ISS Seminar, Cape Town: Open Government Partnership 1st Annual Meeting

Date: 2012-04-17 to 2012-04-18

Venue: , ISS Cape Town Offices , 2nd Floor, The Armoury , Buchanan Square , 160 Sir Lowry Road , Woodstock , Cape Town , (Secure parking will be available)

RSVP:
VIA EMAIL ONLY
Kindly specify which session/s you would like to attend in your RSVP to:
Ms Bongeka Mdaniso
Email: [email protected]
RSVP by Monday 16 April 2012

The international Open Government Partnership (OGP) is holding its first annual meeting on 17-18 April 2012. Representatives of the 50+ member countries will gather in Brasilia to celebrate the tremendous progress that has been made to date, to exchange best practices, and to grow and strengthen the global collaborative network of open government leaders. South Africa is one of the eight founding governments of the OGP. (for more details on the OGP see: www.opengovpartnership.org)

The ISS Cape Town office in collaboration with other civil society groups based in Cape Town active in supporting the work of the OGP (such as Global Integrity) invite you to attend a live streaming of select sessions of the event in our Cape Town office. To view the full agenda of the Open Government Partnership (www.opengovpartnership.org/Brasilia2012/Agenda)

This will give those who cannot attend the event an opportunity to participate from afar. This two day meeting offers an opportunity for open government advocates throughout the world to connect with local civic activists and public officials as well as with those working on similar problems in other countries. This is an opportunity to get together to watch the live video stream, engage in the conversation via the live chat or on Twitter or Facebook, and discuss plans to move open government forward in our region.

The sessions below will each be followed by a 30 minute, offline, open forum discussion amongst participants.

Date: Tuesday 17 April 2012

Session 1

15:00-18:00

Setting the Stage for the Age of Open: OGP 2012

Minister Jorge Hage, Brazil
Under Secretary of State MarÃƒÂa Otero, United States
Warren Krafchik, International Budget Partnership

Plenary: Using Transparency to Transform Lives Online and Offline

Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Salazar, United States
Gautam John, Akshara Foundation and TED Fellow, India
Elisabeth Ungar Bleier, Transparency International, Colombia
Juliana Rotich, Co-Founder of Ushahidi, Kenya

Session 2

19:30-21:00pm Country Action Plans

African Governments in discussion

Government of Liberia
Government of Ghana
Government of South Africa

Alison Tilley, Open Democracy Advice Center, South Africa
Vitus Azeem, Ghana Integrity Initiative, Ghana
Moderated by Rakesh Rajani, Twaweza, Tanzania

Date: Wednesday 18 April 2012

Session 3

19:00-21:00 pm Thematic Breakout Sessions: More Paths to Openness

Access to Information: Civil Society and Private Sector Perspectives

Civil Society Perspectives

Karin Lissakers, Revenue Watch Institute
Alison Tilley, Open Democracy Advice Center, South Africa
Ivan Pavlov, Freedom of Information Foundation, Russia
Karina Banfi, Alianza Regional Por La Libre Expresion e Informacion, Latin America

NOTE: Kindly specify which session/s you would like to attend in your RSVP and RSVP via email contact details below only.

Please RSVP by Monday 16 April 2012

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