A new Legislative Openness Working Group is been launched today (LOWG) The LOWG is intended to deepen the exchange of knowledge across governments, parliaments, civil society and international institutions on the opportunities and challenges associated with legislative openness. The LOWG will be coordinated in partnership with the government and Congress of Chile and the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and aims to: • Provide a forum for peer-to-peer sharing of good practices, tools, experiences, and innovative use of ICTs through in-person and virtual meetings of the working group; • Develop tools and resources to be shared within the broader OGP community for addressing issues of legislative openness in a country’s action plan; • Identify particular issues within the field of legislative openness for research and sharing of expertise, which might be spearheaded by an individual member of the working group (e.g., the use of “e-petition websites”, efforts to engage citizens using web-based platforms for public comment, good practice regarding the transparency of legislative data, etc.); • Identify technical assistance and partnership opportunities on legislative openness; and • Increase the focus of OGP governments and parliaments on legislative openness. Join us to endorse the principles of the Declaration on Parliamentary Openness. Presenters:Juan Pablo Olmedo, Bicameral Commission on Transparency of the Congress of ChileScott Hubli, National Democratic Institute (NDI)Dan Swislow, National Democratic Institute (NDI) Sponsors: World Bank Institute
Posted on: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 06:34:43 +0000
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