Minister to represent NZ at Open Government Partnership
Minister to represent New Zealand at Open Government
Partnership
Internal Affairs Minister Hon Peter Dunne
will attend the first Open Government Partnership (OGP) Asia
Pacific regional meeting in Bali, Indonesia on 6 and 7 May.
The OGP is an international group of countries aimed at
fostering good governance and improving relations between
citizens and their states, making
member governments more
open, accountable and responsive to citizens.
“New Zealand has a strong tradition of open and transparent government and ranks highly on several measures of transparency and integrity including the Corruption Perceptions Index and the Global Open Data Barometer.
“By joining the forum, New Zealand will continue to build and strengthen our system of open government, in collaboration with our citizens, while also playing a strong leadership role in the Partnership. “New Zealand is committed to open and transparent government and we look forward to sharing our experiences and expertise with our overseas partners,” says Mr Dunne.
Mr Dunne will address the international audience on New Zealand’s move to a digital democracy by using technology in citizen engagement.
Participating countries have to prepare a two-year Action Plan of commitments that will outline how they intend meeting at least two of the five OGP ‘grand challenges’, which are:
·
improving public services
· increasing
public integrity
· more effectively
managing public resources
· creating
safer communities, and
· increasing
corporate accountability.
“Our participation at this event is also an opportunity for New Zealand to play a leadership role in the Asia Pacific region on matters of openness and transparency,” says Mr Dunne.
Mr
Dunne will return to New Zealand on Thursday 8 May.
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