[Okfn-dk] Fwd: [ogp] The EU and OGP - sign-on statement deadline 16 June

Wed Jun 11 14:06:27 UTC 2014

Gode pointer. Måske værd at sende ud på OGP-listen også?

Anyway, ville være fedt hvis nogen kunne skrive os på som medunderskriver -
og evt pinge Paul og sige det (så bliver han glad). Jeg står med et ben i
flyveren på vej på ferie:)

-Christian
Den 11/06/2014 09.54 skrev "Niels Erik Kaaber Rasmussen" <
niels at buhlrasmussen.eu>:

> 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
>> Institute<http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/
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