29th January 2018
Job title: Head of policy and research department, and director of Open Government Pioneers Project UK Org: Scottish Council for voluntary Organisations Location: Edinburgh Network Member since: 2016 Contact me at: [email protected] How would you describe your job to a child? Who is the president of the free world? Is he making the world…
27th January 2018
Job title: Retired (I think…but still doing lots on Social Care) Org: Arac Location: Nigg, Tain, Highland Network Member since: June 2017 Contact me at: [email protected] How would you describe your job to a child? I find ways to help people to live in their own homes longer. That means that they enjoy life better and have…
12th January 2018
We need your support! In 2015, the First Minister confirmed that the Scottish Government would be one of the first anywhere in the world to commit to meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals, both at home and overseas. Since then, all 193 UN member states have signed up to the 17 goals that seek to…
18th December 2017
Job title: Director and Associate Org: Collaborate Futures and Nordic Enterprise Trust Location: Edinburgh Network Member since: Since the beginning [email protected] How would you describe your job? Facilitator and catalyst applying the art and science of human emergence for Innovation & Change. Models include Spiral Dynamics, Art of Hosting, U.Lab, Holistic Management What does the concept of…
5th December 2017
I met up with Paul Nelis, Development Manager at the Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC), to get his thoughts on participatory budgeting (PB) in Scotland and what more can be done to ensure PB becomes the new norm. Should PB feature in a future open government action plan and if so, what should the focus…
30th November 2017
We’re an interesting bunch of people spread right across Scottish civil society, so it’s about time we found out a bit more about each other. Who loves Oasis or hates Parma Violets won’t open government, but through OpenGov Encounters we’ll also find out what each other do, our reasons for getting involved in the network…
21st November 2017
Earlier this month, I caught up with Matthew Rice, Director at Open Rights Group (ORG) Scotland, to find out a little more about the development of ORG in Scotland and to hear his thoughts on our movement for more open government. Open Rights Group Scotland – tell us more! Open Rights Group are a grassroots campaigning…
14th November 2017
A few months back I blogged some reflections on my first few months in the network. I asked you to influence our work in the following months, and through individual meetings, network workshops and profiles, you have! Whilst a growing membership bodes well for the future of Scotland’s Open Government Network and any future open government action…
2nd November 2017
Last week I attended the Civil Society Global Leaders Workshop in The Hague, a meeting of 21 civil society representatives from across the world. Led by the Open Government Partnership (OGP) and hosted by Hivos, we spent three days interacting with civil society members of the OGP Steering Committee and the Civil Society Engagement team;…
17th October 2017
This blog on why trust is needed between government and civil society to make Scotland poverty-free was written for The Poverty Alliance for this year’s Challenge Poverty Week. It becomes clear after flicking through the pages of Poverty in Scotland that the knowledge base exists to tackle poverty. We also know this simply through the everyday…