Participants will be able to pick up their Summit accreditation badges at the accreditation center in the Foreign Ministry starting on October 26. In order to ensure a smooth process, we recommend you check to make sure your registration has been confirmed.
Address:Plaza Juárez 20, Col. Centro, C.P. 06010, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City
Opening times:8:00 - 19:00 hrs
What’s the best way to advance press freedom and the safety of journalists within the OGP process? This session seeks to answer the question through a detailed examination of the situation facing Mexico, the host of the OGP Summit and one of the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists. It will be conducted in a “fishbowl” format and will feature leading journalists and media activists like Norma Trujillo and Daniela Pastrana. Representatives from the Colombian and Mexican government will discuss actions they’ve taken, such as the creation of a special protection mechanism for journalists under threat.
The goal of the session is to identify concrete actions for a more active involvement in OGP of the European Union and the Member States.
The discussion will aim at finding answers on three major topics:
After a short keynote laying out the current status of OGP in Europe, this session will proceed with the audience divided into three smaller groups to discuss practical solutions to key issues. Facilitators will use the most important resulting proposals to formulate a call to action addressed to EU institutions and member states.
Earlier in 2015, the global civil society addressed an open letter to the European Parliament, calling on the Members of EP to encourage EU to sign the Open Government Partnership. You may read the letter here: http://www.access-info.org/wp-content/uploads/DraftletteronOGPforMEPs.pdf
Participants will be able to pick up their Summit accreditation badges at the accreditation center in the Foreign Ministry starting on October 26. In order to ensure a smooth process, we recommend you check to make sure your registration has been confirmed.
Address:
Plaza Juárez 20, Col. Centro, C.P. 06010, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City
Opening times:
8:00 - 19:00 hrs
A strong and vibrant civil society is important for a sustainable and just development and a pre-condition to achieve the SDGs. During the session we want to create a multi-stakeholder space to understand the trends in terms of role and space for civil society in different countries. From there on it will explore new ways of supporting civic space and the enabling environment for civil society as a critical precondition for a functioning OGP and achievement of SDGs. This should lead than to a number of on action points that can be taken up in the OGP National Action plans.
Open Governance is premised on citizens, civil society and governments working together in a constructive manner which is mutually beneficial, with shared interests and goals. This is aligned with Social Accountability initiatives, and specifically the ‘constructive engagement’ approach of the GPSA. The Panel will discuss and rshare the learning and challenges from Social Accountability practices in this area, drawing on the experiences of GPSA Partners and Grantees.
