1. Strengthening Civic Space through the Open Government Partnership ICNL Global Forum Stockholm– May 11, 2015 Web: www.opengovpartnership.org E-mail: paul.maassen@opengovpartnership.org / skaimal@resourcegovernance.org Twitter: @opengovpart / @maassenpaul / @NRGInstitute

2. Agenda 1.Introduction into Open Government Partnership 2.OGP and Civic Space: intersections in practice 3.Deep dive Hungary 4.Group work: Civic space at large: Shaping sample commitments to expand civic space Civic engagement in OGP: feedback on guidance on OGP’s permanent dialogue 5.Wrap-up

3. Political backing Ambition relative to context and baseline Connecting Reformers Peer learning and healthy competition Partnership Technological innovation Carrots over sticks Concrete commitments Voluntary Independent accountability mechanism

4. 4 1 2 Co-create Government & civil society co- create national action plan How OGP works  Join If eligible, country may join   Assess Publish self-assessment & participate in Independent Reporting Mechanism 3  Implement Government leads implementation of commitments 5  Learn Contribute to peer learning

6. Agenda 1.Introduction into Open Government Partnership 2.OGP and Civic Space: intersections in practice 3.Deep dive Hungary 4.Group work: Civic space at large: Shaping sample commitments to expand civic space Civic engagement in OGP: feedback on guidance on OGP’s permanent dialogue 5.Wrap-up

7. OGP protects and enables Civic Space 1.OGP processes Eligibility criteria Open Government Declaration Co-creation & permanent dialogue mechanism Independent Reporting Mechanism Response policy 2.Uptake through National Action Plans Examples of legal/institutional commitments Examples of involving civil society in policy making 3.Snap shot and statistics from the 2,000 commitments (handout)

8. Agenda 1.Introduction into Open Government Partnership 2.OGP and Civic Space: intersections in practice 3.Deep dive Hungary 4.Group work: Civic space at large: Shaping sample commitments to expand civic space Civic engagement in OGP: feedback on guidance on OGP’s permanent dialogue 5.Wrap-up

9. Agenda 1.Introduction into Open Government Partnership 2.OGP and Civic Space: intersections in practice 3.Deep dive Hungary 4.Group work: Civic space at large: Shaping sample commitments to expand civic space Civic engagement in OGP: feedback on guidance on OGP’s permanent dialogue 5.Wrap-up

10. Agenda 1.Introduction into Open Government Partnership 2.OGP and Civic Space: intersections in practice 3.Deep dive Hungary 4.Group work: Civic space at large: Shaping sample commitments to expand civic space Civic engagement in OGP: feedback on guidance on OGP’s permanent dialogue 5.Wrap-up

11. Wrap up – 2015 Action Plans Where are the advocacy opportunities: OGP Action Plan timeline (June/October)timeline Argentina Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Colombia Costa Rica France Ghana Hungary Israel Kenya Latvia Liberia Malawi Malta Mexico (October) Montenegro Norway (October) Panama Peru Philippines (October) Slovak Republic South Africa (October) Turkey United States (October)

12. Wrap up - resources OGP 4 year strategy 4 year strategy Link to analysis and database of all OGP commitments and databases with all existing commitments Link Open Gov Guide OGP Response PolicyPolicy

13. Wrap up – next steps National Action Plan cycles 2015 and 2016 ICNL OGP Task Force Volunteers for a new Open Gov Guide chapterOpen Gov Guide Civic Space session at the OGP Summit (27-29 Oct) Sign-up for the mailing-list + newsletter Sign-up

14. What is the one thing YOU will do to take forward this agenda? What is one take away from this session?

15. E-mail: paul.maassen@opengovpartnership.org skaimal@resourcegovernance.org Twitter: @maassenpaul @opengovpart OGP website: www.opengovpartnership.org Mailing-list + newsletter: www.ogphub.org/profile ?