Pretoria – South Africa’s Special Envoy to the Open Government Partnership (OGP), Public Service and Administration Deputy Minister Ayanda Dlodlo, is participating at a Legislative Openness Working Group Conference currently underway, in Georgia.
The conference takes place as part of the OGP Global Legislative Openness Week (GLOW) 2015, which commenced on 7 September and will end 15 September.
GLOW comprises of a series of in-person and online events and activities intended to raise the profile of legislative openness issues and provide an opportunity for engagement across countries and sectors.
Several events will take place during GLOW this year, with the Legislative Openness Working Group conference in Georgia as the final event during GLOW 2015.
The Legislative Openness Working Group was launched at the OGP Global Summit in London, in October 2013.
Co-Chaired by the Congress of Chile and the National Democratic Institute, the Working Group was created with the intention of deepening the exchange of knowledge across governments, parliaments, civil society and international institutions on the opportunities and challenges associated with opening the legislative process.
The conference will focus on the development of commitments or action plans that advance legislative openness, technologies that can improve transparency or opportunities for citizen participation, and international standards that can help support good practice, specifically in the area of legislative openness.
Deputy Minister Dlodlo will address the conference on the Role of the Legislature in Advancing Open Government, as well as share perspectives for the future of the Open Government Partnership in relation to South Africa’s upcoming Chairmanship.
South Africa will provide leadership to the OGP when it assumes the position of Chair of the Steering Committee at the Global Summit scheduled to take place in Mexico, in October 2015. – SAnews.gov.za
