[Pal-dc] Open Government Partnership meeting in Brasilia

[Stuart Hamilton]

Hi everyone

More than 50 governments are gathering this week in Brasilia to pledge
high standards of transparency, accountability and participation at the
first annual meeting of the Open Government Partnership
<http://www.opengovpartnership.org/> . This event represents a major
benchmark in an international movement to make government everywhere
more responsive and responsible to citizens. 


Rob Cronin from the Beyond Access campaign
<http://www.beyondaccess.net/2012/04/19/contextualizing-e-government-for
-local-consumption/>  is at the meeting and sent this blog entry
<http://www.beyondaccess.net/2012/04/19/contextualizing-e-government-for
-local-consumption/>  about the role that public libraries other public
community points of access can play as part of any genuine open
government plan. it. Beyond access have also put out a policy brief
which you can find here:


Policy Brief: The Demand Side of Open Government " Beyond Access
<http://www.beyondaccess.net/2012/04/17/policy-brief-the-demand-side-of-
open-government/> 


Cheers,

 

Stuart

 

 

Stuart Hamilton

Director of Policy and Advocacy

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

P.O. Box 95312
2509 CH The Hague
Netherlands

 

00 31 70 314 0884

 

Twitter: @iflaspa

 

 

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