"Democracy : transparency and sustainable partnership through Open Governement Partnership (OGP)" - 25 January 2017
Former Secretary of State - ministry in charge of Public consultation and civil dialogue in Romania, Paul MAASSEN Director, Civil Society Engagement: the incentives of Open Government Partnership
Alexandra-Luminita PETRESCU : YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW !
Former Secretary of State at the Ministry in charge of Public consultation and civil dialogue in Romania, Ms PETRESCU advocated for access to information, transparency, institutional capacity and support for NGOs to build sustainable partnership
She insisted on the government will to create a coherent framework for public participation in the decision making process and to enhance the level of transparency and access to public information in the Romanian administration. The "Your right to know campaign" was a key process, the first time when a public institution from central administration speaks to citizens about their right to know and active citizenship !
She underlined the 5 Government priorities :
She insisted on the government will to create a coherent framework for public participation in the decision making process and to enhance the level of transparency and access to public information in the Romanian administration. The "Your right to know campaign" was a key process, the first time when a public institution from central administration speaks to citizens about their right to know and active citizenship !
She underlined the 5 Government priorities :
- Increase transparency of public administration by creating
=>> a Memorandum on increasing transparency and standardizing public interest information and public institutions ‘ websites, in which contents and quality are consistent
=>> a Unique Transparency Interests Register at Government level, providing information on interaction between high government officials and specialized groups (companies and NGOs) to adopt/modify public policies (30 specialized groups and 80 high government officials out of 170 registered gathered during the first week) - Open and effective dialogue with civil society through actions such as
=>> The "Your right to know" campaign launched by the Ministry for Public consultation and Civil Dialogue encouraged all ministries to publish public interest data. In September 2016: 98% of Government projects were on public consultation
=>> E-Debate: a calendar of all public debates organized by central authorities in which Citizens are able to provide their opinions on Government's projects
=>> EU-Consultation: a warning bulletin to inform and educate Romanian citizens on EU Commission legislative decisions and their deadlines
=>> 28 live broadcast public debates
=>> "Talking to your Minister ": for the first time in 26 years, insisted Ms Petrescu, 11 ministers communicated on line with citizens, answering in real time citizens’ question - Enhance institutional capacity of ministries and government agencies to
practice transparency
An Experts Forum gathered 180 representatives of central administration with responsibilities in implementing transparency legislation to discuss and exchange experience with NGOs
A Study on Jurisprudence concerning exceptions of free access to public interest information was settled on data base including 600 Court final decisions from 2014 and 2015 on litigations concerning the implementation of free access to public interest information
A Central Administration Handbook for Transparent and Effective Public Consultation
was created Including recommendations to facilitate each stage of public consultation process - Support nongovernmental organizations to enhance their skills for building a sustainable partnership with the State
A Study was undertaken on “Public sources NGOs funding”. it was the first in-depth analysis on increasing the impact of NGOs funded from public money and simplified administrative proceedings, said Ms PETRESCU-
A Study on “NGOs representation in central administration public structures” permitted for the first time an evaluation done by a public institution on 10 public structures which include NGOs in their decisional bodies
Ms PETRESCU stressed that 90 experts (public authorities representatives, architects, NGOs) took part in integrated public policies consultations - Organize innovative active citizenship campaigns
Such as
- participation in NGO Fest. The Festival of Non-Governmental Organizations
- set up 10 “Public institutions serving citizens” booths where public servants explained to citizens which type of services they are providing
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