OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP

CSO GPH CO-CREATED PLAN

2015 2017
Presented by: NATALIE CHRISTINE V. JORGE
CSO-OGP Steering Committee Representative for Budget Advocacy Group
Managing Trustee, International Center for Innovation, Transformation
and Excellence in Governance (INCITEGov)

Overview
The Philippines is a founding member of the Open
Government Partnership.
The OGP is a 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 multistakeholder collaboration
OGP is overseen by a Steering Committee composed
of representatives from government and civil
society organizations
* OGP

Primer

Overview

National Competitiveness
Council
* OGP

Primer

Makati Business
Club

Overview

Budget Advocacy Group

International Center for Innovation,
Transformation
and Excellence in Governance(INCITEGov)
Task Force Participatory Local Governance
Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance

Right to Know Right Now Coalition

Public Services Labor Independent
Confederation

* OGP

Primer

Civic Participation in Governance Reform

Intensify Citizen & Government engagement

mechanisms creating oversight and participation
Build willingness and capacity of citizens to demand
and work with government
Greater willingness and capacity of government to
respond to the demands, needs and redress
Promote Inclusive and enabling citizen engagement
environment

Civic Participation in Governance Reform

Demand for Good Governance:

the ability of citizens, service users, project
beneficiaries, communities, and civil society
organizations to demand greater accountability
and responsiveness from public officials and
service providers1

1 World

Bank Demand for Good Governance (DFGG)

Why a Co-Created Plan?

Development Outcomes
Better service delivery and suitable projects to essential needs
of the communities
reduced corruption, public expenditure efficiency and improved
governance

Empowered Community
Increased community participation
programs that are responsive to the needs of the community

Sustainability
Effective institutions, processes and systems
Stronger linkages between local government and CSOs
(institutionalized feedback mechanisms, systematic
consultations)

CO-CREATED PLAN
LEARNING AND EXPERIENCES
OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP
CSO GPH CO-CREATED PLAN
2015 2017

Learnings from the UK and Ghana experiences

London

Ghana

CSOs formed

a network; nominated a coordinator

World Bank supported
to facilitate engagement
Lead

OGP officials facilitated engagement by

policy officials (legislators)
Ensured

adequate staff to see through Plan

development and monitoring (from government
and CSO)

CSOs formed a network; Steering committee composed of

government and CSO reps was established
Steering committee went on a retreat to establish
themselves as a team

Conducted regular

meetings; alternate chairing

between government and CSO

Steering committee contracted a consulting group to draft

the Plan

Utilized web-based tools (Google Docs, webinar

platforms, email list, and blogs

Next steps: review membership of Steering Committee,

engage media to popularize the Plan

Now exploring ways to ensure that the UK

General Election in May 2015 results in more, not
less, momentum for the open government
movement and currently crowdsourcing an open
government manifesto. first draft of a plan now
posted in their CSO website

The Steering committee already launched

the Public Consultations Programme for National Action
Plan
under the Open Government Partnership (OGP) GhanaInitiative. The series of consultations is now rolling

Next Steps
1. Workshop on the Co Created
Plan
2. Regional Consultations
3. Institutionalization of the
CSO-OGP operations
4. Reporting and Assessment
activities

Overview : OGP Co-Created Plan

Agreement
on Plans

Submission
of Plan
(September
2015)

Presentation
of First Draft

(Sept 2014)

(May 2015)

Public
Consultations
(October
2014 April
2015)

Finalization
of Draft
(July 2015)

2013-2015 OGP Commitments

1. Sustain transparency in national
government plans and budgets

6. Enhance performance benchmarks for local

governance

2. Engage civil society in public audit 7. Strengthen grassroots participation in local

planning and budgeting
3. Enhance the government
procurement system

8. Initiate fiscal transparency in extrative

industry

4. Provide more accesible

9. Improve the ease of doing business
government data in a single and
open format
5. Support for the passage of
legislations on access to information
and whistleblower protection
legislation

BREAKOUT SESSION MECHANICS

OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP
CSO GPH CO-CREATED PLAN
2015 2017

GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. What programs are you currently doing that are aligned
with the current 9 commitments?
2. What issues are you currently encountering in the
implementation of the 9 current commitments?
3. What new commitments can you propose as an
LGU/CSO that can be included in the OGP Co-Created plan
2015-2017?

Sample Commitments
Region 6
Engage CSO in Project implementation monitoring (third party
monitoring)
Increased research-based policy recommendations presented to
LGUs
Access / opportunity of PWDs, senior citizens, youth, other sectors
in local development council
Region 8
Enhance Disaster Risk Reduction response plans through LGUCSO/Private Sector consultation leading to localized DRR plans
Operationalize the OGP platform at the Barangay level
Provide localized communication tools and channels in cascading
policies and implementation of projects

Sample Commitments
Region 10
- Enhance platforms for participation with CSO
- Promote more technological innovations in engagements both in
LGUs and NGAs (web-based technology programs)
- Availability of Barangay based data stats for EIPM and EBPM
Other commitments:

Establish Peoples Desk in All LGUs

Strengthening of capacity building and empowerment programs for
CSOs and private sector
Legislation of CSO empowerment programs

Expected outputs
1. Completed matrix
2. Collaborative initiatives between LGUs, CSOs
and Business Challenges/issues on the
implementation and possible solutions to
address these
3. Identify lead CSOs and LGUs per region

Room and regional assignments

Region 11 Crystal Room
c/o Dr. Kiko Magno
Region 12 Pearl Room
c/o Likha Lakan Delos Reyes
Region ARMM Ruby room
c/o Czar Medina

THANK YOU
Presented by: NATALIE CHRISTINE V. JORGE
CSO-OGP Steering Committee Representative for Budget Advocacy Group
Managing Trustee, International Center for Innovation, Transformation
and Excellence in Governance (INCITEGov)