[open-government] OGP Webinar Invitation: "Introducing the Policy on Upholding the Values and Principles of OGP" | Tuesday February 3 @ 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EST

Wed Jan 28 07:52:26 UTC 2015

 *Introducing the Policy on Upholding the Values and Principles of OGP*

 *Tuesday, February 3, **2015*

*08:30 a.m. – 09:30 a.m. EST *

Language: *English*

REGISTER for this webinar: *HERE*
<http://worldbankva.adobeconnect.com/e7wbteybwsp/event/event_info.html>

*Presenters: *

*Warren Krafchik*
Executive Director
International Budget Partnership (IBP)

*Joe Powell*
Deputy Director
Open Government Partnership (OGP)

*Paul Maassen*
Civil Society Engagement, Director
Open Government Partnership (OGP)

Sponsored by the OGP Support Unit and the World Bank

*Description: *
One of the most significant decisions taken by the OGP steering committee
at their September 24th, 2014 meeting in New York was to adopt a new policy
to deal with concerns raised about civic space in participating countries.
The Policy is titled “Upholding the Values and Principles of OGP, as
articulated in the Open Government Declaration” and it has two tightly
defined objectives:

a)    Assist a country in question to overcome difficulties and to help
re-establish an environment for government and civil society collaboration,
and

b)    Safeguard the Open government Declaration and mitigate reputational
risks to OGP

The new policy acknowledges that there may be issues outside the scope of
National Action Plans that have a major impact on successful participation
in OGP, and creates an opportunity to address them. This may include
restrictions on basic freedoms, access to information and the overall
enabling environment for civil society. To maintain the OGP’s credibility –
and safeguard its long-term future – it is important that the participating
countries uphold these values and principles, as expressed in the Open
Government Declaration and in the Articles of Governance (all countries
endorse the Open Government Declaration on joining OGP, albeit in a
non-binding, voluntary manner).

Together with this new policy, OGP also has response mechanisms in place
for countries that for example do not meet the deadlines for delivering a
new Action Plan or for not following up on recommendations from the
Independent Progress Reports. This webinar will start with giving an
overview of all OGP mechanisms before in depth introducing the new policy.

The speaker will describe the background of the new policy, present the
process and timeline and sketch possible responses by OGP. This webinar
will also give an idea of the type of cases the new policy is supposed to
deal with (and which not).

*Speakers:*

*Warren Krafchik*

Warren Krafchik is the Executive Director of the International Budget
Partnership (IBP). Krafchik joined IBP in 2001 from South Africa where he
founded one of the first institutions to pioneer independent budget
monitoring in the global south. Under his leadership IBP has grown to
become a globally recognized international hub for civil society public
finance research, capacity building, and advocacy. He is a founding member
and past civil society chair of the Open Government Partnership, the Global
Initiative for Fiscal Transparency, and the Impumelelo Innovations Award
program. He sits on the boards of the Revenue Watch Institute and the
Transparency and Accountability Initiative. Krafchik is an economist by
training and a frequent author and speaker on public finance systems,
accountability, and development.

To JOIN the session on Tuesday February 3, 2015 at 08:30 a.m. EST, please
go *HERE*
<https://worldbankva.adobeconnect.com/e7wbteybwsp/event/login.html> and
login 5 minutes before the Webinar is scheduled to start.

-- 

*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.ogphub.org |
www.opengovpartnership.org |Hosted by Hivos, PO Box 85565, 2508 CG The
Hague, The Netherlands

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