Open Government Partnership (OGP)

 

 

Background

 

The Open Government Partnership is a multilateral initiative for securing concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, fight against corruption and strengthen governance through new technologies. The OGP introduces a domestic policy mechanism through which government and civil society establish an ongoing dialogue on the design, implementation and monitoring of the commitments. Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, South Africa, United Kingdom and United States are the founding members of the OGP. Current membership of OGP stands at 70 countries. 

Government of Pakistan is committed to the principles of open government, accountability and transparency. After meeting the OGP’s membership eligibility criteria (achieved 15 of the 16 criteria) which cover areas such as budgetary transparency, access to information, asset disclosure and a law being in place for asset disclosure by public officials, the Government of Pakistan initiated the joining process of OGP with the approval of Cabinet and the Finance Minister handed over Pakistan’s Letter of Intent to join OGP to the French President Francois Hollande during the fourth biennial OGP Global Summit held in Paris 7-9 December 2016. 

The Government of France was the host and co-chair of that Summit. Government of France had formally invited the Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar to attend the Summit. Finance Minister and Secretary EAD had participated in the aforementioned Global Summit, which sent positive signals to our development partners and also improved the global image of Pakistan. The Summit was an important follow on to the OGP Asia Pacific Summit 2014, in which Pakistan participated with the Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms, as the head of delegation. 

The next requirement of OGP is to develop a National Action Plan by June 2017. It will be the product of a co-creation process in which government, international organizations, civil society and private sector to define ambitious commitments to foster transparency, accountability and public participation. EAD in order to formulate the National Action Plan, has so far conducted four consultative meetings/events with federal Ministries, Provincial Focal Persons, Civil Society, Development Partners and Private Sectors. EAD has conducted provincial level consultations on NAP in each provincial headquarter with the support of Planning & Development Departments of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan during the month of May, 2017. In addition to these consultations, the civil society including OSF, Accountability Lab and Center for Governance & National Accountability have conducted their consultations in the country.

 

OGP’s Milestones Achieved by EAD (19th October, 2017)

 

Draft National Action Plan (NAP-OGP) of Pakistan (16th October, 2017)

 

Notification of an Interim Multi-Stackholder Forum on OGP  (28th September, 2017)

 

Meeting Notice of 1st Multi-Stackholder Forum to be held on 12th October, 2017 (28th September, 2017)

 

       

Ms. Anjum Assad Amin, Additional Secretary, EAD chairing the                               Open discussion by participants on OGP in the

Federal Consultative Meeting held on 23rd May, 2017 in EAD, Islamabad.           Federal Consultative Meeting organized by EAD.

    

          

 Ms. Shreya Bassu, Regional Coordinator OGP Support Unit addressing           Mr. Fayyaz Yaseen, Director Accountability Lab briefing the participants

through video link to the OGP Consultative Workshop organized by EAD             of the Punjab Consultative Workshop held on 11th May, 2017 in Lahore.

and Planning and Development Board, Punjab for Government

Departments on 11th May, 2017

 

      

Welcome note address by Mr. Muhammad Anwar, Executive Director CGPA,     Chief Secretary - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa addressing the audience at OGP

at OGP Peshawar Consultative Workshop held on 25th April, 2017                       Peshawar Consultative Workshop held on 25th April, 2017

 

      

 

 

Mr. Fayaz – Accountability Lab, speaking at OGP Peshawar                          Mr. Azmat Hanif – RTI Commission, at OGP Peshawar Consultative 

Consultative Workshop                                                                                                  Workshop

      

Participants during group activities at OGP Peshawar Consultative Workshop

 

Open Government Partnership - Pakistan 

Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs is leading the OGP initiative in Pakistan.

Sr#	Name & Designation	Contact Details
1		Tel: +92-51- 9212769 Email: secretary@ead.gov.pk
2	Ahmad Hanif Orakzai  Additional Secretary-I	Tel: +92-51- 9203815 Email:
3	Joint Secretary (Paris Club /US)	Tel: +92-51- 9202429 Email:hammadshamimi@hotmail.com
4	Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Shinwari Deputy Secretary (Paris Club/OGP/US)	Tel: +92-51- 9103820 Email: shinwariishaq@yahoo.com
5	Mr. Muhammad Ali Mohsin Section Officer (OGP/Europe-I)	Tel: +92-51- 9214914 Email: muhammad.202@gmail.com

Sr#	Name, Designation & Departments	Contact Details
1	Mr. Shahid Farooq, Chief (IT/Governance) Planning & Development Board Government of Punjab	Tel: +92-042-99213967 Email: shahidfaaruk@gmail.com
2	Mr. Sheharyar Gul, Deputy Secretary Planning & Development Department Government of Sindh	Tel: +92-021-99211427 Email:shehryarmemonpas@gmail.com
3	Mr. Asfandyar Khan, Secretary Planning &Development Department Government of Balochistan	Tel: +92-081-9202921 Email:
4	Mr. Azizullah Jan, Deputy Director Planning &Development Department Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Tel: +92-336- 7779222 Email: Sds.sdu@gmail.com
5	Mr. Javed Iqbal, Deputy Chief Planning & Development Department Government of Gilgit Baltistan	Tel: +92-5811-920432 Email: hyderjay@yahoo.com
6	Mr. Mahmood Anjum, Assistant Chief Planning and Development Department, Azad Government of the State of Jammu & Kashmir	Tel: +92-3009129672 Email: mahmoodanjum@hotmail.com

 

Open Government Partnership Website

https://www.opengovpartnership.org/