I’ve been a mostly-quiet member of the Open Government Network Scotland for about two years. I’ve not done much, just quietly supported the idea that if we have access to facts and ideas, we can make more informed, and hence better, decisions. However, in December I spent a weekend proofreading a late draft of the new Open Government Action Plan, so I was delighted to be invited to this morning’s launch of the finished document.
As ever, this post is to consolidate and review my thinking and learning, as well as to share it. So errors and omissions in this account are mine.
Here is the agenda for the day. My tweets, thoughts and write-up follow it.
9:30 |
Official Launch (Livestreamed): Welcome speeches by, then Q&As with, co-chairs of Open Government Steering Group:
- Cabinet Secretary for Government Business and Constitutional Relations, Michael Russell
- Member of the Open Government Partnership International Steering Committee, Lucy McTernan
- COSLA (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) – Cllr Graham Houston, Vice President
|
10:30 |
Break |
10:50 |
Workshop: Delivering the Action Plan in partnership and beyond
Group discussion questions: How do we work in partnership?
How do you want to be involved? How can government and civil society/third
sector work collaboratively together? How might this work? How do we take
this forward?
Table 1: financial transparency
Table 2: participation and public involvement
Table 3: access to information
Table 4: being more accountable
Table 5: transparency on Brexit |
12:15 |
Closing remarks – Stephen Gallagher, Director of Local Government |
12:30 |
Lunch and networking |
Continue reading →