For many OGP countries, and beyond, recent months have been marked by crises in political stability sparked by anti-corruption scandals and rise in public ire against lack of governmental accountability. While the Anti-Corruption Summit (May 2016), and the anti-corruption commitments made by different OGP countries have provided an impetus towards anti-corruption reform, the need for timely and concrete policy action by OGP members on this issue is undisputed.
Set to take place on Global Anti-corruption day (9 Dec), this closing plenary seeks to provide a call to action by governments and leading voices in the business and civil society sector, and a way forward for government globally through the OGP platform.
A key objective of this high-level panel is to showcase high-level political commitment on anti-corruption issues in the form of an announcement of OGP commitments and follow up from the Anti-Corruption Summit. It will also serve to follow up on a post-summit workshop (Wilton Park, September 2016) that is co-hosted by Transparency International, B-team and the Open Contracting Partnership.
The panel will spark a conversation on how a multistakeholder partnership can help link to, and strengthen, implementation across government.
This panel will serve as a high-level call to action to OGP governments and beyond, to commit to ambitious reform on anti-corruption, through their OGP Plans, in the spirit of what they announced at the UK anti-corruption summit. The conversation will focus on key issues, including beneficial ownership/ public procurement, whistleblower protections, and better regulation and enforcement mechanisms.
In May 2016, fresh from headlines on the Panama papers, 40+ countries came together for the first even global summit focusing on anti-corruption. Thirty one out these were OGP countries, who were joined by several civil society partners, all of whom collectively recognized OGP to be a critical implementation and accountability platform needed to move the anti-corruption agenda forward. Anti-corruption is not a new issue for the OGP. It is explicitly stated as a key goal in the Open Government Declaration. The OGP can provide a strong implementation and accountability mechanism for delivering on these commitments. The key objective of this session is to present and discuss country-level innovation and implementation.
The high-level panel, to be held on International Anti-Corruption Day, links with conversations that will take place the week before at the International Anti-Corruption Conference.
The countries who will be approached for this session include those that have made strong commitments at the May summit and are embedding them into their OGP Plans
Partners: Transparency International, ACWG co-anchors and partners (OCP, Global Witness, ONE, NRGI), members of the OGP Steering Committee
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