NI Open Gov
The Northern Ireland Open Government Network is a loose alliance of individual citizens and representatives of voluntary/community organisations aiming to engage in dialogue with the NI Executive to campaign for a more open form of government. We want government to be more transparent, participatory and accountable to the people it serves.
We aim to use the international Open Government Partnership as a vehicle to achieve this objective and are making links with similar civil society networks in the UK and Ireland.
25th May 2017
Ahead of the General Election on 8th June 2017, the Chairperson of the NI Open Government Network, Colm Burns wrote to the main political parties asking them to commit to open government principles of transparency, participation and accountability.
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24th May 2017
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24th May 2017
Time Wednesday 14th June 2017, 1.00pm – 4.00pm (1.00pm – 2.00pm light lunch) Speakers: Mary Van Lieshout (Chair) (Development Studies Association, Ireland) Nicola Browne (Director, Participation and the Practice of Rights) Frank Geary (Director, Irish Development Education Association) Elaine Nevin (National Director, ECO-UNESCO) Dermot O’Brien (National Youth Council of Ireland) About this event The Sustainable…
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17th May 2017
Written by David McBurney, NI Open Government Network Coordinator What is Open Policy-making? Open policy-making means enabling people to influence and enhance policy during its formulation. An open policy process must involve stakeholders from outside of the usual policy making bubble. It’s not just about canvassing opinions; it’s about opening up the whole policy making…
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11th May 2017
This webinar is the first in a series from the UK-wide Open Government Pioneers Project. Craig Matasick from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) delivers a comprehensive and insightful webinar on the instrumental value of Open Government principles in implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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9th May 2017
Open Policy-making: A new era for citizen engagement in NI The Northern Ireland Executive committed in November 2016 to pilot an open-policy making process as part of their participation in the Open Government Partnership. As part of Democracy Day at the MAC, a session hosted by the NI Open Government Network explored what open policy…
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9th May 2017
Open Policy-making: A new era for citizen engagement in NI The Northern Ireland Executive committed in November 2016 to pilot an open-policy making process as part of their participation in the Open Government Partnership. As part of Democracy Day at the MAC, a session hosted by the NI Open Government Network explored what open policy…
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9th May 2017
Open Policy-making: A new era for citizen engagement in NI The Northern Ireland Executive committed in November 2016 to pilot an open-policy making process as part of their participation in the Open Government Partnership. As part of Democracy Day at the MAC, a session hosted by the NI Open Government Network explored what open policy…
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8th May 2017
Written by Peter Osborne The outcome of a consensual ballot on what form of democracy people wanted for Northern Ireland was a clear win for deliberative democracy – or an Assembly Plus. That was at Democracy Day in April as part of the Imagine Festival when the 100 or so participants were asked to cast…
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4th May 2017
Presented here are the application documents sent to the Big Lottery Fund UK by core partners of the Open Government Pioneers UK Project. More up to date and more extensive information is available at the Project Wiki. So the information below is primarily useful if you want to scrutinise the project funding by Big Lottery Fund…
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