[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 14:17:24 UTC 2014
Jeg skal nok tage det videre, såfremt ingen her på listen har
indvendinger...
God ferie :)
Mvh, Niels Erik
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On 2014-06-11 16:06, Christian Villum wrote:
> 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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>>> Christian Villum
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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 [2]
>>> [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
>>> [3]
>>> [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
>>> [4]
>>> [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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