Scot Open Gov

Some good news for Christmas! The Ferret, Scotland’s investigative journalism platform, is set to grow fast in 2018 after winning funding for business growth and community engagement. Social enterprise funder Firstport has awarded The Ferret a Build It grant. This will be targeted at growing and engaging The Ferret’s membership to ensure the business is…

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…

The November meeting of Scotland’s Open Government Network – focusing on OGP Action Plan progress and network next steps – took place on Wednesday 8th November. The meeting provided an opportunity to directly interact with the Open Government Partnership’s Independent Reporting Mechanism and to shape next steps in the development of Scotland’s Open Government Network. The…

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…

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…

We invite you to comment on the Independent Reporting Mechanism’s 2017 Preliminary Review for Scotland’s OGP action plan. The two-week public comment period will close on 30 November 2017. In 2016, OGP started a pilot program for subnational participants. The program consists of 15 subnational governments who submitted action plans and signed onto the Subnational Declaration at the…

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…

[This process has now ended] The documents below make up the UK’s mid-term self assessment report for its current Open Government National Action Plan 2016-18. This includes the report produced by the Cabinet Office covering the UK Government’s commitments, as well as the commitments from each of the devolved administrations. These documents will be available…

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…

Scotland’s Open Government Network in partnership with CommonSpace would like to invite you to join us at a roundtable on Wednesday 29th November from 10am – 1pm at Hayweight House in Edinburgh, bringing journalists and the Network together on the broad theme of institutional transparency in Scotland. Joining us for the meeting will be representatives from…