31st May 2017
Jessie Cato, Publish What You Pay – Australia This post was previously published on the Devpolicy Blog and Extractafact. Tracking Australian mining, oil and gas companies around the world is challenging. Australia has one of the largest global footprints of extractives companies operating abroad. Research by Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Australia and ESG research house CAER in September…
3rd May 2017
This article is published in the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance 2017 Press Freedom Report The Chilling Effect Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Photo: Andrew Meares, courtesy Fairfax Photos A year ago the first Turnbull government report card on access to government information was a mixture of hope and disappointment. The year since saw more…
24th April 2017
From Co- Chairs Interim Working Group “Open government is the idea – simple and transformative – that governments should be transparent, accountable, and engaging. Government decision-making should be open to scrutiny, because governments work better when that happens. And because better decisions are made when everyone can contribute, governments should invite and facilitate citizen participation,…
10th April 2017
PM&C Interim Working Group Minutes of the meeting on 28 March. Key points: The Department’s Strategic Coordination Unit had assumed responsibility for coordinating implementation of Australia’s Open Government National Action Plan. (Contacts are Will Story and Alan Wu reporting to Deputy Secretary Steven Kennedy) IWG Terms of Reference extended to cover responsibility for providing oversight…
24th March 2017
Network Chairman Dr David Solomon wrote to the Selection Committee commending Ken Coghill’s candidacy for the OGP Steering Committee. There are 28 candidates. The Steering Committee of the Australian Open Government Partnership Network supports and strongly endorses Dr Ken Coghill for a position as a CSO member of the global OGP Steering Committee. Dr Coghill is…
24th March 2017
From Network member Jessie Cato, National Co-ordinator Publish What You PayAustralia Australia is currently in the process of developing its application to become a candidate country in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). EITI is commitment 1.3 in Australia’s National Action Plan for the Open Government Partnership. (Australia will enhance disclosure of company payments and…
16th March 2017
From OGP Support Unit: Date and time: March 28, 3pm DST Language: English Speakers: Webinar Chair: Shreya Basu, Regional Civil Society Coordinator for Asia Pacific Kety Tsanava, National Coordinator of Open Government, Georgia Enkhtsetseg Dagva, Program Manager of Open Society Forum, Mongolia Laura Vossler, Independent Reporting Mechanism Research Assistant Description: This month, 29 OGP participating…
13th March 2017
Nominations for two positions closed on 8 March with 28 nominations including two Australians Dr Ken Coghill and Neil Forsyth both members of this network. Details of nominees including supporting material submitted is available here. As part of the selection process members of the OGP civil society community are invited to send endorsements and other…
9th March 2017
As if tending to our own patch wasn’t enough….. The American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative is hiring a Regional Anti-Corruption Advisor to be based in its Bangkok office. The Advisor will implement the anti-corruption and public integrity priorities of the U.S. government and governments in the Asia-Pacific region. The full job description and…
9th March 2017
Are there Australian equivalents on offer or in the pipeline? Glad to hear….. This from The Netherlands: Delft University of Technology launches Open Online Course (MOOC) about Open Government “While governments all over the world aim to become more open and transparent, opening the government is a complex and challenging problem. How can governments become…