The presentation deck used for the OGP Australia Information Sessions in December. Note that as it was slightly adapted across the four sessions based on audience questions and new information, these slides represent the most current version and may differ slightly from those used in the first sessions. For more information on the OGP Australia process, visit http://ogpau.govspace.gov.au. An FAQ based partially on questions asked during these sessions is available at https://ogpau.govspace.gov.au/faqs/ To remain informed about the OGP Australia consultation process and development of Australia's National Action Plan, please subscribe to the OGPau mailing list: http://govspace.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=132430cf800e8f9e58faeff5e&id=6666862bf9 (or via https://ogpau.govspace.gov.au/contact-colophon/). Note that this presentation was compiled by Craig Thomler while working on behalf of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to facilitate the four OGP Australia Information Sessions. It does not represent the direct work of the Department, and any errors, inconsistencies or out-dated information are the sole responsibility of Craig Thomler. If you see any please let me know and I'll resolve them.

2. OGP Australia
ogpau.govspace.gov.au
Information Sessions
14 – 17 December 2015

3. Welcome &
thank you

4. Scope of this session
• Open Government Partnership (OGP) background
• Australia’s process to become a full OGP member
• How citizens & organisations can participate in this process
• Questions and answers on the OGP membership process
• Resources for civil societies

5. What is the OGP?
• The OGP is a voluntary, multi-stakeholder international initiative.
• It aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to their
citizenry to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight
corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance.
• OGP provides an international forum for dialogue and sharing ideas
and experience among governments, civil society organizations, and
the private sector, to contribute to the pursuit of open government.
• OGP stakeholders include participating governments as well as civil
society and private sector entities that support the principles and
mission of OGP.

6. Albania
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cabo Verde
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican
Republic
El Salvador
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Honduras
Hungary
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jordan
Kenya
Latvia
Liberia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Malawi
Malta
Mexico
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Panama
Papua New
Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Romania
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Slovak Republic
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Tanzania
Trinidad and
Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
OGP membership today

7. Open Government
Partnership

8. Open Government
Partnership

9. OGP timeline
• Aug 2011: Countries including Australia invited to become founding
members of the OGP.
• Sept 2011: OGP formed with eight countries as founding members.
• April 2012: Second cohort of 38 countries joins OGP.
• April 2013: Third cohort of eight countries joins OGP.
• May 2013: Former Australian Government commits to joining OGP.
• May 2013: Russia withdraws from OGP (had committed in April 2012).
• April 2014: Fourth cohort of nine countries joins OGP.
• Nov 2015: Australia Government recommits to joining OGP,
beginning current membership process.

10. Jack Mahoney
Program Officer at the Open Government Partnership Support Unit

11. Shreya Basu
Open Government Partnership's Regional Civil Society Coordinator for Asia Pacific

12. What does OGP membership involve?
Participating countries must:
• endorse a high-level Open Government Declaration,
• developed a two-year National Action Plan with public
consultation,
• implement their National Action Plan,
• develop an annual Self-Assessment Report on the progress of
their National Action Plan with a minimum two-week
consultation period,
• commit to independent reporting on their progress going
forward.

13. How civil society organisations are involved
• OGP brings together governments and civil society organisations as true partners
at both the national and international level.
• At the national level, governments work with civil society organizations to
develop and implement their OGP National Action Plan.
• Countries are encouraged to institutionalise a mechanism for ongoing dialogue
and collaboration between government and civil society.
• The OGP’s Independent Civil Society Coordination team (CSC) works to broaden,
strengthen and engage a strong civil society network to participate in OGP,
particularly at the national level and helps civil societies use the OGP process for
achieving their own advocacy objectives.

14. Pia Waugh
OGP Coordinator, Department of The Prime Minister and Cabinet

15. Australia’s OGP membership timeline
• 17 Nov 15 – 11 Dec 15: STAGE 1: Preparation, framework and history
• 14 Dec 15 – 28 Feb 16: STAGE 2: NAP drafting via wiki and livestreamed event
• 1 Mar 16 – 11 May 16: STAGE 3: Comment & voting on specific commitments
to identify community priorities. Peer-review
workshop in Canberra in April
• 12 May 16 – 30 Jun 16: STAGE 4: Government considers NAP contributions,
what is possible and practical to endorse
• July 16: Launch of the final Australian Government
National Action Plan
• Annual: Monitoring and reporting of implementation of
National Action Plan with public reporting

16. Questions

17. OGP resources for individuals & organisations
International
• OGP site: opengovpartnership.org
• OGP Civil Society hub: ogphub.org
Australia
• OGPau site: ogpau.govspace.gov.au (includes email list)
• Australian OGP Network: aogpn.net (includes email list)
Social media
Twitter: #OGPau, #OGP, @opengovpart

18. Participate in STAGE 2
ogpau.wikispaces.com

19. OGP Australia
ogpau.govspace.gov.au