panelists: Bloche (Deputy of Paris), Lefebvre (Deputy of French established outside France), KcKinney (Advisor of the Ontario Gov on Digital Affair), O-T (Collectif Regards Citoyens)
Ontario's OG: Ontario Inviting Public Feedback on Open Government Initiatives; Digital Gov
the importance of including parliaments in OGP; law is important element to implement open gov.
how to make gov work for everyone
1990s, a decade of decentralization process in gov, transferring power from high to all. since then, there were ideas like deliberation democracy, participatory democ
talk gov as a biz model: what if the gov does not treat citizens as clients
Civicia Digital: bridging citizens and gov
Georgia: has the action plan of open parliament in our OGP declaration. There is indeed some move from the gov, but civil society plays a significant role. Achievement: it's able to see all the law draft on the parliament website.
Kenya: trying to put open parliament into the law; parliamentary broadcast; example of co-drafting a bill thr app: about employment. traditional ways may be seen as "gov doing PR", so these new tools open a new possibility to engage with citizens.
Ukraine: new gov has released a new website of open data
David Prothais: from digital gov to civic tech. citizens don't have time to attend council meetings and civic tech provides a solution to conquer the obstacle of time and location.
A mutual confidence is building btw gov and civil society.
Q3: how to ensure civil society is an equal partner with gov?
Philippines A: under OGP, we put civil society and gov as equal members. Yes, we do select members of CSOs. We also travel to every corner of the country to make sure we heard all voices.
Nigeria: gov is pushing back. There is also conflict within civil society >> who to lead, problem of representation.
what to measure: access to information, eps. gov info.
should not see gov as a whole but look carefully into different agencies of gov.