OGP Australia Information Session presentation

OGP Australiaogpau.govspace.gov.au

Information Sessions14 – 17 December 2015

Welcome & thank you

Scope of this session

• Open Government Partnership (OGP) background

• Australia’s process to become a full OGP member

• How citizens & organisations can participate in this process

• Questions and answers on the OGP membership process

• Resources for civil societies

What is the OGP?• The OGP is a voluntary, multi-stakeholder international initiative.

• It aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to their citizenry to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance.

• OGP provides an international forum for dialogue and sharing ideas and experience among governments, civil society organizations, and the private sector, to contribute to the pursuit of open government.

• OGP stakeholders include participating governments as well as civil society and private sector entities that support the principles and mission of OGP.

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GreeceGuatemalaHondurasHungaryIndonesiaIrelandIsraelItalyIvory CoastJordanKenyaLatviaLiberiaLithuaniaMacedoniaMalawiMaltaMexicoMoldovaMongoliaMontenegroNetherlandsNew ZealandNorwayPanama

Papua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesRomaniaSerbiaSierra LeoneSlovak RepublicSouth AfricaSouth KoreaSpainSri LankaSwedenTanzaniaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguay

OGP membership today

Open Government Partnership

Open Government Partnership

OGP timeline• Aug 2011: Countries including Australia invited to become founding

members of the OGP.

• Sept 2011: OGP formed with eight countries as founding members.

• April 2012: Second cohort of 38 countries joins OGP.

• April 2013: Third cohort of eight countries joins OGP.

• May 2013: Former Australian Government commits to joining OGP.

• May 2013: Russia withdraws from OGP (had committed in April 2012).

• April 2014: Fourth cohort of nine countries joins OGP.

• Nov 2015: Australia Government recommits to joining OGP, beginning current membership process.

Jack MahoneyProgram Officer at the Open Government Partnership Support Unit

Shreya BasuOpen Government Partnership's Regional Civil Society Coordinator for Asia Pacific

What does OGP membership involve?Participating countries must:

• endorse a high-level Open Government Declaration,

• developed a two-year National Action Plan with public consultation,

• implement their National Action Plan,

• develop an annual Self-Assessment Report on the progress of their National Action Plan with a minimum two-week consultation period,

• commit to independent reporting on their progress going forward.

How civil society organisations are involved

• OGP brings together governments and civil society organisations as true partners

at both the national and international level.

• At the national level, governments work with civil society organizations to

develop and implement their OGP National Action Plan.

• Countries are encouraged to institutionalise a mechanism for ongoing dialogue

and collaboration between government and civil society.

• The OGP’s Independent Civil Society Coordination team (CSC) works to broaden,

strengthen and engage a strong civil society network to participate in OGP,

particularly at the national level and helps civil societies use the OGP process for

achieving their own advocacy objectives.

Pia WaughOGP Coordinator, Department of The Prime Minister and Cabinet

Australia’s OGP membership timeline• 17 Nov 15 – 11 Dec 15: STAGE 1: Preparation, framework and history

• 14 Dec 15 – 28 Feb 16: STAGE 2: NAP drafting via wiki and livestreamed event

• 1 Mar 16 – 11 May 16: STAGE 3: Comment & voting on specific commitments to identify community priorities. Peer-review workshop in Canberra in April

• 12 May 16 – 30 Jun 16: STAGE 4: Government considers NAP contributions,what is possible and practical to endorse

• July 16: Launch of the final Australian GovernmentNational Action Plan

• Annual: Monitoring and reporting of implementation of National Action Plan with public reporting

Questions

OGP resources for individuals & organisationsInternational

• OGP site: opengovpartnership.org

• OGP Civil Society hub: ogphub.org

Australia

• OGPau site: ogpau.govspace.gov.au (includes email list)

• Australian OGP Network: aogpn.net (includes email list)

Social media

Twitter: #OGPau, #OGP, @opengovpart

Participate in STAGE 2

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