1. A Quick Tour D’Horizon Richard Calland MIAG, London, April 2009 MeTA & OTHER TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVES MeTA08/10/20151

2. MIAG PURPOSE Raise awareness of what else is out there (select sample) Possible Learning/Experience Sharing Stimulate Debate about other initiatives, national and international…. …that MeTA could leverage from, to strengthen its own processes and avoid duplication, consolidate efforts and form strategic alliances.

3. MIAG KEY QUESTIONS Who should MeTA have strategic engagement and/or relationships with? How should MeTA position itself and what should its persona/identity be? How should it be known, internationally, in, say, three years time? 16/09/2008

4. MIAG INTERNATIONAL MULTI- STAKEHOLDER INITIATIVES Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI); Permanent Secretariat in Oslo Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST); PWC secretariat

5. MIAG RELATED CIVIL SOCIETY CAMPAIGNS EG ‘PUBLISH WHAT YOU PAY’ CAMPAIGN AND EITI FIND/ENCOURAGE SHADOW CIVIL SOCIETY MOVEMENT FOR MeTA Who are the big Health INGOs/Campaigns?

6. MIAG INTERNATIONAL TRANSPARENCY CIVIL SOCIETY INITIATIVES International Budget Project (IBP), out of Washington DC, but with projects around the world, including the Open Budget Index (OBI) ACCESS INITIATIVE – led by World Resources Initiative Electricity Governance Initiative – also WRI

7. MIAG … Global Transparency Initiative (www.ifitransparency.org): eight organisations from around the world; marriage between ‘IFI-watch’ crowd and FOI organisationswww.ifitransparency.org Carter Center: has access to information & health programs…international standard-setting initiatives on ATi & development (Laura Neuman)

8. MIAG …. Global FOI network…(foia.net) African Centre for Freedom of Information (AFRIC)

9. GLOBAL TRANSPARENCY FUND (GTF – DFID) 130UCL Centre for International Health and Development, (CIHD) Improving access to quality health care for rural and urban poor in China 334The International Budget Project at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities The Open Budget Initiative 361Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDSEnsuring accountability for promises made to achieve universal access to HIV care, treatment and prevention by 2010

10. MIAG Strong National FOI Laws & Strong National NGOs Eg: Bulgaria Mexico Jamaica South Africa (constitutional right to privately-held information, where required for exercise or protection of any right) India (see specially tailored sector-specific laws, to supplement general FOI law)

11. MIAG GLOBAL BODIES/ACTORS UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF INFORMATION COMMISSIONERS (OSLO, SEPT 2009) REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS RAPPORTEURS (EG LATIN AMERICA) UNDP: CENTRE FOR GOVERNANCE WHO?

12. MIAG OTHER: National professional associations such as Canadian Association of Access Administrators COGEL: North American association of ethics officers

13. MIAG QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER 1. Entities to engage with internationally? 2. Entities to engage with in-country? 3. What persona/identity for MeTA do we want to build? 16/09/2008

14. MIAG OTHER ENTITIES/CHARACTERISTICS TO ENGAGE WITH Organisations - InternationalIn-CountryCharacteristics Transparency InternationalTransparency WHOOpenness Public citizens of US (may be controversial) Global space Science based org (clinical trials...)Set standards World Bank Global Fund USAID COSTS/EITI 16/09/2008

15. MIAG META PERSONA/IDENTITY Independent international foundation with members, or Loose Alliance? Trend setting (charter, benchmark) Global identity Global campaign about medicines price Need to be locally owned – country- led and built, not donor(s)’ led Adhering to MeTA Principles: Charter 16/09/2008

16. 08/10/2015MeTA16 Thank you! Richard Calland International Secretariat, info@metasecretariat.org MeTA: www.MedicinesTransparency.org DFID: www.dfid.gov.uk