims to create an ecosystem for strengthening open government partnerships among African countries and to explore ways in which open government principles can be harnessed to address the challenges facing the African continent.

This network is the result of a common desire to promote South-South cooperation among African countries engaged in the process of openness and to make it a dynamic model of cooperation in order to:

- Highlight the growing momentum around open government in Africa

- Reflect together on ways to capitalize on open government initiatives and tools to address the challenges facing Africa

- Strengthen partnership links and enhance mutual sharing and learning

This event is the official launch of the Open Government Africa Network.

Speakers:

  • Ahmed Laamoumri, Secretary General at Ministry of Digital transition and Reform of administration, Morocco
  • Tarik Nech-Nach, Senior Regional Coordinator, Africa and the Middle East, OGP
  • Khaled Sellami, Director general at E-government Unit, Tunisia
  • Solomon Tsegaye, Senior Auditor at Ministry of finance, Ethiopia
  • Sidi BARRY, Permanent Secretary for Public Service Modernization and Good Governance, Burkina Faso
  • Mariama Koné, Technical Advisor to the Minister Organization, Ministry of Trade and Industry Côte d’ivoire (TBC)
  • Matshidiso Kgothatso Semela, Chief Director Public Participation and Social Dialogue , South Africa (TBC)
  • Sarah Lamrani, Director of Studies, Communication and Cooperation at Ministry of Digital transition and Reform of administration, Morocco
  • Gloria Ahmed, Assistant Director at Federal Government, Nigeria (TBC)

Language(s): English, French

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Theme: Other Open Government Themes

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ID of the meeting: 874 2122 3462

Access code: 603680

L’Université Virtuelle de Côte d’Ivoire (UVCI), de l’engagement à l’innovation dans la participation citoyenne et l’inclusion

Tuesday

10:00 - 11:00 UTC

Hosted by: Ministère du Commerce et de l'Industrie, Kone Mariama

Objectifs

  • Sensibiliser sur l’importance du Plan d’Action National de Gouvernement Ouvert passé ou en cours;
  • Montrer la vie des engagements après le Plan d’Action National ;
  • Présenter le cas de réussite de l’Université Virtuelle (premier Plan d’Action National de la Côte d’Ivoire : 2016- 2018)
  • Sensibiliser sur la co-création du prochain Plan d’Action National 2022-2024.

Speakers:

  • OGP Côte d’Ivoire
  • Prof. KONE TIEMOMAN, Directeur Général de l'UVCI
  • Dr COULIBALY CECILE, Enseignante- chercheur,Sous Directrice des commissions scientifiques UVCI
  • Dr YAPI CALICE, Enseignante-chercheur en sociologie
  • KONE KINIDANA, étudiante en Master Big Data Analytics,Tutrice chargée de la conduite des projets de fabrication numérique au sein du fablab de l'UVCI
  • SIKIROU CHERIF, étudiant en Multimédia et arts numériques. Directeur Général de la SARL Ivoire boutique
  • GOORE BI DIDEROT AIME, étudiant en master cybersécurité et internet des objets, Président de la communauté de Grand Bassam.

Language(s): French

Contact:

  • Chantal Angoua, ehoumanchantal@yahoo.fr

Theme: Civic Space and Public Participation

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Land Registry Open data portal: Ideas for innovative services and apps

Tuesday

11:00 - 12:00 UTC

Hosted by: GFOSS - Open Technologies Alliance, HELLENIC CADASTRE (Land Registry)

Land Registry Open data portal: Ideas for innovative services and apps is an interactive workshop aiming to engage multiple stakeholders (Public administration officials, Civil Society Leaders, Open Geodata experts, open source community, citizens, start ups) in a continuous debate about possible ways to collaborate using open data from the Land Registry Open Data

Portal. The workshop will consist of one Keynote speech and a brief presentation of the new Open Data Portal followed by an interactive brainstorming session with the object to solicit feedback from the participants. The results of the workshop will be used as a basis to further elaborate a co-created action plan commitment in regards with innovative services and

applications using open data from the Land Registry portal.

Speakers:

  • Michalis Vafopoulos, Member of the Board of Directors, Hellenic Cadastre (Land Registry)
  • Despina Mitropoulou, Greek Free Open Source Community Member, Open Technologies Alliance - GFOSS
  • Tasos Papazarifis, National Contact Point OGP, Ministry of Digital Government

Language(s): Greek

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Theme: Inclusive Digital Innovation

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Tackling corruption risks in the energy transition

Tuesday

11:00 - 12:30 UTC

Hosted by: Transparency International Accountable Mining Programme, Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

How is the energy transition affecting extractive corruption risks? What are the leading concerns and what is at stake? Hear from EITI, NRGI and Transparency International about the corruption risks and trends needing urgent attention as the energy transition picks up pace. Join the session to explore priorities for strengthening transparency and accountability in critical mineral supply chains, fossil fuel phase-out and renewable energy roll-out.

Participants will have the opportunity to join deep-dive discussions on the following topics:

  • EITI implementation for informed discussions on corruption risks in the energy transition
  • Fossil fuel sector vested interests and their influence on policy
  • Preventing corruption in critical mineral supply chains
  • Accountability through strong community participation

This participatory session is for all those wanting to identify priority actions for a just and corruption-free energy transition.

Speakers:

  • Gay Alessandra Ordenes, Anticorruption Lead and Asia Director, EITI
  • Lisa Caripis, Research and Policy Manager, TI Accountable Mining Programme
  • Alex Gillies, Advisor- Anticorruption, Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)
  • Tamika Halwiindi, Accountable Mining Project Coordinator, Transparency International Zambia
  • Dr. Theo Acheampong, Political Economist/Consultant, Ghana EITI (GHEITI)
  • Jean Pierre Okenda, Resource Matters (TBC)

Language(s): English

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Theme: Anti-Corruption

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Stronger Alliances against Corruption in Procurement through the Lens of OGP

Tuesday

11:00 - 12:40 UTC

Hosted by: Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI)

The discussion will focus on two main aspects, namely: the impact of global CSO alliances and the importance of international organizations in supporting the process based on the examples of Open Contracting Partnership and Transparent Public Procurement Rating (TPPR); and the impact of such alliances on advancing OGP goals and the global 2030 agenda.

The proposed discussion will showcase the impact of regional and global CSO alliances on shaping the process of fighting corruption at national levels and will promote stronger action to fight corruption by forging more transparent and accountable procurement systems globally. It will also demonstrate the potential for stronger support from international organizations to create new and support existing alliances, the end goal of which is to contribute to realizing OGP goals and global 2030 agenda.

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Giorgi Kldiashvili, Executive Director, Institute for Development of Freedom of Information
  • Gavin Hayman, Executive Director, Open Contracting Partnership
  • Sándor Léderer, Executive Director, K-Monitor
  • Khrystyna Zelinska, Innovation Projects Program Manager, Transparency International Ukraine
  • Vivien Suerte-Cortez, Consultant, Thematic Policy Areas, Open Government Partnership
  • Sandro Rochikashvili, Analyst, Institute for Development of Freedom of Information

Language(s): English

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Theme: Anti-Corruption

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Local Governments: frontlines of fighting corruption in Georgia

Tuesday

11:30 - 13:00 UTC

Hosted by: USAID Good Governance Initiative (GGI) Project in Georgia

Panel will discuss contemporary trends, main challenges & practical solutions for preventing corruption at the local government (LG) level. Along with diagnosis of the major corruption risks panel will examine the following key questions:

  • Do municipalities have necessary enablers to effectively fight corruption - high level political commitment, vision, awareness, culture, resources, institutional setup & tools?
  • How will the newly introduced corrupting risk assessment system contribute to the LGs’ efforts to tackle corruption?
  • What might be triggers for corruption at the local level & effective mitigation measures?
  • Are existing regulatory frameworks enough to effectively fight corruption at the local level?
  • Are the national anticorruption coordination mechanisms effective for engagement with LGs?
  • Role of the local legislative bodies in the fight against corruption
  • Are the civic actors at the local level capable of catalyzing change in the fight against corruption?

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Mikheil Darchiashvili – Governance Program Manager, USAID Good Governance Initiative in Georgia (USAID GGI)
  • Ms. Mariam Maisuradze - Anticorruption Direction Head,  Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI)
  • Mr. Sandro Kevkhishvili – Anticorruption Project Manager, Transparency International Georgia (TIG)
  • Mr. Giorgi Zhvania – Head of Internal Audit and Inspection Service, Zugdidi City Hall
  • Ms. Tamar Gelashvili – Internal Audit and Inspection Service, Akhaltsikhe City Hall
  • Mr. Irakli Chincharauli – Chair of the OGP Working Group, Tbilisi City Hall

Language(s): Georgian, with simultaneous English translation.

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Theme: Anti-Corruption

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Open government partners together, how our joint approach delivers change

Tuesday

12:00 - 13:30 UTC

Hosted by: Infrastructure Transparency Initiative - CoST

Whilst the increase in digitisation seen in 2020 - 21 has many benefits, it poses a threat to heightening polarisation in our community. Our session will demonstrate the strength of joint approaches across key open government organisations, helping to excite new and existing OGP members and show how collaboration leads to quick wins with impact.

In a panel session we will bring together influential advocates and practitioners to share their success stories across infrastructure and extractive transparency, beneficial ownership and open contracting.

The session will showcase impressive examples from OGP members who ticked boxes in their open government action plans by committing to globally recognised initiatives. Examples include Indonesia strengthening access to beneficial ownership data, Ecuador showcasing its roadmap to implementing extractive and infrastructure transparency, and Scotland highlighting the value of collaboration for its forthcoming action plan.

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Petter Matthews, Executive Director, CoST IS
  • Katherine White, Interim Deputy Director, Infrastructure and Investment, Scottish Government [invited/TBA]
  • Bady Balde, Deputy Director and Africa Director, EITI
  • Mauricio Alarcon, Executive Director, Fundacion Ciudadania y Desarrollo, Member of CoST Ecuador and EITI Ecuador
  • Gavin Hayman, Executive Director, Open Contracting Partnership and Chair, Steering Group, Open Ownership

Language(s): English

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Theme: Anti-Corruption

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Cross-level Collaboration on Open Government

Tuesday

13:00 - 14:30 UTC

Hosted by:  OGP

From Mexico to Indonesia; Estonia to Kenya, we have seen a range of varieties of collaboration between national and local governments within and outside of the OGP process. These conversations seek to review and highlight the many ways in which national OGP members have integrated local jurisdictions in their OGP work.

For this year’s Global Summit, OGP Local will set the stage to discuss how countries have collaborated between levels to advance open government reform. We will hear from locals as well as national open government reformers on their experience on how they have appropriated the open government values, how to enable cross-level collaboration, and how they lead a steady transformation of their jurisdictions.

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Jose M. Marin, Senior Program Officer for the Local Program
  • John Maritim, Director of Economic Planning and Budgeting, and OGP POC, for Elgeyo Marakwet County
  • Carolina Cornejo, National Director of Open Government at the Office of Chief of Cabinet of Ministers for the Government of Argentina.
  • Kety Tsanava, Head of Public Administration Division at the Administration of the Government of Georgia.
  • Lucy McTernan, Chief Executive of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Language(s): English, Spanish

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Parliamentary Day. On the margins of the 2021 OGP Global Summit

Tuesday

13:00 - 15:00 UTC

Hosted by: Directorio Legislativo, OPeN (Open Parliament E-Network): National Democratic Institute (NDI), Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), Parlamericas, Directorio Legislativo (DL), Latin American Network for Legislative Transparency (LANLT) and OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)

This event aims to gather the open parliament community to reflect on the role parliaments have played as partners for open government reforms. The Open Government Partnership’s 10th anniversary provides an opportunity to revisit the most outstanding open parliament initiatives of the last decade and rethink how to deepen and strengthen the work envisioning the decade ahead. From co-creating transformative open parliament commitments to building indexes to measure progress and formalizing networks and parliamentary groups to lead these efforts, parliamentarians, parliamentary staff, public officials, CSOs, regional and international organizations have paved the way for renewed, inclusive and open parliaments all over the world.

Speakers:

  • Welcoming Remarks:
  • María Baron, OGP Co-Chair and Global Executive Director of Directorio Legislativo
  • Mr. Javier Macaya (Chile), Member of the Chamber of Deputies and President of the ParlAmericas Open Parliament Network
  • Session 1                                                                                    
  • Moderator: Julia Keutgen, Senior Transparency Adviser, Westminster Foundation for Democracy
  • Parliamentarian (TBC)
  • Ms. Ana Lucía Delgado (Costa Rica), Member of the Legislative Assembly and Vice-President for Central America of the ParlAmericas Open Parliament Network
  • Damar Juniarto, Executive Director, Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet)
  • CSO Representative (TBC)                                        
  • Session 2                                                                    
  • Moderator: Corina Rebegea, Advisor, National Democratic Institute (NDI)
  • The Honourable Senator René Cormier (Canada), Vice-President for North America of the ParlAmericas Open Parliament Network
  • Closing Remarks
  • Luis Rojas, Deputy Secretary General of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile and General Coordinator of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Staff Network on Open Parliament

Language(s): English, Spanish

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Building competencies of public officials for OGP through innovative education

Tuesday

13:00 - 15:00 UTC

Hosted by: The Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Government for the Development of the Civil Society, The City of Banská Bystrica, member of the OGP Local programme

Unsuccessful implementation of commitments from national/local OGP action plans is often a result of a lack of engagement of public officials at responsible ministries/departments/institutions. In some of the cases, limited knowledge about the OGP and principles of open government in general can be a contributing factor. Innovative and engaging educational activities aimed at public officials could help promote changing often conservative culture in public institutions into more open and inclusive and result in better implementation rate of the national/local APs commitments.

In this brainstorming session, we would like to exchange and develop ideas about practical and innovative initiatives, tools or actions aimed at increasing education and capacity building of public officials with the goal to promote the culture of open government.

The session could result in an online, publicly available database of the exchanged ideas, activities and tools discussed during the session.

Speakers:

  • DI Michal Sedlacko, PhD MSc; researcher and lecturer, Competence Centre for Administrative Sciences, University of Applied Sciences FH Campus Wien, Vienna, AT

Language(s): English

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When Disinformation targets women: a harmful phenomenon for Democracy

Tuesday

14:00 - 15:00 UTC

Hosted by: Fundación Multitudes

The panel seeks to raise awareness of the impact that disinformation has on women participating in politics, highlighting the dissemination of disinformation campaigns against women as a harmful political practice for democratic values, human rights and open government. The panel will follow a multidisciplinary approach by presenting experts on women's participation, online gender based violence, open government, civic space and media. The main strategy is to hold a dynamic event that will give the participants the opportunity to make questions and comments on the issue. This will reinforce peer-learning on the issue of Disinformation, as well as raising awareness of a problem that has not been properly included in the public agenda.

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Paulina Ibarra, Executive Director of Fundación Multitudes
  • Karla Rubilar, Social Development and Family Minister Chile 
  • Bárbara Liborio, Coordinator of the MBA in Data Journalism at IDP
  • Kristina Wilfore,  Senior Advisor of Disinformation Strategies at the Strategic Victory Fund, and co-founder of She-persisted
  • Hyeshin Park, Economist and Gender Programme Co-ordinator for the OECD Development Center

Language(s): English

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Theme: Civic Space and Public Participation

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Participatory Budgeting via National Law: What Works and What Doesn't

Tuesday

14:00 - 15:00 UTC

Hosted by: People Powered, Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency

The report "Participatory Budgeting via National Law: What Works and What Doesn’t," written by members of the Global PB Research Board, describes the efforts of 11 countries to create a national legal framework for participatory budgeting (PB), and key lessons from these experiences. The report includes case studies, assessments of their strengths and areas for improvement, common challenges, and recommendations for advocates and practitioners considering pursuing a national legal framework for PB.

In this People Powered University event, the report’s lead authors, Professors Stephanie McNulty and Won No, will explain the key findings. Additionally, government practitioners and researchers from Scotland and South Korea will discuss their experience with national PB laws, sharing opportunities, challenges, and best practices that can help guide you as you consider pursuing or supporting a national legal framework for PB.

Speakers:

  • Shreya Basu, Deputy Director and Regional Lead, Asia-Pacific, Open Government Partnership (Singapore)
  • Juan Pablo Guerrero, Network Director, Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (United States)
  • Stephanie McNulty, Professor of Government, Franklin and Marshall College (United States)
  • Won No, Assistant Professor, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (China)
  • Martin Johnstone, Chair, PB Scotland Strategic Group (Scotland)
  • Byungwoo (Shine) Cho, Assistant Professor, Konkuk University (South Korea)

Language(s): English, French, Spanish

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Closing civic space for land and environmental defenders: A Crucial Gap

Tuesday

14:00 - 15:00 UTC

Hosted by: World Resources Institute, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre; International Land Coalition; Alliance for Land, Indigenous and Environmental Defenders (ALLIED)

The objectives of this session are:

  • Identify gaps in state monitoring of violence against land, environmental, climate and indigenous human rights defenders (LEDs).
  • Explore approaches to deepen civic space reforms and prevent attacks against LEDs.
  • Build consensus on the need for governments to report on attacks on LEDs.
  • Examine pathways and systems to monitor threats against LEDs in dialogue between government, civil society, and other actors.

The Crucial Gap report published in 2021 provides a first-ever global analysis of data reported for SDG indicator 16.10.1, on violence against human rights defenders (HRDs). Since 2015, fewer than 2% of countries reported – 54% OGP – that at least one HRD was attacked or killed, despite UN estimates that at least 1,940 defenders were killed during this period. LEDs represented half of all attacks. The session will be a fishbowl, engaging four lead discussants, audience members and the Crucial Gap report author in an open conversation.

Speakers:  

  • Ana Zbona, Project Manager, Civic Freedoms & Human Rights Defenders, Business and Human Rights Resource Center (BHRRC)
  • Karen Lizeth Chavez Quintero, Head of SDG Indicators Task Force at DANE, the National Statistics Institute in Colombia
  • Marc Titus Cebreros, Human Rights Officer within the Human Rights Indicators and Data Unit, OHCHR
  • Alfred Brownell, environmental activist and lawyer, founder of Association of Environmental Lawyers of Liberia (Green Advocates) Green Advocates
  • Eva Hershaw, Land Monitoring and Data Lead, International Land Coalition (ILC)
  • Ruben Zandvliet, Business & Human Rights Advisor, ABN AMRO (to be confirmed)

Language(s): English, Spanish

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Combining open and digital for more inclusive and transparent governments

Tuesday

15:00 - 16:00 UTC

Hosted by: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Government of Québec

In a context of unprecedented digital transformation, old ways of operating must be updated from both an administrative and technological perspective. What are the digital structures, mechanisms and processes that need to be put in place, to ensure sound data management, user-centered public services, and meaningful dialogue with citizens in order to better understand their needs? How can the principles of open government, this is to say transparency, accountability and public participation, be part of digital transformation in government? Is it about transparent data-driven policy-making to help citizens understand the decision their governments make? A data sharing ecosystem where many actors have a role to play? Or the engagement of stakeholders to better understand data users and citizens’ needs?

Speakers:

  • Jonathan Kelly, Assistant Secretary of the Québec Centre of Digital Excellence, Government Head of Digital Transformation and Government Digital Data Officer, Treasury Board of Québec Secretariat
  • Mélanie Robert, Executive Director, Open Government, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
  • Schallum Pierre,  co-founder and president of the Network of Expertise in Data Ethics
  • Dorothy Eng, Executive Director, Code for Canada

Language(s): English, French

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How Strong Is Your Right to Know? Measurement of access to information in practice

& The Right to Know Declaration

Tuesday

15:00 - 16:15 UTC

Hosted by: Access Info, UNESCO

One way to measure the extent to which states are respecting the right of access to information is to assess the strength of the legal framework, as is done by the RTI Rating run by Access Info and the Centre for Law and Democracy.

Yet, one is a good law on paper, another is having that law well implemented in practice. So, what does it mean to have a properly-implemented right of access to information, and how can this be measured objectively?

There are currently a series of monitoring initiatives underway, including those by UNESCO as custodian of SDG indicator 16.10.2 on access to information, by the OECD, by the Latin American region Transparency and Access to Information Network (RTA), and by the Global Data Barometer which is evaluating open data and proactive publication.

This webinar will gather experts to discuss effective implementation and measurement of access to information in practice. In addition, the community-led Right to Know Declaration will be launched.

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Helen Darbishire – Access Info Europe
  • Emma Cantera – OECD
  • Marius Lukosiunas – UNESCO
  • Toby Mendel – Centre for Law and Democracy
  • Silvana Fumega – ILDA / Global Data Barometer
  • Gilbert Sendugwa – African Freedom of Information Centre
  • Rachel Hanna – Access Info Europe

Language(s): English

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Bridging the Gap Between National and Local

Tuesday

15:00 - 16:30 UTC

Hosted by: Open Government Partnership and International Republican Institute

This session will focus on highlighting progress made in Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia on the OGP Action Plans with a focus on local and national collaboration.

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Rima Kawas, Senior Advisor, IRI
  • Moderator: Tarik Nesh-Nash, OGP
  • Sarah Lamrani - Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform - Morocco
  • Khaled Sellami - Ministry of State to Head of Government Responsible for the Public Service, Governance and Fight Against Corruption - Tunisia
  • Nizar Awad - Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation - Jordan

Language(s): English, Arabic

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Practical tools to create open data for anti corruption commitments

Tuesday

15:00 - 16:00 UTC

Hosted by: Open Data Charter, Global Integrity, ILDA, Local Development Research Institute (LDRI)

OGP evidence has shown that most anticorruption commitments have not been ambitious or impactful. Such a process requires a thoughtful analysis of the roots of the problem, an understanding of the context in which corruption networks operate.

That’s why ODC in an OD4AC partnership together with GI, ILDA and the AODN has created the OGP Anticorruption Commitment Creator and Roadmap to fight corruption. The two tools aim to support OGP reformers through the process of drafting a commitment that uses open data to fight corruption, and can help OGP stakeholders to assess the strengths and weaknesses of their institutional arrangements.

The session will present these tools to those who intend to co-create and focus on concrete problems. It will mention strategies for opening up data and promoting its use and define a clear scope for country commitments and linking it to other reform efforts; strengthening political will, shifting incentives, and taking into account technical capabilities.

Speakers:

  • Natalia Carfi, Executive Director, Open Data Charter
  • Jorge Florez, Senior Manager, Global Integrity
  • Leonida Mutuku, Chief Executive, Intelipro Limited

Language(s): English

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Theme: Anti-Corruption

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Evaluating the OGP: Does the model work?

Tuesday

16:00-17:00 UTC

Hosted by: OGP, Oxford Policy Management

Oxford Policy Management (OPM) has just completed an independent, multi-year evaluation of OGP, commissioned by the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO), Open Society Foundation (OSF) and the Hewlett Foundation. What do we now know about the OGP model, its strengths and its challenges? What does it mean for other multi-stakeholder models working in the governance space? Join us for a first look at OPM's findings!

Speakers:

  • Kate Dyer, Team Lead, Oxford Policy Management
  • Michael Jarvis, Executive Director, Transparency & Accountability Initiative

Language(s): English

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Locally-Led Development & Accountable Governance in the Northern Triangle

Tuesday

16:00 - 17:30 UTC

Hosted by:  Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network

The Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network will hold a webinar to examine the role of donors and local civil society in protecting civic space and encouraging local ownership.

A vibrant, diverse civil society is crucial for ensuring that foreign aid is directed to community priorities and to support accountable local systems. Yet shrinking civic space in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and elsewhere is impeding progress towards effective locally-led development. If local civil society cannot function without undue burdens, they cannot effectively support development outcomes and combat corruption.

This webinar will bring together local civil society and donor governments to explore how donors can help protect civic space and strengthen local accountability stakeholders to confront inequality and initiate meaningful reforms, especially in light of the recent announcement of USAID's Centroamérica Local Initiative.

Speakers:

  • Ambassador Don Steinberg, Expert Advisor to the Administrator, USAID
  • Eric Jacobstein, Senior Advisor for the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean and Staff Director of the Northern Triangle Task Force, USAID
  • Nuria Cordon, Director, Redmuch Guatemala

 

Language(s): English, Spanish

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Justicia abierta y Justicia climática: Hacia una nueva agenda colaborativa

Tuesday

17:00 - 18:00 UTC

Hosted by: Red Internacional de Justicia Abierta, Programa Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD)

El Acuerdo Regional sobre el Acceso a la Información, la Participación Pública y el Acceso a la Justicia en Asuntos Ambientales en América Latina y el Caribe (Acuerdo de Escazú) tiene como objetivo primordial garantizar la implementación de los derechos de acceso a la información ambiental, participación pública en los procesos de toma de decisiones ambientales y acceso a la justicia en asuntos ambientales. Estos derechos están íntimamente ligados a los principios centrales del paradigma de Justicia Abierta. Se propone (i) identificar oportunidades para generar sinergias entre la agenda de justicia abierta y la justicia climática, e (ii) explorar herramientas para la cocreación de políticas y coaliciones multiactorales para avanzar los objetivos del Acuerdo de Escazú en América Latina y el Caribe.

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Ines Selvood, Coordinadora, Red Internacional de Justicia Abierta
  • Gloria Manzotti, Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo.
  • Gabriela Burdiles, FIMA (Chile)
  • José Costa Director de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública Corte Suprema de Justicia de Paraguay

Language(s): Spanish, Portuguese

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OGP y Participación Ciudadana ¿Sinergias o Superposiciones? por OGP Local Brazil

Tuesday

18:00 - 19:30 UTC

Hosted by: City of São Paulo/Brazil, City of Osasco/Brazil e State of Santa Catarina/Brazil

Los tres miembros brasileños de la OGP Local (Santa Catarina, São Paulo y Osasco) proponen una reflexión sobre la multiplicidad de espacios de participación ciudadana. El objetivo es analizar las brechas, superposiciones y sinergias entre las instancias de relación Estado-Sociedad preexistentes y las propuestas por la OGP. En la primera parte, representantes del gobierno y de la sociedad civil presentarán sus experiencias de participación social. Se invitará a los participantes registrados a enviar preguntas y compartir sus propias historias con anticipación a través del formulario de registro, que formará un muro interactivo. En la segunda parte de la sesión, los proponentes facilitarán una conversación dinámica con los participantes para que puedan expresar sus opiniones sobre los diferentes espacios de participación social. Es deseable conocer cómo funciona la asociación con la OGP. Es necesaria la disponibilidad de completar un formulario antes y otro después del evento.

Speakers:

Osasco:

  • Gabriela de Brelàz - Universidade Federal de São Paulo
  • Milena Coimbra - POC Osasco

Santa Catarina:

  • Florencia Guerzovich - Politeia UDESC e #ACT4Delivery
  • Carolina Kichler - POC Santa Catarina

São Paulo:

  • Igor Pantoja - Rede Nossa São Paulo
  • Maria Camila Florêncio - POC São Paulo

Language(s): Spanish

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Wednesday December 15, 2021

The Urgency of Transparency and Accountability of Natural Resources Data in Environmental Risk Management

Wednesday

01:30 - 03:00 UTC

Hosted by: Perkumpulan MediaLink, World Resource Institute

Objectives:

1. Sharing relevance and benefit of natural resources data transparency required for Environmental Risk Based Licensing and Natural Resources Governance from the experience of the Government of New South Wales.

2. Discussing the Implementation of Transparency in the Riau Green (Riau Hijau) Natural Resources Sector in Riau Province, by using One Indonesia Data and Open Data and the critical notes from civil society in Indonesia.

This webinar in panel format and will be moderated by Elizabeth Moses, Environmental Rights and Justice Associate II, World Resource Institute. The co-host of this event is Tanti Budi Suryani from MediaLink. While participation is open to the public, this event is particularly targeted at representatives from the National Strategy for Prevention of Corruption in Natural Resources KPK RI (Corruption Eradication Commission Republic of Indonesia) and the OGP community in Asia Pacific.

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Elizabeth Moses, Environmental Rights and Justice Associate, World Resources Institute
  • Masrul Kasmy, Assistant, Government of Riau Province, Indonesia
  • Matthew Baird, Director, Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law
  • Grita Anindarini, Program Director, Indonesian Center for Environmental Law (ICEL)
  • Adna Karamehic-Oates, Senior Program Officer, Open Government Partnership
  • Lusia Arumingtyas, Journalist, Mongabay

Language(s): English, Indonesian (simultaneous translation is provided by MediaLink)

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MOOC Open Government

Wednesday

09:00 - 09:50 UTC

Hosted by: Zeppelin University

The digital platform eGov-Campus (https://egov-campus.org/) offers educational opportunities at university level around the topic of e-government and administrative informatics in Germany. The Open Government Institute (TOGI) of Zeppelin University participates in the eGov-Campus by designing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the topic of "Open Government" and making it available as a self-study course since October 11, 2021. The lecture serves to introduce the MOOC Open Government. For this purpose, the learning objectives, contents and teaching formats will be explained and challenges in the conception will be addressed. The course is in German and geared towards the German administration. Thus, it is particularly relevant for interested parties from Germany. However, the lecture can be used by international actors to get ideas for their own country-specific learning offers in the field of Open Government. After the lecture there will be time for questions and discussion.

Speakers:

  • Oliver Rack (Civil Society)

Language(s): English, German

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10 Years of OGP: Ukrainian Breakthrough

Wednesday

13:30 - 16:30 UTC

Hosted by: OGP Coordination Council in Ukraine, EU for Integrity Programme, Open Government Partnership

Present and discuss the main achievements of Ukraine at the national and local levels. The award ceremony for winners. The future challenges and ways to solve them: brainstorming session using unique online format and innovative methodology CivicLab, which, thanks to its digital component, allows participants to see the work of all groups during the event, analyze the results, predict the future.

Speakers:

  • Oleksandr Yarema, State Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
  • Nataliia Oksha, OGP CoP in Ukraine, Secretary of the OGP Coordinating Council and Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communication
  • Olesia Arkhypska, co-chairman of the OGP Coordinating Council in Ukraine, Transparency International Ukraine

Language(s): English, Ukrainian

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Exploring the Challenges of Participatory Budgeting at the Local Level

Wednesday

16:00 - 17:00 UTC

Hosted by: Gambia Participates, People Powered, International Republican Institute

In countries facing poverty, corruption, or instability, government decisions are often made far from the public's eyes, resulting in disenfranchisement and deepening citizen disengagement from local government. Where implemented successfully, participatory budgeting (PB) allows people to work together to identify priority issues for their communities and determine how to best spend public funding by directly deciding over the allocation of a portion of the budget. PB’s implementation, however, is not clear of challenges. Local governments struggle to implement effective PB programs given gaps in capacity, knowledge, and resources, among others. This session explores the challenges government officials and civil society faces on the ground when implementing PB and how a single online platform - with assimilated PB tools, best practices, and lessons learned from a variety of contexts - could contribute to solving some of these roadblocks.ption

Speakers:

  • Marr Nyang, Executive Director, Gambia Participates
  • Josh Lerner, Executive Director, People Powered
  • Binta Touray, Program Officer for The Gambia, International Republican Institute    
  • Local government official from Ecuador (tbc)

Language(s): English

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Transparency for Children

Wednesday

16:00 - 17:00 UTC

Hosted by: Unión Industrial del Estado de México

Objective: Share with Open Government professionals from Latin América a playful model of intervention in their family to motivate children and adults to adopt daily habits in the culture of legality and transparency, with fun procedures to spread it among neighbors and relatives close to their private home

Speakers:

  • Eduardo Vergara Lope de la Garza from Mexico Author of the Transparency for Children Model
  • Santiago Duarte Alfonso de Paraguay president of International Management Competition and promoter of Values in companies

Language(s): Spanish

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Theme: Civic Space and Public Participation

Join information: People and professionals who wish to participate, please send your request to our registered emails in this Summit: jsxxi@hotmail.com  or vergaralopeg@gmail.com  and we will send the zoom link to your emails on December 10.

Digital Governance and Data Protection: Confronting Threats to Democracy

Wednesday

16:30 - 17:30 UTC

Hosted by: OGP, AltAdvisory, AI/Now, Ada Lovelace

In the session, OGP's research partners on various aspects of digital governance will present the findings of their recent research. Speakers and topics include:

  • Dieter Zinnbauer: Dieter will present the framework he developed for understanding the current status of integrity in political communication.The paper presents key trends and insights that go beyond the received wisdom and help get a grasp of an unwieldy policy landscape. It also makes policy recommendations that could be advanced from an open government vantage point.
  • AltAdvisory: Tara Advaney AltAdvisory will present their analysis of data protection legislation in OGP member countries in Africa. The research highlights common challenges and gaps in legislation African countries face in protecting citizens' personal data.
  • Ada Lovelace Institute/AI Now: Divij Joshi will present evidence on the use of algorithmic accountability policies in different contexts from the perspective of those implementing these tools.

Language(s): English

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An empirical approach to algorithmic transparency from Latin America

Wednesday

18:00 - 19:00 UTC

Hosted by: Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Consejo para la Transparencia

The transparency of automated decision making systems (ADMs) is a basic principle of trust in automation technologies. It is one of the distinctive principles of data ethics, which allows citizens to know how data is used and when this produces significant effects on people. Transparency is also a legal obligation of public administrations in Latin America regarding the disclosure of information and acts. It is beginning to expand to new focuses related with the existence, purpose or consequences of the use of ADM by the public agencies. In this panel the participants will share experiences on empiric approaches on algorithmic transparency, showing learnings and findings of ADMs in different countries, seeking to install this issue under the scope of transparency and public information access. The panel will show the experiences of 3 countries where there is empirical work on algorithmic transparency: Chile, Argentina and Colombia.

Speakers:

  • Gloria de la Fuente, President, Council of Transparency Chile
  • Romina Garrido, Researcher GobLab Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
  • Gemma Galdon Clavell, Director, Eticas Foundation
  • María Paula Mujica, Asesora en Transformación Digital e Inteligencia Artificial, Presidencia de la República de Colombia

Language(s): Spanish

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This is (not) the way: Progress & challenges in Open Government in Ibero-America

Wednesday

18:00 - 19:30 UTC

Hosted by: Grupo de Investigación en Gobierno, Administración y Políticas Públicas (GIGAPP), United Nations Development Program (UNDP); International Open Data Charter (ODC); Iniciativa Latinoamericana de Datos Abiertos - Latin American Open Data Initiative (ILDA); Fundación Directorio Legislativo

Conversation panel with different Ibero-American actors to reflect on critical analysis of the OGP agenda in the countries of the region, especially from the perspective of civic space, citizen participation, open data and institutional openness. In this sense, a new and attractive format is proposed, which departs a bit from the traditional model in which only panelists participate:

a) At the beginning of the panel, an interactive survey will be carried out with the participants, with some questions that provide clues to address the conversation between the panelists in real time (applied through the standard surveys offered by the zoom platform or through other tools such as Mentimeter).

b) On the basis of these results, start each panelist's turn on the main theme. Possible questions: Why is OGP not making enough progress in the region? What have we learned in these years? What are the keys to understanding the progress, but also the gaps and challenges in the region?

More information about this event can be found here.

Speakers:

  • Moderator and panelist: Álvaro Ramírez-Alujas, professor at the University of Chile and GIGAPP co-founder and researcher
  • María Barón, global executive director of Fundación Directorio Legislativo and Co-Chair of the Open Government Partnership (OGP)
  • Silvana Fumega, Director of Research and Policies ILDA (Latin American Open Data Initiative)
  • Natalia Carfi, director of the International Open Data Charter (ODC),
  • Jairo Acuña-Alfaro, leader of the UNDP Regional Hub Governance Team
  • César Cruz-Rubio, current president and principal researcher of GIGAPP and member of the OGP IRM expert panel

Language(s): Spanish

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A New Tool for Democracy’s Defenders: Forecasting Civic Space with the Machine Learning for Peace Project

Wednesday

18:00 - 19:30 UTC

Hosted by: Duke University, Internews, USAID

This session introduces a new, interactive online tool that puts incredibly fine-grained data and highly accurate forecasts of civic space events into the hands of policymakers, practitioners, and researchers working to defend democracy in more than 20 countries around the world. We also highlight the accomplishments of the broader INSPIRES consortium and illustrate the potential for cutting-edge research to guide policy and practice.

Speakers:

  • Erik Wibbels, Professor of Political Science, Duke University
  • Jeremy Springman, Senior Research Associate, Duke University
  • Marko Galjak, Chief Data Scientist, Catalyst Balkans
  • Jennifer Stuart, Program Manager - CSO Sustainability Index, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
  • Erin McCarthy, Senior Civil Society Advisor, US Agency for International Development

Language(s): English

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Tackling systems change: engaging citizens for actionable National Action Plans

Wednesday

21:00 - 22:00 UTC

Hosted by: Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University, World Resources Institute, Public Agenda

Open government has potential to advance progress on climate action and other systems change through access to data, transparency and public participation. Can new methods in public engagement such as climate assemblies, mass online engagement tools and green participatory budgeting help break past the short-term pressures, misinformation, polarization and partisan U-turns that have tripped up systems change in the past? What would it look like to sustain public confidence over the coming multi-decade transition? Join the International Climate Engagement Network (ICEN) World Resources Institute and Public Agenda for an interactive online workshop on innovations in civic engagement. This workshop will explore how engaging the voices of citizens, residents, and under-represented communities can lead to better policy-making, while also increasing the democratic legitimacy of difficult decisions and mobilizing collective action.

Speakers:

  • Elodie Jacquet, Manager Knowledge and Practice, SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue and ICEN
  • Robin Prest, Program Director, SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue and ICEN
  • Robin King, Director of Knowledge Capture and Collaboration at WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, World Resources Institute
  • Quixada Moore-Vissing, Associate Director for National Engagement Programs, Public Agenda

Language(s): English

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Thursday December 16, 2021

Launch of ClicknTell Citizens Engagement App

Thursday

08:00-09:30 UTC

Hosted by:  Plateau State Government

This session shall witness the formal launching of the citizens engagement app for Plateau State called Click'n'Tell.

This is a hybrid event.

Speakers:

  • (Moderator): Dr. Prince Charles, Director, Tattaunawa Foundation
  • Dr. Cyril Tsenyil, Accountant-General, Plateau State
  • Mr. Oscar Fwangmun, Team Lead, Jos Green Centre
  • Mrs. Felicity Gurumyen, General Manager, Community and Social Development Agency
  • Mrs. Jummai Madaki, State Lead, Women's Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA)

Language(s): English

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Theme: Civic Space and Public Participation

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Open Heroines Challenge Clinic

Thursday

11:00 - 12:00 UTC

Hosted by: Open Heroines

The Challenge Clinic will be a space for Open Heroines community members and/or supporters to share project’s challenges and constraints and to receive feedback from participants. The three projects selected address different theme of the international feminist agenda. It is expected that after discussing these challenges, projects will have sounder design and stronger impact. Moreover, we aim to submit some ideas and tips for OGP gender related commitments. The three projects whose challenges will be shared refer to: i) use of open data and mapping in rural Tanzania for fighting female genital mutilation, ii) how to use data on care related activities, available in open format in a statistical web portal to inform public debate and public policy in Buenos Aires City and iii) how to promote diveristy, equity and inclusion in the ellaboration of the National Action Plan for OGP.

Speakers:

  • Janet Chapman, Founder Crowd2Map Tanzania project
  • Mercedes de los Santos,  Open Data Charter, Projects Officer
  • Mor Rubinstein, Founder of Open Heroines

Language(s): English

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Theme: Other Open Government Themes

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Making Open Government Accessible

Thursday

14:00 - 15:30 UTC

Hosted by:  Canada Open Gov Multistakeholder Forum

Often, governments, NGOs and large Civil Society organizations use language, acronyms, and communication techniques that may not resonate with grass roots organizations and the general public. Please join this fishbowl & interactive virtual session to join the discussion.

Speakers:  

  • Rob Davidson, Canada Open Gov Multistakeholder Forum Member
  • Melanie Robert, Executive Director Open Government, Canada's Treasury Board Secretariat

Language(s): English

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Theme: Civic Space and Public Participation

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Next Steps for Generation Equality: What Lessons Can OGP Offer?

Thursday

14:00 - 15:00 UTC

Hosted by: Center for Global Development, OECD

As Generation Equality Forum Action Coalitions seek to harness the momentum of initial commitments made in 2021, the OGP offers a platform for accountability and collaboration. Nearly 100 national and local governments will co-create OGP action plans this year, which can be leveraged to include relevant Generation Equality commitments, increasing the transparency, ownership, and accountability of these pledges.

More broadly, the Open Government Partnership model offers a number of lessons for how to ensure GEF commitments are translated into concrete action. Through the use of biannual action plans, developed in close collaboration with local civil society actors and reviewed and tracked by independent experts, the OGP has worked to ensure progress in transparency and accountability among governments. How could this localized, rigorous approach be applied to ensure that GEF commitments are similarly tracked, implemented, and built upon to promote global gender equality?

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Megan O’Donnell, Policy Fellow & Assistant Director, Gender, Center for Global Development
  • Ximena Mariscal, Coordinator of International Affairs, INMUJERES
  • Allison Merchant, Senior Gender Advisor, Open Government Partnership
  • Lisa Williams, Senior Analyst and Team Lead, OECD GENDERNET

Language(s): English

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Theme: Civic Space and Public Participation

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The Role of Open Data & Analytical Tools to Ensure Transparent and Efficient Public Property Management

Thursday

15:00 - 16:00 UTC

Hosted by: Transparency International Ukraine

The lack of adequate control mechanisms and low transparency make state enterprise activities a source of corruption risks causing financial loss to the state. Moreover, the lack of a centralized and credible database on SOEs in some countries has made monitoring and evaluating their performance even harder. However, The development of new technologies and open government data brings public property management to a new level.

So, what are the best practices of good governance in state property management? Why does its implementation not always work the way it should? How can open data on public assets help make the state enterprise management process transparent and professional? And what is the role of civic society in reaching these goals? This discussion panel aims to find answers to these questions. Invited experts from Deloitte, OCP, and TI Ukraine will shed light on the state-owned enterprises’ triage, opening the data via digitalization, and civic oversight results.

Speakers:

  • Khrystyna Zelinska -  Innovation Projects Program Manager at TI Ukraine
  • Nilgün Gökgür - Independent consultant for the World Bank and the IMF
  • Karolis Granickas - Senior Program Manager for Europe, OGP
  • John Tokolish - Deloitte

Language(s): English

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Theme: Anti-Corruption

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#DiscloseTheDeal:how can OGP boost contract disclosure in the extractive sector?

Thursday

15:00 - 16:30 UTC

Hosted by: Publish What You Pay (PWYP), Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), Oxfam America

Contract disclosure is key to ensure transparency and good governance in the extractive industries: It helps citizens understand the risks and rewards of extraction, prevents corruption, supports the transition to a low carbon world and builds trust.

At least 31 countries have a law for open deals, and mandatory publication has been endorsed by many extractive companies, the UN and the IMF. 55 countries implementing the EITI standard now have to disclose new extractive contracts and more than 20 commitments on this topic have been included in OGP NAPs. But contracts often remain secret.

In 2022 more than 20 countries will co-create their OGP NAPs, but a question still remains: how can OGP help governments to get more deals disclosed?

Building on lessons learned from past OGP commitments, this panel will provide a global overview of the progress made on contract disclosure and what still needs to be done. It will also take a deep dive into specific countries that will co-create NAPs in 2022.

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Elisa Peter, Executive Director, Publish What You Pay (PWYP)
  • Expert #1: Robert Pitman, Senior Governance Officer, Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)
  • Expert #2: Meliana Lumbantoruan, Program Manager, Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Indonesia
  • Expert #3: Carla Flores Lot, Researcher, CartoCrítica (Mexico)
  • Expert #4: Richard Morgan, Head of Government Relations and Political Risk, Anglo American
  • Expert #5 Nana Akua Agyei, Manager, Legal, Ghana Petroleum Commission
  • Closing remarks: Aubrey Menard, Senior Policy Advisor for Extractive Industries Transparency, Oxfam America

Language(s): English, Spanish

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Theme: Anti-Corruption

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#Rally and #Dataquest global awards ceremony

Thursday

15:00 - 16:30 UTC

Hosted by: Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency

This will be GIFT's Global Awarding Ceremony for the #Rally and #Dataquests initiatives, which have convened governments, civil society organizations, academia, private sector, and the general public, around the world. It will give a chance to the 1st places and organizers of each of the country/local gov initiatives to share insights of their projects, which took fiscal open data and put it to the reality test, as well provided policy proposals using information published in fiscal transparency portals, including leveraging this info to provide pathways to achieve the SDG's 2030 Agenda.

This year we had activities at the national level in Costa Rica, Indonesia, Philippines (2 initiatives) and Mexico, and at the local level in Bogotá (Colombia) and Guanajuato and Mexico City (Mexico). We are very excited to celebrate and share with the world the power of fiscal transparency and public participation in fiscal policy.

Speakers:

  • Juan Pablo Guerrero, GIFT Network Director
  • Aura Martinez, Coordinator for knowledge, technical assistance and collaboration, GIFT
  • Representatives of winning teams

Language(s): English, Spanish

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Theme: Civic Space and Public Participation

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Open Space and Inclusive Digital innovation in Latin America

Thursday

16:00 - 17:00 UTC

Hosted by: Paideia Civica, Somos Ciudadania

The session will address the main challenges in terms of new technologies and cybersecurity, arising from the onset of the pandemic and the growing digitization of economic and social activities, as well as their impact on gender inequality and minorities in the region of Latin America. Discuss how digitization has increased or decreased educational, socio-cultural, gender, and age gaps. Propose inclusive technology solutions that help reduce gaps.

The objective will be 1) Promote a substantive discussion around the democratization of the internet and data, its good, common solutions in the region and with the participation of civil organizations, government and international entities 2) Analyze if new technologies are really accessible for all actors and users, including civil society. 3) Propose greater inclusion regarding internet access and new technologies in terms of gender, age, and cultural and linguistic issues.

Speakers:  

  • Valeria Solis (Mexican Government, diplomat)
  • Isabel Fiafilio (Peru, somos ciudadania)
  • Rogelio Cantoral (Organization of American States, Mexico)
  • Carlos Carrasco (Global Shapers Santiago,Chile)
  • Veronica Portugal (Paideia Civica, Mexico)

Language(s): Spanish

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Theme: Inclusive Digital Innovation

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The value of climate assemblies

Thursday

16:00 - 17:00 UTC

Hosted by: Knowledge Network on Climate Assemblies (KNOCA)

Climate assemblies are increasingly adopted by national and local governments, particularly in Europe. This is part of the more extensive “deliberative wave” identified by the OECD. This session will introduce participants to the key characteristics of climate assemblies and consider their potential for both strengthening civic space and public participation and creating more robust climate policy and action. A dynamic panel discussion, drawing on the direct experience of a Danish politician, Scottish civil servant and European civil society actor in advocating for and organizing climate assemblies, will explore the value of this recent phenomena and the conditions that need to be in place for them to contribute fully to vitalizing and democratizing climate governance. The session will include opportunities for participant interaction with the panel and will introduce participants to the work of the recently established Knowledge Network on Climate Assemblies (KNOCA).ption

Speakers:

  • Uffe Elbæk, Independent Greens, Denmark
  • Susie Townend, Secretariat, Scotland’s Climate Assembly
  • Erica Hope, Director for Climate Planning and Laws, European Climate Foundation
  • Graham Smith, Knowledge Network on Climate Assemblies

Language(s): English

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Theme: Civic Space and Public Participation

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OGP Vital Signs – Insights from the First Ten Years of OGP Data

Thursday

16:30 - 17:30 UTC

Hosted by: OGP

The ten-year anniversary of OGP presents an important opportunity to look back and assess whether the OGP platform is working as intended: Are governments and civil society collaborating to design reforms? Are governments implementing the reforms they commit to? And, importantly, what predicts success, and what can we do about it? To answer these questions, the OGP Support Unit is launching the OGP Vital Signs and OGP Decade Report, two reports that review data from hundreds of OGP action plans over nearly ten years. The goal of this session is to share key findings from this research and discuss their implications for open government practitioners, researchers, and for the future of OGP itself.

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Joe Foti, Chief Research Officer, OGP
  • Sabina Bellotti, OGP Steering Committee, Government of Italy
  • Aidan Eyakuze, OGP Steering Committee, Civil Society
  • Renzo Falla, OGP Support Unit
  • Juanita Olaya, OGP International Experts Panel

Language(s): English

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Theme: Other Open Government Themes

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From Promise to Action: Leveraging OGP to Deliver on Summit for Democracy Commitments

Thursday

18:00 - 19:00 UTC

Hosted by: ​​U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Transparency and Accountability Initiative (TAI)

This panel discussion will explore the ways in which OGP can drive progress from promise to action, and ensure meaningful progress on country commitments made at the Summit for Democracy. In particular, panelists will discuss ways to ensure meaningful civil society engagement in the Year of Action, adequate technical support and peer learning, and monitoring, evaluation and learning to measure progress.

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Jennifer Anderson Lewis, Deputy Director, Programs,   Anti-Corruption Task Force (ACTF), USAID
  • Tinatin Ninua, Deputy Director, OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism
  • Carlos Pimentel, Director de Compras y Contrataciones Públicas, Dominican Republic
  • Liliya Afrikyan, OGP point of contact, Office of the Prime Minister, Armenia
  • Michael Jarvis, Director, Transparency and Accountability Initiative

Language(s): English

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Theme: Anti-Corruption

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Friday December 17, 2021

Towards Pandemic Recovery: Advancing BO Transparency to foster Economic Growth

Friday

07:00 - 08:30 UTC

Hosted by: Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Indonesia, Transparency International (TI) Indonesia

As the latest finding of Pandora Papers, it revealed beneficial ownership information of more than 11.9 million confidential files from 14 offshore service providers. In the current policy landscape, the global pandemic situation caused significant global depression. For this reason, stimulus is needed to revive the economy. Therefore, it is crucial to identify adoptable and best practice of Beneficial Ownership disclosure to foster the global economic recovery. The disclosure of Beneficial Ownership will foster business integrity, corporate transparency, protecting minority investors, and create a better environment for FDI. The output from this session is drawing synthesized feedback from multiple stakeholders to build a more robust strategy to implement Beneficial Ownership utilization.

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Herawati Sahnan, MA (Economic Policy Researcher)                          
  • Cahyo Rahadian Muzhar, LLM (Directorate General Administration, Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Indonesia)
  • Putri Rahayu Wijayanti, LLM. (National Anti-Corruption Coordinator, UNODC)
  • Agus Cahyono Adi, M.Eng (EITI Secretariat, Head of Data and Information Technology Center, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia)
  • Wahyu Dhyatmika, MA. (CEO, Tempo Digital)
  • Yunus Husein, Ph.D. (Academia, Jentera School of Law
  • Sasha Caldera (Campaign Manager, Publish What You Pay Canada)

Language(s): English, Indonesian, Sign Language Interpretation

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Theme: Anti-Corruption

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OGP Youth Meet & Greet

Friday

14:00 - 15:00 UTC

Hosted by: Accountability Lab

This networking event is for Summit attendees 35 years old and younger to connect with peers who are similarly interested in anti-corruption, inclusive digital innovation, and civic space + public participation. Using the wonder.me platform, attendees will be able to move around the ‘room’ as they like - pairing up to chat one on one and/or joining topical conversations led by members of the OGP Summit youth delegation. Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn about the Open Gov Youth Collective and how to join.

Speakers:

  • Katie Fuhs, Senior Operations and Programs Officer, Accountability Lab

Language(s): English

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Themes: Civic space and public participation,  Inclusive digital innovation,  Anti-corruption

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Effective cooperation between CSOs and government - What can be improved?

Friday

14:00 - 15:30 UTC

Hosted by: Civic Initiatives

The session will discuss CSO engagement in implementing measures from the current OGP Action Plan related to legislative changes. During the discussion, panelists will present indicative cases, relating to key laws in Serbia that have been or are being amended, and discuss challenges and best practices relating to transparency and effective participation. The panel will also discuss trust building between stakeholders in states where civic space has been obstructed, as is the case in Serbia, where trust was breached through government abuse of anti-terrorism regulations against CSOs.

A discussion will follow, where CSOs and other stakeholders will develop recommendations for improving cooperation between government and civil society, in order to ensure that participation is effective, and not just declarative. By analysing the challenges that have arisen in the specific case of Serbia, the panel will come to solutions that are applicable internationally.

Note: This will be a hybrid event.

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Bojana Selaković - Civic Initiatives
  • Ana Toskic Cvetinovic- Partners Serbia
  • Pavle Dimitrijević- CRTA Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability)
  • Dr. Katarina Golubović- Lawyers Committee for Human Rights- YUCOM
  • Nemanja Nenadic- Transparency Serbia (tbc)

Language(s): English, Serbian

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Theme: Civic Space and Public Participation

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Estado Abierto en el marco de a agenda 2030

Friday

23:00 UTC

Hosted by: Instituto Nacional de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos personales (INAI)

Para crear un Estado abierto es necesario que existan acuerdos entre instituciones y objetivos comunes. En el caso mexicano la posibilidad de consolidarlo depende de características políticas y jurídicas suigeneris, cómo: 1. Un Estado abierto debe reconocer su amplio marco constitucional en materia de DDHH asociado a obligaciones y principios que protegen la declaraciones universales. 2. Existen tres órdenes de gobierno (municipios, entidades y federación) y tres poderes (ejecutivo, legislativo y judicial), en 32 entidades federativas que tienen adherencias culturales, posiciones políticas y percepciones sobre la justicia muy diversas e incluso, contrarias lo que posibilita un mosaico de pequeños estados abiertos. 3. La agenda 2030 es una guía que seguimos en México con la intención de no dejar a nadie atrás, y es, sin lugar a dudas, el Estado abierto, la base para que la transparencia proactiva, la Cocreación, la innovación social y la rendición de cuentas avancen en todo el país.

Speakers:

  • Adrián Alcalá, Commissioner, INAI - Mexico
  • Isabel Erreguerena, Co-Director, Equis Justicia para las Mujeres
  • Saúl Azarel Sánchez Jiménez, Transparency and Access to Information Manager, National Water Commission (CONAGUA) - Mexico
  • Teresa Treviño, Coordinator, Open Government and Proactive Transparency Commission of the National Transparency System - Mexico
  • Eduardo Rolón, Executive Director, Causa Natura

Language(s): Spanish

Theme: Civic Space and Public Participation

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