[Okfn-dk] Fwd: [ogp] The EU and OGP - sign-on statement deadline 16 June
Niels Erik Kaaber Rasmussen
niels at buhlrasmussen.eu
Wed Jun 11 07:54:02 UTC 2014
Eventuelle bekymringer kunne være, at EU er for stor og tung en spiller
ift at opretholde balancen ml. civilsamfund og officielle institutioner
i OGP og at EU-institutionerne (ligesom DK iøvrigt) vil være lidt for
dygtige til at anvende OGP som fjer i hatten uden reelt at foretage sig
noget, de ellers ikke ville have gjort. Hvordan sikrer vi at
OGP-partnerskabet medfører reele, konkrete forbedringer? Men det er
selvfølgelig alt sammen noget, vi kan arbejde hen imod, når EU først har
tilsluttet sig. Alt i alt synes jeg det ser rimeligt ud og at vi skal
støtte op.
Vi bør iøvrigt have opdateret vores logo, så det passer til Open
Knowledge's nye.
Mvh, Niels Erik
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On 2014-06-11 00:24, Christian Villum wrote:
> Hej alle,
>
> Paul Maassen fra Open Government Partnership (OGP) spørger, om Open
> Knowledge Danmark har lyst til at være medunderskriver på et
> dokument der opfordrer EU til officielt at støtte OGP-initiativet.
>
> Nogen indvendinger imod dette? Eller kommenterer ellers?
>
> -Christian
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: PAUL MAASSEN <maassenpaul at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 4:33 PM
> Subject: Fwd: [ogp] The EU and OGP - sign-on statement deadline 16
> June
> To: Christian Villum <christian.villum at okfn.org>
>
> Dear Christian,
>
> Did you see this e-mail? Would this be something you could consider
> signing and/or can forward to other Danish organizations?
>
>
>
> I personally think that the idea of asking the new EU leadership to
> step up on transparency and accountability and use OGP as a platform
> to do that seems both smart and timely. What such a partnership would
> look like needs more thinking, and I am sure convincing key actors
> both in the EU and OGP would ask for smart campaigning. The idea
> though seems logical and appealing.
>
>
>
> Neil Cambell organized a good panel debate on this in Dublin and most
> speakers agreed that it was worth exploring. The EU ombudsman very
> much hailed OGP as “most promising 21st Century global development
> towards making a living reality of open government and good
> government.” Talking about a challenge to live up to.
>
>
>
> What the EU and OGP coming together would look like I don’t now.
> Membership? EU as a partner supporting implementation in EU countries?
> OGP as part of the EU development and neighborhood agenda? Who knows,
> all to be explored by the EU and OGP. And by civil society if it comes
> to campaigning for it. Denis Parfenov from Ireland made a start last
> year by approaching Irish MEPs via mail and Twitter to raise the issue
> in Brussels.
>
>
>
> Change always starts with a first step somebody has to make. When we
> talk about the EU and OGP the civil society statement seems to be a
> good first step!
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
>
>
> Paul
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: NEIL.CAMPBELL at OPENSOCIETYFOUNDATIONS.ORG
> <neil.campbell at opensocietyfoundations.org>
> Date: 3 June 2014 10:12
> Subject: [ogp] The EU and OGP - sign-on statement deadline 16 June
> To: OGP Civil Society group <ogp at dgroups.org>
>
> 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 [7] * Mobile: +32-(0)491-366-667 [8]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: neil.campbell at opensocietyfoundations.org
> [mailto:neil.campbell at 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
> [9]> 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
>
> * Dr Mechthild Rohen, Head of Public Services unit, DG
> Connect, European Commission
>
> * 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-meeting/cso-day
> [10]> 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
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