Στείλτε προτάσεις για το πώς μπορούμε να υποστηρίξουμε αυτή την πρωτοβουλία ώστε να συμμετέχει και η Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή στο http://www.opengovpartnership.org/ Θ.Καρούνος ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: neil [ dot ] campbell [ at ] opensocietyfoundations [ dot ] org <neil [ dot ] campbell [ at ] opensocietyfoundations [ dot ] org> Date: Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 11:12 AM Subject: [ogp] The EU and OGP - sign-on statement deadline 16 June To: OGP Civil Society group <ogp [ at ] dgroups [ dot ] org> Dear all, I managed to have a conversation with some of you that were present in Dublin at the Europe regional meeting, and we all heard the European Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly, among others, call for EU engagement with OGP. I hope we can now move this forward. I would like to circulate the attached sign-on statement calling for the new EU leadership to commit to EU engagement with and eventual participation in OGP. The European elections were a stark reminder of the distance between the EU institutions and the citizens they represent. The question of whether the EU institutions are actually able to improve the lives of EU citizens through promoting and practicing inclusive and transparent governance was lost in much of the debate. The OGP provides a template for a radical re-think of how the EU institutions communicate among themselves on these issues and how they could bring themselves closer to citizens. As the new set of leaders takes shape in Brussels over the next few months, we would like to ensure that they have a practical option for addressing the question of citizen participation in, and the transparency and accountability of EU governance. The OGP may not be the full answer, but at the very least the process, objectives and methodology of what is now a truly global initiative will offer practical solutions. I would like to collect responses from CSOs based in European countries (in this instance, EU members states and states in the neighbourhood or enlargement process). Please send your organisation's name and logo by 16 June. I will then compile the document and redistribute for your use in advocacy towards the new EU leadership. I'm very aware that a simple statement is a reductive way to approach such a complicated issue and there are many detailed arguments that will follow - this is merely an initial call to raise the issue on the policy agenda and to gauge how much support exits. There are also many additional steps that are required to make this happen, these include a strategy of engagement with the OGP support unit and steering committee, EU/OGP members states, institutions in Brussels etc, but the first step is civil society. It won't happen unless civil society asks for it. PLEASE SIGN ON! I would also like to thank GONG, Access Info Europe and TI-EU for their engagement in this initiative and their initial agreement to sign the statement. NB that Access Info have managed to secure commitments from 165 out of 751 members of the new European Parliament to transparency and lobby control; while the TI-EU report on the integrity of EU institutions is a primer to this whole issue. Other orgs in Brussels are also doing great work to open up the institutions - hopefully this initiative will add to their efforts. Please get in touch with any questions or comments on the statement and process. All best, Neil Neil Campbell Head of EU Policy Development Open Society European Policy Institute Tel.: +32-(0)2-505 46 42 * Mobile: +32-(0)491-366-667 -----Original Message----- From: neil [ dot ] campbell [ at ] opensocietyfoundations [ dot ] org [mailto:neil [ dot ] campbell [ at ] opensocietyfoundations [ dot ] org] Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 3:18 PM To: OGP Civil Society group Subject: [ogp] OGP regional meeting. Panel on EU-OGP: Thurs 14:30-16:30 Dear all, Looking forward to seeing some of you at the regional meeting in Dublin later this week. The Open Society European Policy Institute<http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/offices-foundations/open-society-european-policy-institute> has organised a panel to be held on Thursday 8th May from 14:30 - 16:30: "The EU's role in promoting transparency & accountability, and engagement with the OGP". The EU has hovered on the margins of OGP. The aim of this discussion is to bring together some of the complementary efforts of the EU towards open government, and critical observations on how the EU institutions might also improve their own transparency and accountability to European citizens. The discussion will lead towards an assessment of whether there is potential for the EU institutions to develop a closer relationship with the OGP, and steps that could be taken to make that happen. Our panelists will be: * Emily O'Reilly, European Ombudsman * Dr Mechthild Rohen, Head of Public Services unit, DG Connect, European Commission * Carl Dolan, Director, Transparency International's EU office * Helen Darbishire, Executive Director, Access Info Europe * Saša Šegrt, Project Development Coordinator, GONG For those of you also joining the Civil Society day<http://www.opengovpartnership.org/get-involved/europe-regional-meeting/cso-day> on Wednesday, myself and my colleague Anca Cioriciu will lead a discussion on this issue from 17:00 to 17:30. The gist of it: On the surface, the EU and OGP are remarkably complementary: the EU institutions play an important role in supporting open governance in and beyond Europe; the accession process for membership includes important conditions for transparent and accountable governing institutions; and the EU's own treaties require that the institutions develop policy and laws in as open a manner as possible. Why is the EU not a cheerleader for OGP? And what might EU membership of OGP look like in practice? This is a timely discussion as the EU moves towards leadership changes and parliamentary elections amid calls for enhanced accountability of EU institutions to European citizens. OGP was not initiated for regional bodies but as its relations with multilateral institutions show, neither is it closed to new forms of engagement and participation. European civil society could play the essential role of pushing EU leaders, institutions and officials towards a better understanding and implementation of open government. 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