The Open Government Partnership is a new 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 multi-stakeholder collaboration, OGP is overseen by a Steering Committee of governments and civil society organizations.

Secretary Clinton and Brazilian Foreign Minister have officially launched the Open Government Partnership on July 12 in Washington D.C. See the Press Release here.

Today GLOBAL INTEGRITY: Independent Information on Governance and Corruption is introducing the OGP Networking Mechanism with a multi stakeholder survey. Read more and participate:

What is the OGP Networking Mechanism?

The OGP Networking Mechanism (NM) connects aspiring OGP governments with non-profit, private sector, and governmental providers of expertise in specific issue areas to help governments develop innovative, cutting-edge OGP commitments. Its value-added is in providing governments with quick and useful introductions to potential providers of assistance and ensuring that the resultant dialogue is fruitful and efficient. The OGP NM is managed by a steering committee comprising Global Integrity and the World Bank Institute, with Global Integrity currently serving as the chair and initial point of contact for both providers and requesting governments under the OGP NM.

How Do I Get Involved?

The goal of the OGP NM is simple: to connect aspiring OGP governments with thought leaders, practitioners, and technology providers to help those governments develop and implement ambitious open government commitments. But we need your help to do that. During the next several weeks, we are surveying as many suppliers of open government expertise as we can to build rosters of both potential supply and demand. Our aim is to then begin making introductions based on the information provided by those in need of assistance, and those best placed to provide it.

If you are working in government, we invite you to complete both surveys linked below. Many aspiring OGP governments will be both suppliers of expertise and experience to other peer governments, as well as requestors of assistance under the OGP NM. We know that other governments want to learn from your successes and challenges, and we also know that there are dozens of non-governmental groups, private firms, and multilateral institutions eager to provide pro bono and/or low cost assistance to your government under the OGP NM.

If you are working in non-governmental organizations, a private firm, or a multilateral institution, we invite you to complete the “supply side” survey linked below. There are dozens of governments that have already expressed interest in linking up with you to explore potential collaboration and assistance. This is your chance to get involved in shaping the direction of open government reforms in a range of exciting country contexts.

“SUPPLY SIDE” SURVEY (for governments, non-governmental organizations, private firms, and multilateral institutions)

http://www.tfaforms.com/213400

“DEMAND SIDE” SURVEY (for aspiring OGP governments)

http://www.tfaforms.com/213403