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Renato Brunetta, Minister for Public Administration in Italy, represents the country on the OGP Steering Committee. He talks with OGP about Italy’s role in inspiring the global Open Gov Week, its latest action plan, and OGP's Co-Chair agenda.
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OGP is nothing without its community of reformers. To ensure that we are investing our energy in the places that best support your efforts, we are inviting you to help us develop our new strategy.
Learn more and get involved:
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Read about OGP’s origins, founding principles, and the context in which we are developing the new strategy.
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Attend our remaining community conversations on Wednesday and Thursday this week.
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Join the online discussions on Polis.
- Host your own community conversation.
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Thanks for joining Open Gov Week and organizing 300+ events in over 60+ countries. As we use this energy and momentum to push the open gov agenda forward, explore some highlights from the week.
See how others celebrated OGW here, and share your photos here.
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OGP at the World Economic Forum
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This week OGP’s CEO Sanjay Pradhan is attending the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, where he received the Social Innovator of the Year Award and shared how open government reformers are fighting to renew democracy amidst growing threats.
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✍️ Your Story. Short
Thanks to all who have used the “Your Story. Short” story generator tool so far!
The next step is developing these into engaging stories for OpenStories. Join us for one of three workshops the week of June 13 to explore the craft and purpose of writing about open gov with clarity and impact.
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Denis shares his story of fighting discrimination of the Roma community in North Macedonia and why knowing his rights is so essential to accessing justice.
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🌍 Community Submissions
Our newest community contributions include videos from the Open Contracting Partnership about reforms in Paraguay, the Republic of Moldova, Colombia, Ukraine, and Chile.
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The call for speakers for Open Americas (America Abierta) is now open! Send your proposals by June 24. Learn more here.
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We are delighted to announce that the OGP Europe Regional Meeting will take place in Rome, Italy on October 11-12, hosted by the Government of Italy. More information on registration, the agenda, and logistics will be shared soon here.
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Africa and the Middle East Regional Meeting
The Government of the Kingdom of Morocco will co-host the 2022 OGP Africa and the Middle East Regional Meeting on November 1-3, 2022 in Morocco. More information coming soon.
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Explore new guidance materials for stakeholders interested in advancing parliamentary engagement in OGP, and join a series of webinars starting on June 2.
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Thank you for listening to Season One of our podcast! Find all the episodes – covering topics like citizen engagement, gender, inclusion, and more – here.
Season Two will launch later this year!
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Take a look at Ukraine’s 10-year journey as a champion in OGP, the progress that has been tragically interrupted by war, and how reformers continue to live by and fight for the principles of open government.
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Explore how reformers in Africa and the Middle East can improve the delivery of public services like education and healthcare by opening up budgets, contracts, and company ownership.
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Read how the Independent Reporting Mechanism's latest resource – the co-creation briefs – can contribute to more ambitious commitments.
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Are you struggling to convince others to take an open gov approach or looking for concrete evidence on the impact?
This guide to the evidence is for you.
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The Global Data Barometer assesses the state of data for public good in 109 countries.
Explore the Political Integrity module we developed with Transparency International, to learn how reformers can use data to understand challenges related to political integrity in their countries and effectively advocate for change.
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Get to know the new members and how they were selected here.
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By the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) and Andy McDevitt
Six years after launching OGP Local we have to wonder, what have we learned in this time? Assessed by the IRM, here are the top eight lessons from some of the original Local members.
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🌍 Local Roundup
Find a monthly roundup of highlights from the OGP Local community.
- Check out some Open Gov Week highlights in: Bogota, Catalunya, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Kaduna, Nuevo Leon + Monterrey + San Pedro Garza Garcia, Yucatán, Nariño.
- Discover how new OGP Local members announced their membership: Nuevo Leon + Monterrey + San Pedro Garza Garcia ( Twitter and Youtube), Sarchi, Salcedo, Novi Pazar, Maipu, Chepo.
- Timișoara, Romania has delivered its action plan.
- Osasco, Brazil held a workshop on the budget cycle of a municipality and developed engaging materials to exemplify the process.
Discover more and share your own on the OGP Local Slack workspace.
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Steering Committee Spotlight
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2022 Civil Society Steering Committee Selection
- Check out the shortlist of civil society candidates for the 2022 OGP Steering Committee.
- The candidates will join one of three virtual community conversations this week to kick off the consultation stage of OGP’s new strategy and talk about the challenges and opportunities of open government and ideas for the future of OGP.
- The selected three new members will be announced in mid June and begin their new terms on October 1.
2022 Government Steering Committee Elections
- The deadline for countries to submit their candidacy to the OGP Steering Committee is May 27, 2022.
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- The Toolkit for More Gender-Responsive Action Plans, which features resources for enhancing gender responsiveness in the OGP action plan co-creation process, is now available in French and Spanish.
- The International Fund for Public Interest Media launched its inaugural round of funding in 17 countries as part of a long-term strategy to sustain as well as rebuild public interest media.
- ICNL released a toolkit designed to provide information on OGP for civil society organizations in Kenya.
- Namati is searching for a new Director of Communications.
- The Open Contracting Partnership is hiring two Senior Data Support Managers to provide hands-on support to publishers and users of contracting data around the world.
- Read Integrity Action’s latest story on building integrity in Kenya and how citizens are demanding better public buildings and services for everyone.
- Read the latest publication by the Brookings Institution for insights on the state of American democracy and what we can do to address the challenges ahead. |
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