MANILA -- Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman reiterated her call for stronger collective action from government stakeholders in delivering the Philippine Open Government Partnership (PH-OGP) goals during the PH-OGP Roundtable Discussion with Key Government Agencies on Thursday, 13 October 2022.
The Budget Chief, who also serves as the Chair of the PH-OGP Steering Committee, stressed the importance of seeking the government's insights and plans for achieving the PH-OGP action plan. This is to match and complement the efforts of non-government movers concerning scaling up of participatory decision-making mechanisms and collaborative efforts of planning and implementing responsive, holistic, and targeted policies and programs of the PH-OGP.
"There is great value in moving the PH-OGP forward, institutionalizing OGP in government, and engaging more partners," Secretary Pangandaman said.
"Partners who share the same commitment to increasing the availability of information about governmental activities, supporting civic participation, implementing the highest standards of professional integrity, and increasing access to new technologies for openness and accountability as embodied in the Open Government Declaration that we, as members of OGP, are expected to endorse," she added.
Secretary Pangandaman further emphasized that Open Government work starts with public officers and civil servants.
The activity aimed at unpacking insights on how to renew OGP at the country level and energize the coalition as it enters its second decade through an open discussion and exchange of ideas and learnings.
The agenda included determining key areas where PH-OGP can highly contribute and focus on in the next five years; gathering insights on what aspects of the Partnership and its processes should be sustained, improved, and/or changed; and identifying strategies on how the PH-OGP can be mainstreamed within the government.
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) was founded in 2011, composed of government leaders and civil society advocates coming together to create a unique partnership to promote transparent, participatory, inclusive, and accountable governance.
The OGP includes 77 countries, 106 local governments, and thousands of civil society organizations.
To know more about its mission, campaigns, and advocacies, OGP's official website can be accessed through this link:https://www. opengovpartnership.org/ (DBM)
