[open-government] Global Legislative Openness Week (GLOW) returns! Sept. 7-15 #OpenParl15

Wed Jul 29 16:44:50 UTC 2015

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We are pleased to announce that the second annual Global Legislative
Openness Week (GLOW) will run from September 7-15, 2015. GLOW is being
organized by members of the Open Government Partnership’s Legislative
Openness Working Group
<http://www.opengovpartnership.org/groups/legislative>, which is co-chaired
by the Congress of Chile and the National Democratic Institute, in
partnership with the broader open parliament community. We want you to be
involved! Please visit OpenParlWeek.org <http://openparlweek.org/> for more
information.

GLOW is a worldwide campaign to advance legislative openness commitments
and share best practices among parliaments and civil society organizations
around the world. It features activities organized by the Working Group as
well as the global parliamentary openness community, including in-person
meetings, online activities, and advocacy efforts. In 2014
<http://openparl2014.org/>, the campaign connected 45 activities organized
by parliaments and civil society organizations in more than 30 countries.
This year’s GLOW campaign will kick off on September 7 in conjunction with
the AbreLatam <http://2015.abrelatam.org/> and ConDatos
<http://condatos.org/> conferences in Santiago, Chile. The week will
culminate at a Working Group meeting hosted by the Parliament of Georgia on
September 14-15 focusing on the theme of “Committing to Openness:
Parliamentary Action Plans, Standards, and Data."

The organizers encourage civil society organizations and legislatures
to organize
their own parliamentary openness activities, whether an “Open Parliament
Day,” a legislative hackathon, a social media campaign or other creative
activity. Parliaments and civil society organizations are also invited to
discuss and comment on the draft Common Ethical Principles for Members of
Parliament <http://personal.crocodoc.com/BsAvDIX>. Visit OpenParlWeek.org
<http://openparlweek.org/> for ideas, resources and complete updates, and
follow the action at #OpenParl15.

Please join us! With your participation and support, GLOW 2015 will be
another strong, global event to promote action around legislative openness. We
are eager to include your organization in GLOW
<http://openparlweek.org/contact>. It is a great opportunity to co-brand
your local events or projects and gain broader visibility for your work. If
you are already planning a legislative openness event or project that will
be active in September, or if the idea of a global campaign inspires you to
organize something new, please email *info at OpenParlWeek.org* and let us
know what you’re planning. Of course, your suggestions and ideas for the
campaign are more than welcome.

For GLOW information and regular updates, visit OpenParlWeek.org
<http://openparlweek.org/>. We look forward to working with you!

-- 

*Greg M. Brown*

Senior Program Assistant, Governance

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
Tel: (202) 728-5612 | Skype: gregmbrown | @gregbrownm

  <http://www.ndi.org/>   <http://www.openingparliament.org/>
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