[open-development] World Bank: New Practitioner Resources onAccess to Information

[karin.christiansen at publishwhatyoufund.org]

Chris, John in terms of input into the access to information role out, Catalina is part of a group, lead by the Bank Information Centre, working on this and we'd be happy to incorporate any suggestions etc


On the World Bank, while they are trying (in both senses) it is worth differentiating the WB Institute from the Bank proper. 

Karin
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From: Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
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Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:41:07 
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Subject: Re: [open-development] World Bank: New Practitioner Resources on
	Access to Information

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 6:11 AM, Chris Watkins
<chriswaterguy at appropedia.org> wrote:
> 1. Good to see the WB showing an awareness of this.
> 2. Frustrating to see them telling the world "how it's done" when
> their own standards of openness are  in need of serious improvement.

You saw this right?

http://blog.okfn.org/2010/04/20/world-bank-opens-up-development-data/
http://ckan.net/package/world-bank

This too:

http://www.worldbank.org/wbaccess
http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/worldbankreform/

And this?

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22634909~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html

What else should they be doing? (Not a rhetorical question!) ;-)

All the best,

Jonathan

> On 03/08/2010, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>> http://wbi.worldbank.org/wbi/news/2010/07/27/available-now-new-practitioner-resources-access-information
>>
>> "Citizens’ Access to Information (ATI) is an essential step to
>> ensuring transparency and accountability in government.  Promotion of
>> ATI must be addressed through different channels.
>>
>> Targeted for practitioners working on governance and transparency
>> issues, the World Bank Institute (WBI) has recently published three
>> working papers with examples of how countries have undertaken
>> proactive disclosure of public information; citizen participation and
>> transparency in Supreme Audit Institutions; and transparency in the
>> judiciary."
>>
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