## Identifying opportunities, challenges, and best practices for impactful and dynamic partnerships
__Group__: 4 - Implementation of open government and new actors
__Track__: 15 - Implementation of open government
__Type__: Roundtable
__Language__: en
__Committee Rating__: 5.00 / 5 (1 votes)
__Public Rating__: 5.00 / 5 (12 votes)
### Abstract
As the OGP continues to evolve, there is a pressing need to take stock of collaboration mechanisms between government and civil society. The roundtable speakers have co-founded national mechanisms, some having ungone different iterations while others have recently been established. The speakers strategically developed and facilitated inclusive and effective governance structures. Each mechanism faces the challenge of socializing the OGP beyond a core group of activists to support the implementation of open government. Mobilizing resources (i.e. time, financial, human) is a persistent challenge. Selecting issues means carefully balancing the interests of a diverse set of civic stakeholders and align with government priorities. Building and maintaining clear and trustworthy relationships with government that lead to impactful partnerships is complex. Elections, referendums, and the turnover among political leaders can be destabilizing for collaboration while offering new opportunities to build and refine relationships with government.
The roundtable will open with brief contextual remarks by each of the civic leaders, followed by follow-up questions, and an interactive Q&A period.
_Speakers_:
- Tim Hughes (UK), Open Government Programme Manager at [Involve](http://www.involve.org.uk/), and Coordinator of [UK Open Government Network](http://www.opengovernment.org.uk/). Launched in 2012, the network partnered with government to develop the UK’s 2nd (2013-15) and 3rd (2016-18) NAPs. It successfully secured commitments on priority issues (e.g. beneficial ownership transparency, open contracting, anti-corruption) and helped establish subnational networks in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It faces challenges of reaching beyond governance CSOs and ensuring long-term sustainability.
- Ching Jorge (Philippines) Executive Director, [InciteGov](http://incitegov.org/). Since becoming an OGP founding member, Philippine Government and civil society partnership has been a model of successful collaboration. Incitegov established a secretariat to strengthen and expand civic engagement for the OGP. With a new government in place, opportunities and challenges arise in government succession and transition while civil society engagement remains strong.
- Peter Timmins (Australia), Co-Founder and Interim Convener Australian Open Government Partnership Network. The Network was established in December 2015 within weeks of the announcement that the Government recommitted to membership of the OGP after two years of ‘reconsideration’. Convincing government that partnership is more than consultation and engagement proved challenging. The 1st NAP process was also interrupted by an eight week election campaign.
- Seember Nyager (Nigeria), Chief Executive [Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC)](http://www.procurementmonitor.org), Founding Member, [OpenAlliance](http://openalliance.ng/). The OpenAlliance was formalized in 2015 after 2 years of OGP campaign by three CSOs without success. Bringing together CSOs working on various aspects of open government under one umbrella, it presented a unified front to government. Now that Nigeria joined the OGP, the Alliance’s membership is expanding and the modalities of operation are being developed.
_Facilitator_:
- Jean-Noé Landry (Canada), Executive Director, [Open North](http://www.opennorth.ca), Co-Founder [Canadian Open Government Civil Society Network](http://www.opengovdialogue.ca/). The network was launched and discussed with government ahead of Canada’s 3rd NAP process. The network is well positioned to respond to the new government’s call for dialogue with Canadians. It faces major geographical challenges and scaling opportunities, in coordinating itself with the nascent sub-national initiative by the Province of Ontario.
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### [submitter - Jean-Noé Landry](https://fr.ogpsummit.org/osem/users/416)
__Affiliation__: Open North / Canadian Open Government Civil Society Network
#### Biography
Jean-Noé Landry, Executive Director of Open North, heads Canada’s leading non-profit organization specialized in open data and civic technology. Open North seeks to unlock government, legislative, and social sector data to support better, more open democraties, and strengthen the open data community in Canada and globally. Open North specialized in data standards and engagement strategies, civil society advocacy efforts, and technological products and services, such as Citizen Budget and Represent API. Open North is a steward of the International Open Data Charter and actively in the OGP. With extensive international democracy support experience, Jean-Noé possesses specializes in applied research, organizational change, coalition building, and tech project design. He also co-founded Connexité, a social innovation incubator, and Open Montreal, a leading grass-roots inititiave advocating for an open data.
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__Creation Date__: 2016-07-19 16:08:28
__Update Date__: 2016-07-19 16:43:01
__Expected Audience__: 50
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