When the global meets the local: Romania, open government & civil society
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- 1. When the global meets the local: Romania, open government & civil society @anabmap, Web Foundation | Open Heroines Image source: Dan Mihai Balanescu
- 2. The protests have now been covered by Al Jazeera, Reuters, BBC, The Economist, CNN, TIME, New York Times... But not by the open government community. We talk about collective action and change in civil society, but now that it is happening in front of our eyes in Romania—the circles outside Romania seem quiet. Why has the global open government community been silent on Romania?
- 3. We know that… • National civil society action is still the mainstay of voices. • International voices will always weigh less • How do we keep CSO voices? • How do we enlarge the citizen space within the Open Government Partnership (OGP)? Within open government?
- 4. Politics, politics, politics… • OGP /= politics… although, everything leads to/ends in politics • Global policy, global diplomacy, geopolitics • Is OGP a transparency or accountability initiative? • Does it stand for the “fight against corruption” or “preventing corruption”?
- 6. Some feedback… • Not our added value • Not a part of our approach to change • Not sure it would help
- 7. Other feedback… We need a frank debate about: • Closing civic space • Undermining the rule of law • Restricting free speech • Weakening democratic institutions
- 8. • European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State-Building: Q&A on Romanian protests • Corruption Perceptions Index • Corruption Watch Annual Report • Global Open Data Index Current international initiatives…
- 9. Where do we go from here? • Romania’s OGP 3rd National Action Plan • Upholding the Values and Principles of OGP response policy under review (June 2017) • Review OGP co-creation? • @OpenHeroines • Open Data Barometer
- 10. We can do better.
Editor's Notes
- This is complex but important to address. We should include these facts in our conversation on anticorruption and support our fellow civil society colleagues in Romania by acknowledging their actions, as the anticorruption movement has just now gained momentum.
- OGP should focus on the rights of the people. We need not interwoven the problem of Romanian government with heartfelt wishes of Romanian people. They are different issues. OGP should explore the opportunity of ongoing political distress in Romania with a view to raising the Voices of Groups that upholds the OGP ideals.
- As a hybrid of governments and civil society any position or statement as a partnership has to be discussed and agreed to by the full Steering Committee. And that is where the positive can-do attitude of reformers meets the political reality of diplomats. We are not set up to issue strong, quick statements on the 'crisis of the week'. Our strength is slow steady reform over time.
- we need (share) more information about real working mechanisms of implementation;