[SecretContracts] identifying contracts to open, pushing at half open doors

Sat Jun 21 10:43:09 UTC 2014

Do you mean momentum, rather than inertia?

On 21 June 2014 12:05, Christian Villum <christian.villum at okfn.org> wrote:

> Agree very much with James here, this is a great idea and would be a very
> concrete way to shape the campaign. And if successful (opening 3
> high-profile contracts), it could inspire self-driven engagement on a local
> level across the globe - creating the kind of inertia we're looking to
> inspire.
>
> -Christian
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 11:34 AM, James Hamilton <james.hamilton at okfn.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Do you think it would be worth asking our community of Stop Secret
>> Contracts signatories, what contracts in what geography we should focus our
>> energies? (in this stage of the campaign, or next?).
>>
>> Opening up all contracts everywhere is very ambitious - and is in fact
>> unachievable.
>>
>> If we were to identify 10 contracts in 10 countries whose significance
>> was worth of public attention, and then triage them against achievable
>> change (democratic government, active civil society, OGP government
>> commitments) we may be able to identify 3 target contracts of high public
>> interest in 3 countries where change is achievable, which we can focus our
>> attention on, and achieve real change in the world.
>>
>> --
>> James Hamilton
>>
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