FW: [ogp] The EU and OGP - sign-on statement deadline 16 June

Joi Iun 5 12:48:41 UTC 2014


>Salutare tuturor,
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>Dacă doriți să semnați declarația anexată, cu privire la intrarea UE în
>OGP, vă rog să îi scrieți lui Neil sau să îmi dați un semn.
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>Mulțumesc.
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>Toate cele bune,
>Andra.
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>On 6/3/14 11:12 AM, "neil.campbell la opensocietyfoundations.org"
><neil.campbell la opensocietyfoundations.org> wrote:
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>>
>>Dear all, 
>>
>>I managed to have a conversation with some of you that were present in
>>Dublin at the Europe regional meeting, and we all heard the European
>>Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly, among others, call for EU engagement with OGP.
>>I hope we can now move this forward.  I would like to circulate the
>>attached sign-on statement calling for the new EU leadership to commit
>>to 
>>EU engagement with and eventual participation in OGP.
>>
>>The European elections were a stark reminder of the distance between the
>>EU institutions and the citizens they represent. The question of whether
>>the EU institutions are actually able to improve the lives of EU
>>citizens 
>>through promoting and practicing inclusive and transparent governance
>>was 
>>lost in much of the debate. The OGP provides a template for a radical
>>re-think of how the EU institutions communicate among themselves on
>>these 
>>issues and how they could bring themselves closer to citizens. As the
>>new 
>>set of leaders takes shape in Brussels over the next few months, we
>>would 
>>like to ensure that they have a practical option for addressing the
>>question of citizen participation in, and the transparency and
>>accountability of EU governance. The OGP may not be the full answer, but
>>at the very least the process, objectives and methodology of what is now
>>a truly global initiative will offer practical solutions.
>>
>>I would like to collect responses from CSOs based in European countries
>>(in this instance, EU members states and states in the neighbourhood or
>>enlargement process). Please send your organisation's name and logo by
>>16 
>>June. I will then compile the document and redistribute for your use in
>>advocacy towards the new EU leadership. I'm very aware that a simple
>>statement is a reductive way to approach such a complicated issue and
>>there are many detailed arguments that will follow - this is merely an
>>initial call to raise the issue on the policy agenda and to gauge how
>>much support exits.
>>
>>There are also many additional steps that are required to make this
>>happen, these include a strategy of engagement with the OGP support unit
>>and steering committee, EU/OGP members states, institutions in Brussels
>>etc, but the first step is civil society. It won't happen unless civil
>>society asks for it. PLEASE SIGN ON!
>>
>>I would also like to thank GONG, Access Info Europe and TI-EU for their
>>engagement in this initiative and their initial agreement to sign the
>>statement. NB that Access Info have managed to secure commitments from
>>165 out of 751 members of the new European Parliament to transparency
>>and 
>>lobby control; while the TI-EU report on the integrity of EU
>>institutions 
>>is a primer to this whole issue. Other orgs in Brussels are also doing
>>great work to open up the institutions - hopefully this initiative will
>>add to their efforts.
>>
>>Please get in touch with any questions or comments on the statement and
>>process. 
>>
>>All best, 
>>
>>Neil 
>>
>>Neil Campbell
>>Head of EU Policy Development
>>Open Society European Policy Institute
>>Tel.: +32-(0)2-505 46 42 * Mobile: +32-(0)491-366-667
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: neil.campbell la opensocietyfoundations.org
>>[mailto:neil.campbell la opensocietyfoundations.org]
>>Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 3:18 PM
>>To: OGP Civil Society group
>>Subject: [ogp] OGP regional meeting. Panel on EU-OGP: Thurs 14:30-16:30
>>
>>Dear all,
>>
>>Looking forward to seeing some of you at the regional meeting in Dublin
>>later this week. The Open Society European Policy
>>Institute<http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/offices-foundations
>>/
>>open-society-european-policy-institute> has organised a panel to be held
>>on Thursday 8th May from 14:30 - 16:30: "The EU's role in promoting
>>transparency & accountability, and engagement with the OGP".
>>
>>The EU has hovered on the margins of OGP. The aim of this discussion is
>>to bring together some of the complementary efforts of the EU towards
>>open government, and critical observations on how the EU institutions
>>might also improve their own transparency and accountability to European
>>citizens. The discussion will lead towards an assessment of whether
>>there 
>>is potential for the EU institutions to develop a closer relationship
>>with the OGP, and steps that could be taken to make that happen.
>>
>>Our panelists will be:
>>
>>
>>*        Emily O'Reilly, European Ombudsman
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>>*        Dr Mechthild Rohen, Head of Public Services unit, DG Connect,
>>European Commission
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>>*        Carl Dolan, Director, Transparency International's EU office
>>
>>*        Helen Darbishire, Executive Director, Access Info Europe
>>
>>*        Saša Šegrt, Project Development Coordinator, GONG
>>
>>For those of you also joining the Civil Society
>>day<http://www.opengovpartnership.org/get-involved/europe-regional-meetin
>>g
>>/cso-day> on Wednesday, myself and my colleague Anca Cioriciu will lead
>>a 
>>discussion on this issue from 17:00 to 17:30.
>>
>>The gist of it: On the surface, the EU and OGP are remarkably
>>complementary: the EU institutions play an important role in supporting
>>open governance in and beyond Europe; the accession process for
>>membership includes important conditions for transparent and accountable
>>governing institutions; and the EU's own treaties require that the
>>institutions develop policy and laws in as open a manner as possible.
>>Why 
>>is the EU not a cheerleader for OGP? And what might EU membership of OGP
>>look like in practice? This is a timely discussion as the EU moves
>>towards leadership changes and parliamentary elections amid calls for
>>enhanced accountability of EU institutions to European citizens. OGP was
>>not initiated for regional bodies but as its relations with multilateral
>>institutions show, neither is it closed to new forms of engagement and
>>participation. European civil society could play the essential role of
>>pushing EU leaders, institutions and officials towards a better
>>understanding and implementation of open government.
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>Neil
>>Neil Campbell
>>Head of EU Policy Development
>>
>>Open Society European Policy
>>Institute<http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/offices-foundations
>>/
>>open-society-european-policy-institute>
>>Rue d'Idalie 9-13 * B-1050 Brussels * Belgium
>>Tel.: +32-(0)2-505 46 42 * Mobile: +32-(0)491-366-667
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