The Open Government Partnership Africa Regional Meeting is currently
underway at the Serena Beach Hotel, Mombasa, with representatives from
16 countries in attendance. This is the first OGP Africa Regional
Meeting that has attracted a wide variety of Participants and Speakers
who include OGP participating governments,Civil society activists,
Academia, Multilateral institutions and other interested actors and the
Media.
The Meeting was opened by Kenya’s Permanent Secretary in the Ministry
of Information and Communications, Dr. Bitange Ndemo who welcomed
participants to the first Africa Regional Meeting. Joseph Powell from
the OGP Support Unit noted the growth of OGP participating governments
from 8 member countries to 59 member countries. Powell also emphasized
on OGP being a genuinely inclusive process for the government and civil
society.
Gladwell Otieno, Executive Director, Africa Centre for Open
Governance (AfriCOG) highlighted the importance of access to free
information and concrete commitments by governments to promote
transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new
technologies to strengthen governance.
South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration
Ayando Dlodlo challenged Civil Society on transparency and
accountability and called on Civil Societies to work hand in hand with
their respective government for the betterment of citizens. Ayando
highlighted on the use of ICT by governments to offer opportunities for
information sharing and public participation and innovation, and invest
in the feedback from the Citizens.
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Information Communication and
Technology Dr Fred Matiangi welcomed the participants with a welcome
message from President Uhuru Kenyatta, and called on constructive
dialogue and engagement by all the Key Players. He added that Africa is
young, connected and on the rise and looking forward to “governing in
the sun” and that every county in Kenya will establish centres at which
citizens can gain access to public information. He called for
constructive engagement with the Civil Societies and Kenyans for the
“Good of Africa” to improve the living conditions of Africa’s nations.
The event is hosted by the Ministry of Information and Communications
and organized by the Kenya ICT Board with the support of government
agencies and civil society organizations. The two day meeting that
entails breakout sessions will address three agendas which are as
follows:
1. Outline an Africa agenda for open governance
2. Promote OGP in Africa
3. Share and learn from experiences in open governance
According to AFIC Coordinator, Gilbert Sendugwa, discussions at the
OGP Africa meeting are generating important commitments, opportunities
for networking and experience-sharing. A CSO meeting ahead of the
conference also outlined expectations of the OGP: advancing access to
information, open contracting, budget transparency and proactive
disclosures.
The Open Government Partnership is a new multilateral initiative that
aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote
transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new
technologies to strengthen governance. In the spirit of
multi-stakeholder collaboration, OGP is overseen by a steering committee
of governments and civil society organizations.
Source: http://www.ogpafrica.org/opengovafrica/ (with additions from AFIC)
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