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Open Government andRight to Know
OAIC Information ContactOfficer Network
Matthew LandauerDirector & Founder
OpenAustralia Foundationwww.oaf.org.au
OpenAustralia
Planning Alerts
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Right To Know
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• Cohort 1 Countries - Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Norway, the Philippines, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States
• Cohort 2 Countries - Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Slovak Republic, Spain, South Korea, Sweden, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine and Uruguay
• Cohort 3 Countries - Argentina, Costa Rica, Finland, Ghana, Hungary, Liberia and Panama
• Cohort 4 Countries - Australia, Ireland, Malawi, Mongolia, New Zealand, Sierra Leone, Serbia, and Trinidad and Tobago
• See more at: http://www.opengovpartnership.org/how-it-works/dates-and-deadlines
Civil Society Day - Regional discussion Asia
• Open Contracting
• Transparency and Healthcare
• Safeguarding Civic Space
• Fiscal Openness
• Extractive Industries Transparency
• Open Data
• Legislative Openness
• Land Transparency
• Transparency of Political Finance
• Tax Transparency
•Whistleblower Protection
• Aid Transparency
• Opening Parliaments
• Company Ownership Transparency
• Privacy and Mass Surveillance
Opening Parliaments - Strengthening Democracy
Government Open and Shut: Transparency, Privacy and Mass Surveillance
AUSTRALIA• 18 August 2011 - US Secretary of State invites Australia to
join in a letter to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade*
• 22 May 2013 - Australian Government announces its intention to join
•October 2013 - Responsibility for OGP moves from AG to Finance (not official)
• By 31 December 2013 - Australia to send official letter of intent to join
* https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/the_open_government_partnership
ACTION PLAN
PARTNERSHIP
CO-CREATION
INDEPENDENT REVIEW MECHANISM
PHOTO & VIDEO CREDITS
• Katherine Szuminska
• UK Cabinet Office
•Open Government Partnership
QUESTIONS PLEASE!(if we have time)