Neisha Kirk
Written 6 posts
Open Government Participation Policy Officer
Participation Framework Feedback Workshops with Deciding Matters – Part 1
26th August 2024
Approach, learnings and reflections In Spring 2023, Scottish Government’s Open Government team commissioned Deciding Matters to deliver a series of workshops with the public. Deciding Matters are a small, neutral, non-partisan participatory democracy organisation based in Scotland (Highlands & Edinburgh). Deciding Matters work with governments and organisations to ensure representational voice is heard and directly informs…
2022 – 2023 round up (part 2: key events)
22nd December 2023
Open Government Week 2023 Between 8th – 12th May, Scotland took part in Open Government Week to showcase the important work our commitments are delivering as part of our Open Government action plan, and to evidence the process involved to develop and implement innovations to open up government and empower people to be involved in…
2022 – 2023 round up (part 1: action plan commitment progress)
22nd December 2023
Last year we blogged about what Open Government is and what Scotland has achieved over our last two national actions plans. So, as we near the end of 2023, we are pausing to reflect on the progress we have made in the current action plan and to share some highlights from the past year. What…
Open Government Partnership Regional Meeting 2022- Rome reflections
5th December 2022
This is a blog from our Head of Open Government, Doreen Grove, reflecting on the recent Open Government Partnership Regional meeting in Rome. For the first time since Covid 19 came into our lives, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) has held face to face meetings. This year there was a meeting for the Americas, for…
Let’s recap
3rd November 2022
We’re going back to basics on the blog today. Let’s revisit what do we mean when we talk about Open Government, and what has been achieved so far in Scotland? Open Government basics When we talk about ‘Open Government’, what we mean by that is making the work of government and decision makers more accessible,…
Causing ‘Good Trouble’ in democracy | Open Government Partnership Youth Town Hall conversations
15th August 2022
Attending the online Open Government Partnership (OGP) Youth Strategy Town Hall session last month was an insightful opportunity to hear directly from young people around the world as to what they want to see from their governments in the coming years. Often considered a harder to reach audience in gaining views on government, this conversation…