UK Open Gov
The UK Open Government Network (OGN) is a coalition of active citizens and civil society organisations committed to making government work better for people through increased transparency, participation and accountability. The OGN mobilises and coordinates civil society to effectively advocate for open government reforms, and works with government to identify, develop and implements the UK’s commitments under the global Open Government Partnership.
Developing the UK’s next National Action Plan
Over the past few weeks members of the civil society network have been working with members of the Cabinet Office Transparency Team to: agree a process for developing the UK’s next Open Government Partnership National Action Plan in partnership; and scope out the possible areas of content for the National Action Plan. The current plan,…
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Network meeting: 6 December
Update (04/12/12): This meeting has now been cancelled The next meeting of the civil society network will be held on 6 December, between 1230 and 1430, at the Open Data Institute. This meeting will be to discuss a number of process and governance issues concerning the network, including: What is / should the network be (e.g. should…
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15 November brown bag lunch
At this week’s brown bag lunch meeting at the ODI we will be exploring the scope and content of the UK’s next National Action Plan with civil servants from the Cabinet Office’s Transparency team. This will build on conversations over the past couple of weeks and will help to decide what’s in and what’s out of…
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OGN briefing: UK Civil Society Network Vision for the Open Government Partnership
Introduction On 11 October 2012, the UK Civil Society Network for the Open Government Partnership (OGP) met to discuss civil society priorities for open government. The network is an open and informal collection of organisations working across the breadth of open government at a national and international level. This document summarises our key priorities for…
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Open Government brown bag lunches (aka. ODI Thursdays)
From this Thursday (1 November) onwards, the Open Data Institute have kindly offered us the use of their space on Thursdays of every week. This will include the free use of desks and WI-FI, and meeting rooms for (brown bag) lunch meetings. The idea is simple: to bring those working on open government across civil society…
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Cabinet Office and Civil Society Network meeting – 25 Oct 2012
Present Simon Burall (Chair; Involve), Andrew Parsons (Public Concern at Work), Anthea Seles (International Records Management Trust), Ilaria Miller (Cabinet Office), Maurice Frankel (Campaign for Freedom of Information), Melissa Lawson (Tearfund), Sophia Oliver (Cabinet Office), Tim Hughes (Involve) Catch up Members of the civil society network reported on the process and outcomes of the 11…
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UK civil society meet to explore shared vision for open government
This network met today (11th October) at the Free Word Centre, London to explore a broad agenda of open government issues, and work towards a shared vision for open government priorities. The meeting split into two parts. The morning consisted of an introduction to, and updates on, the OGP process, with input from Charlotte Alldritt,…
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Event: UK Open Government Partnership (OGP) Civil Society Network meeting
Please register to join us for a full network meeting on the 11th October in London. The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a global effort to make governments better by promoting transparency, empowering citizens, fighting corruption, and harnessing new technologies to strengthen governance. The UK government was a founder member of the OGP and is currently co-chair…
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UK Present Action Plan at OGP Meeting in Brasilia
Tim Kelsey, Director of Transparency and Open Data from the UK Cabinet Office has just presented on the UK Action Plan at the OGP meeting in Brasilia. Hopefully a recording of the presentation and the slides used will be available shortly, but for now, below are some brief notes jotted down during the session: Tim…
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UK Civil Society Perspectives on National Action Plan
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations have produced a collaborative analysis of the UK National Action Plan and wider open government policy environment. All countries subscribing to the Open Government Partnership have to submit submit a National Action Plan (NAP) based on the principles of open government that are articulated in the OGP Declaration.
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