[okfn-tw] Fwd: [ogp] 36 draft OGP progress reports released this month - don't forget to use them smartly!

[TH Schee]

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From: "paul.maassen at opengovpartnership.org" <
paul.maassen at opengovpartnership.org>
Date: Feb 2, 2016 16:36
Subject: [ogp] 36 draft OGP progress reports released this month - don't
forget to use them smartly!
To: "OGP Civil Society group" <ogp at dgroups.org>
Cc:

Dear colleagues,


Every two years, OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism
<http://www.opengovpartnership.org/irm> (IRM) creates a great opportunity
for civil society to shape their national OGP process further. True to
OGP’s founding principles of transparency, accountability and
participation, the IRM team releases in-depth progress reports that assess
both how well OGP governments are collaborating with civil society and how
countries are delivering on their open government commitments, as outlined
in their National Action Plans. These progress reports are released a year
into the action plan cycle and developed by national researchers and
international experts with inputs from civil society and government. This
Tuesday, the IRM team released 15 (of 39) new progress reports for public
comment. Later in the month the others will follow.


   - *February 2, 2016: Chile, Ireland, Macedonia, Paraguay, Serbia,
   Canada, Albania, Georgia, Greece, South Korea, Lithuania, Netherlands (End
   of Term Report), Sweden, Tunisia, Ukraine. *
   - *February 8, 2016: Czech Republic, Italy, Mongolia, Spain, Bulgaria,
   Finland (End of Term Report), Tanzania. *
   - *The following reports will be released shortly thereafter: Dominican
   Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Guatemala, Honduras, Trinidad & Tobago,
   Croatia, Ghana (End of Term Report), Jordan, New Zealand, Sierra Leone.
   Uruguay, Armenia, Romania*


The IRM progress reports allow civil society to check in and comment on
countries’ progress in keeping to their commitments. They give us the
opportunity to make sure that the findings are accurate and capture a wide
variety of views including yours. There are a number of concrete civil
society advocacy opportunities around the IRM reports:

   - By commenting in public you can make a clear statement on what you
   agree with or not in the draft report. These comments might trigger changes
   in the final report. In any case they will be posted alongside the final
   version of the report. You may also add additional information that you
   find important but that was not included in the report.
   - You can use the draft conclusions on the consultation process to push
   your government for an improved process this time. For this you can also
   use the country experiences captured here
   <http://www.opengovpartnership.org/sites/default/files/working_groups/ImprovingtheOGPExperience-full%20booklet.pdf>,
   as well as the OGP consultation guidance
   <http://www.opengovpartnership.org/sites/default/files/working_groups/Guidance%20for%20National%20OGP%20Dialogue.pdf>
   .
   <http://www.ogphub.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Additional-Guidance-Consultations.pdf>
   You can use the draft conclusions on commitment delivery and priority
   setting to influence the draft new action plan. For this you can also use
   the Open Government Guide. <http://www.opengovguide.com/>
   - You can use the draft report to start preparing your response for when
   the report is launched - press release, campaign etc. Note that the IRM
   researchers have asked all their IRM researchers to promote the progress
   reports through launch events, government testimony, press conferences,
   media outreach, etc. It might be smart to reach out and/or team up with
   them in your advocacy efforts.

The progress reports will be released in both English and the primary
administrative language of the country and can be viewed here
<http://www.opengovpartnership.org/irm>. The comment period is open for at
least two weeks. To comment, you can visit the IRM page
<http://www.opengovpartnership.org/independent-reporting-mechanism> and
click on the 'Comment' button to the right of the relevant national flag,
as shown in the graphic below. Alternatively, if you prefer to leave a
confidential comment, you can send your comments in an email to
irm at opengovpartnership.org with the country name in the subject line.

All comments will be collated and published, except where the requester
submits their comments in confidence. Where relevant, comments will be
integrated into a final version of the report.


Please remember that the OGP Civil Society Engagement team is always
available to discuss opportunities to use the Progress Reports, share
experiences from other countries, participate in launch events and/or
broker connections to other actors (including the IRM team). You can reach
me and the team through paul.maassen at opengovpartnership.org.

Commenting on the report is important. OGP is about participation and the
IRM team takes their mandate to listen and to capture diverse voices very
seriously. Whether it is on a specific theme or commitment, the OGP
process, or the national context for open government, this is your chance
to go on record and to influence the final report but, far more
importantly, to take part of the discussion leading up to the next national
action plan.

For more information on the progress reports, see the IRM team’s blog on
the progress reports trends
<http://www.opengovpartnership.org/blog/joseph-foti/2016/01/28/checking-open-government>
and how and why to comment
<http://www.opengovpartnership.org/blog/joseph-foti/2016/01/28/why-and-how-comment-irm-progress-reports>on
them.

Kind regards


Paul
-- 


*Paul Maassen*Director, Civil Society Engagement
*Open Government Partnership Support Unit*

e-mail: paul.maassen at opengovpartnership.org | skype: maassenpaul |  phone:
++31 646 16 78 56 | twitter: @maassenpaul | www.opengovpartnership.org
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