Local Roundup | March 2023

Here’s our monthly roundup of updates from the OGP Local community for March 2023.

ACTION PLAN

• Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Ecuador carried out the first meeting of the multi-stakeholder forum to co-create their second OGP action plan.
• Check out Nuevo Leon, Mexico’s Action Plan 2022-2024 in this video presentation.
• Yucatan, Mexico held a workshop to raise awareness of open government to co-create its first action plan.
• Bogota, Colombia held a discussion on the role of open data on Open Data Day.

ACTIVITIES & EVENTS

• Proactive Transparency in Peñalolen, Chile, shared important data and research on gender equity, including key activities organized for the International Women’s Day and a calendar with other relevant dates.
• OGP Local met government points of contact from the Ukrainian cities of Ternopil, Vinnytsia and Khmelnytskyi.
• The Beni Mellal-Khenifra region of Morocco hosted a workshop to prepare their Open Region Program.
• The Niger Delta Open Government Observatory organized a peer exchange event where Follow Taxes shared their experience on implementing open government in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
• The Government of Aragón is supporting the third edition of Fundamentals of Open Government, a dynamic learning experience coordinated with the Spanish National School of Public Administration.
• Explore how Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly, Ghana partnered with Friends of the Nation to promote transparency and accountability.
• The Citizen Observatory of the Judicial Branch of the State of Querétaro, México held its first ordinary public session, where the members and the sectors they represent were introduced.
• The National Democractic Institute launched the Local Government Gender Assessment and Action Planning (LGGAAP) Implementation Guide, a great tool to assess how well a local government addresses gender inequality and engages with diverse groups of women. Ozurgeti, Georgia participated in the launch as this program pilots LGGAAP implementation in the jurisdiction.

OPPORTUNITIES

• Explore Catalonia’s Open Gov Week events and register.
• Scotland is looking to improve their Citizen´s Participation Framework and is calling for those interested to join their workshops.
• Open Contracting Partnership launched a new generation of its impact accelerator program called Lift to help teams of procurement reformers achieve reforms. Apply before May 5!

Looking for more? Read our previous local roundups.