CSC Newsletter April 2013 No. 7 by emilenemartinez17
Beyond South Africa: The Future is Open
Britain’s Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude delivered a speech alongside Acting South African President Kgalema Motlanthe to the delegates of the annual Government Leadership Summit in Pretoria on 2 April. While much of the speech focused on public service reform and UK case studies, the latter half of the speech centred around the UK’s
Open Government Partnership IRM Local Researchers Call / Vacantes para Investigadores Locales
***UPDATE*** This call closed Friday, 8 February, 2013 for the following countries: Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, United Kingdom. The call has been extended until 1700 Eastern Standard Time, Monday, February 25, 2013 for the following countries: Indonesia, Norway, and United States. The Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) is seeking
Parliaments – what can they add to the Open Government Partnership?
This guest blog post was originally published on the Opening Parliaments blog The Open Government Partnership (OGP) has been successful in bringing aboard nearly 60 countries to make commitments — some more concrete than others — toward transparency and openness in government. It has been barely more than a year since governments began submitting action plans to OGP, outlining
South Africa looking for innovative ways to work with NGOs – interview with Minister
Ayanda Dlodlo has been South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration since 2010. Before being appointed Deputy Minister she was the Parliamentary Councilor to President Zuma. OGP has decided to interview her to find out more about developments in her country. 1) As a member of the Steering Committee, South Africa was involved
OGP: Progress in South Africa
In South Africa spring is newly sprung, and that energy has been channeled into a comprehensive civil society monitoring plan for the South African Open Government Partnership Commitments. South Africa, as a founding partner, lodged its Action Plan of eight core commitments on 20 September 2012. It is almost a year since they were official
OGP: African Nations Commit To New Levels Of Transparency
This post was co-written with Gilbert Sendugwa, Coordinator and Head of Secretariat for the Africa Freedom of Information Centre, and was originally published on the World Resources Institute‘s website. The Open Government Partnership (OGP) boasts some pretty lofty and much-needed goals. The global initiative aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies
Civil Society Transparency Report for South Africa
Allison Tilley from Open Democracy Advance Center, sent out the Civil Society Transparency Report for South Africa prepared for the OGP meeting in Brasilia and updated it onto their OGP website (and on to several places on the ODAC website). You can find the report at http://opengovpartners.org/za/transparency-in-south-africa/ or http://www.opendemocracy.org.za.