[open-government] UK Civil Society Perspectives on Open Government Partnership National Plan

Mon Apr 16 16:06:14 UTC 2012

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UK Civil Society Perspectives on Open Government Partnership National Plan

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations have produced a collaborative analysis of the UK National Action Plan and wider open government policy environment. All countries subscribing to the Open Government Partnership have to submit submit a National Action Plan (NAP) based on the principles of open government that are articulated in the OGP Declaration.

Organisations contributing to the report include Campaign for Freedom of Information, Christian Aid, ONE, Open Rights Group, Publish What You Fund, Tiri and Transparency International.

The main points of the report are reproduced here:

The UK government must improve its engagement with civil society including wider consultation and clear mechanisms for collaborative design and progress monitoring of the national action plan.
The current national commitments are too focused on open data, information technology and public services and should be expanded to cover a comprehensive model of open governance.
Internationally, the UK is a global leader on aid transparency. However, the UK must now address the transparency of natural resource revenues and international corporate transparency more broadly.

The paper can be downloaded here:

http://www.opengovernment.org.uk (http://www.opengovernment.org.uk/)

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Javier Ruiz
javier at openrightsgroup.org
+44(0)7877 911 412
@javierruiz

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