Does your legislature have an action plan for opening up its information and processes to the public? Are legislators making real progress toward their openness goals, in partnership with civil society?
This September, you can use #OpenParl2014 to build (or regain) momentum around legislative openness and share your successes and challenges with counterparts around the world. The Open Government Partnership (OGP)’s Legislative Openness Working Group has announced that it will be launching the first-ever Global Legislative Openness Week (GLOW) from September 15-25, to leverage a number of events coinciding with one another. These include:
- Sept. 15: International Day of Democracy
- Sept. 15-16: Legislative Openness Working Group regional meeting in Podgorica, Montenegro (hosted by the Parliament of Montenegro)
- Sept. 24-25: Legislative Openness Working Group annual meeting in Valparaiso, Chile (hosted by the Congress of Chile)
- Sept. 24: Open Government Partnership High Level Event at the margins of the UN General Assembly, New York
- Sept. 25: ParlAmericas Plenary Assembly in Santiago, Chile
In addition, members of the OpeningParliament.org community in Brazil, Jordan, Mexico, Poland, South Korea, Finland, Australia, Honduras, Canada, Ghana and elsewhere have expressed interest in organizing or participating in openness events such as hackathons and exhibitions. The goal of GLOW is to encourage global collaboration, in the spirit of the Open Government Partnership, toward greater commitments to legislative openness by governments and parliaments:
Through Global Legislative Openness Week (GLOW), the Legislative Openness Working Group’s co-chairs are pleased to offer event organizers access to shared branding and outreach materials, in order to promote peer-to-peer learning and collaboration among these various events. GLOW will provide transparency leaders worldwide with an opportunity to collaborate, share best practices and make progress toward adopting and implementing legislative openness commitments.
To get involved or learn more, visit the GLOW website. Or read more on the OGP blog.
