Open Fiscal Data Package Mexico City Workshop Fiscal Openness Working Group April 6, 2016 #FiscalTransparency
Outline GIFT and Open Data Objectives of the Open Fiscal Data Package (OFDP) Next steps
GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR FISCAL TRANSPARENCY Action Network: flexible framework for impact Advance and institutionalize significant & sustainable improvements in fiscal transparency, participation and accountability in countries around the world, by working on global norms, incentives, peer-learning, and technical assistance. Funding comes from the World Bank, The Hewlett Foundation & Omidyar Network. 3
Fiscal Openness Working Group - OGP GIFT work streams Flexible framework for a network devoted to action & impact Global norms on fiscal transparency (FT) & open budget High-level principles on FT, public participation (PP) & accountability Harmonization of norms & global standards Principles on public participation in fiscal policies & advance the right to participate in budget processes Incentives for FT & finding evidences of impact 8 country case studies about public participation 4 open data case studies Think-pieces on incentives for TF Impacts of FT: review of evidence Transparency on revenues & taxes Country FT commitments in OGP (analysis) 4
Streams of work of GIFT (2) Fiscal Openness Working Group - OGP Streams of work of GIFT (2) Technical assistance & peer learning OGP Fiscal Openness Working Group for enhancing & implementing commitments (help countries to disclose budget information) Support processes for TF in specific countries (TA & peer-to-peer exchanges) Engage countries in principles & standard discussions/making Technologies & open data Use of technologies for information disclosure & proactive dissemination Open formats for budget data disclosure (BOOST-World Bank-Open Knowledge) Community of practice: discussions, networks, webinars, blogs, videos, experiences, exchanges… 5
OFDP: Objectives (1) Ensure budget information disclosure in a high-quality open data Ensure reliability of the published information Provide comparability of the data Gratuity & accessibility World-wide acceptance & global repository of micro-level fiscal data
OFDP: Objectives (2) Usability & reusability of fiscal data Innovative visualizations for use, understanding & analysis Adaptability to different country contexts Facilitating assessment & tractability of committed actions Addressing/Reflecting specific civil society and CSO demands
Governance + Partners GIFT: convener & coordinator of the process; broker & manager of the iteration revisions towards sustainability BOOST-The World Bank Open Knowledge Advisory Group of technical experts Support from Omidyar Network (metrics)
OGP Action Plans - June 2016 Albania Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Canada Cape Verde Chile Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic El Salvador Estonia Georgia Greece Guatemala Guyana Honduras Indonesia Ireland Italy Jordan Kenya Lithuania Macedonia Malawi Mexico Moldova Mongolia Netherlands New Zealand Norway Papua New Guinea Paraguay Romania Serbia Sierra Leone South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Tanzania Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay
OGP NAPs 2016 & GIFT Brazil Mexico Côte d’Ivoire Mongolia Croatia Paraguay Dominican Rep. Sierra Leone El Salvador South Africa Georgia Tanzania Guatemala Tunisia Indonesia Ukraine Kenya Uruguay
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