[open-development] OGP Summit - Some transparency events to check out

[Craig Fagan]

Dear all,

 

For those of you in London at the OGP Summit, please join Transparency
International and partners at the following events:

 

TODAY!

OPEN CONTRACTING

11:00am - 12:30pm on Thursday, October 31, 2013

Parallel Session Room 5

 

Open Contracting is the collaborative effort to support and advance a
global agenda for increased disclosure and participation at all stages
of the contracting process. The Open Contracting Partnership works
across sectors, regions and stakeholder groups.

 

HOW CAN CIVIL SOCIETY CONTRIBUTE TO AN EFFECTIVE OGP CHAIRMANSHIP?

4:10pm - 5:10pm on Thursday, October 31

Parallel Session Room 5

 

A talkshow and debate on a vision of meaningful partnership as well as
introducing standards of engagement of government-civil society in chair
countries to shape chairmanship agenda and enhance quality
implementation.

 

TRANSPARENCY OF POLITICAL FINANCE

Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 5:15pm to 6:45pm

Parallel Session Room 5

 

This session discusses the risks and consequences of the lack of
transparency in the finance of political parties and how do this
problems change or not and based on what factors (specially levels of
institutionality and presence of organized crime). This session expects
to agree on some basic guidelines on how to make this finance more
transparent to be delivered to the governments part of the OGP
community.

 

TOMORROW!

Beyond Open Government, Towards Open Governance 

9.30 - 10.30 on Friday 1st November

Parallel Session Room 3

 

The session Defining the Critical Elements of Open Government will
assess the degree to which OGP is moving substantially to include the
core elements of open government: access to information, transparency
and accountability policies, and open data tools. It will propose and
elicit concrete suggestions for strengthening greater and more balanced
results along all three dimensions of open government within the OGP
framework and more broadly.

 

 

 We hope to see you!

 

 

Craig Fagan

Policy Manager, Research and Knowledge Group

 

Transparency International
Alt-Moabit 96, 10559 Berlin, Germany

T. + 49 30 3438 20678
F. + 49 30 3470 3912
E. cfagan at transparency.org <mailto:cfagan at transparency.org> 

 


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