[open-government] FW: [Pal-dc] Open Government Partnership meeting in Brasilia

Fri Apr 20 12:40:51 UTC 2012

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From: pal-dc-bounces at lists.apc.org [mailto:pal-dc-bounces at lists.apc.org] On
Behalf Of Stuart Hamilton
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:08 AM
To: PubAccessLibraries-DC
Subject: [Pal-dc] Open Government Partnership meeting in Brasilia

Hi everyone

More than 50 governments are gathering this week in Brasilia to pledge high
standards of transparency, accountability and participation at the first
annual meeting of the  <http://www.opengovpartnership.org/> Open Government
Partnership. This event represents a major benchmark in an international
movement to make government everywhere more responsive and responsible to
citizens. 

Rob Cronin from the
<http://www.beyondaccess.net/2012/04/19/contextualizing-e-government-for-loc
al-consumption/> Beyond Access campaign is at the meeting and sent
<http://www.beyondaccess.net/2012/04/19/contextualizing-e-government-for-loc
al-consumption/> this blog entry about the role that public libraries other
public community points of access can play as part of any genuine open
government plan. it. Beyond access have also put out a policy brief which
you can find here:

<http://www.beyondaccess.net/2012/04/17/policy-brief-the-demand-side-of-open
-government/> Policy Brief: The Demand Side of Open Government " Beyond
Access 

Cheers,

Stuart

Stuart Hamilton

Director of Policy and Advocacy

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

P.O. Box 95312
2509 CH The Hague
Netherlands

00 31 70 314 0884

Twitter: @iflaspa

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