MEDIA BRIEFING: Government of Georgia & Mukelani Dimba Elected as the Next Support Co-chairs on the OGP Steering Committee

Cape Town, South Africa, May 4, 2016- The Steering CommitteeThe Steering Committee is OGP’s executive decision-making body. Its role is to develop, promote and safeguard OGP’s values, principles and interests; establish OGP’s core ideas, policies, and ru... of the Open Government PartnershipThe Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a multi-stakeholder initiative focused on improving government transparency, ensuring opportunities for citizen participation in public matters, and strengthen... More (OGP) today elected the government of Georgia and Mukelani Dimba, Executive Director of the Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC), to be the next government and civil society support co-chairsThe leadership of the Steering Committee is made up of four co-chairs who provide strategic guidance and support to advance OGP’s overarching priorities. Co-Chairs serve two-year terms beginning on .... They will assume their roles on October 1, 2016, when current lead co-chairs, the government of South Africa and Alejandro Gonzalez Arreola, Executive Director, Gestión Social y Cooperación A.C. (GESOC) step down. At that time, the current support co-chairs, the government of France and Manish Bapna, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, World Resources Institute (WRI), will become lead co-chairs.