OGP developments on the big stage
Civil Society members of the OGP Steering Committee in a recent planning session
- agreed to push for a revision of the guidelines for civil society consultation, with the idea to raise the bar from “consultation” to “co-creation” in order to synergize meaningful civil society engagement in the OGP process;
- supported the creation of a new working group that tackles one of the thorniest open government issues, the Anticorruption Working Group
- proposed that Action Plans could be strategically used to address key 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- accepts that a country is unable to perform in OGP if fails to protect basic liberties (such as freedom of expression and association)
- wants a review of eligibility criteria assessment as one of its top priority areas of evaluation.
- will seek to improve its own openness and responsiveness and take advantage of the midterm review to assess our fundamental governance premises.
- intends to open a conversation on what the future OGP should look like.
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