{"id":1033,"date":"2023-12-22T14:17:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T14:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2024-01-12T20:29:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T20:29:11","slug":"2022-2023-round-up-part-2-key-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/2023\/12\/22\/2022-2023-round-up-part-2-key-events\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 &#8211; 2023 round up (part 2: key events)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Open Government Week 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1037 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGW-Logo-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGW-Logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGW-Logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGW-Logo-422x420.png 422w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGW-Logo.png 436w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 128px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 128\/128;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Between 8<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 12<sup>th<\/sup> May, Scotland took part in Open Government Week to showcase the important work our commitments are delivering as part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/news\/open-government-action-plan-published\/#:~:text=Scotland%E2%80%99s%20Open%20Government%20Action%20Plan%202021-25%2C%20has%20been,of%20government%20and%20understanding%20how%20public%20finances%20work.\">Open Government action plan<\/a>, and to evidence the process involved to develop and implement innovations to open up government and empower people to be involved in decisions that will affect them.<\/p>\n<p>We ran three external events. These were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The importance of independent monitoring and how to ensure impact\u2013 learnings from civil society and independent reporting experts<\/li>\n<li>Green Participatory Budgeting &#8211; Reflections from National, Regional and Local Perspectives<\/li>\n<li>Applying Open Government Principles to Climate Policy Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over 80 people attended these events, and we look forward to running more as we move forward with the action plan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Open Government Partnership (OGP) Local Circle on Climate Action 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opengovpartnership.org\/ogp-local\/ogp-local-circle-climate-action\/\">The OGP Local Circle on Climate Action<\/a> is a recently established working group launched by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires and the Scottish Government.<\/p>\n<p>It aims to gather local governments, national governments, civil society, and other organisations so they can work together to advance the climate action agenda. The group does this by sharing knowledge and learning on how to implement open government principles in the fight against the climate crisis.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, local circles looked at identifying practical steps that government and civil society organisations can take to promote climate action through OGP processes, and worked towards adapting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opengovpartnership.org\/stories\/opening-up-climate-data\/\">Open Up Guide for Climate Action<\/a> developed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/opendatacharter.net\/\">Open Data Charter<\/a> for local members.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2023, the local circle gathered again during the first meeting of the cities who signed the Buenos Aires Declaration. During the C40 Mayors Summit in 2022, the &#8220;Buenos Aires Declaration: Open Government for Climate Action in Local Governments&#8221; was launched. This declaration is a kick-off document that restates the commitment to promote Open Government for climate action in local areas, and aims to strengthen open government mechanisms for climate action at the local level.<\/p>\n<p>The Declaration of Buenos Aires is the first agreement between local governments to promote the opening of environmental information and citizen participation to mitigate climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Members were encouraged to promote the implementation of the Declaration, and to consider how open government policies can have a greater impact in meeting the declaration and its goals.<\/p>\n<p>You can catch up on the recordings from the meetings this year in <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8wLm-6YNxzY\">May 2023<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/opengovpartnership-org.zoom.us\/rec\/play\/JYKBZXj4JFv--KQg076ioaCPbkdSlfdB0d_HZNxHACxOSCjAI4WNuWbCuhaMjLE4ZPPsxL3GWTZ2WVMA.XvfSdPlvIn0LiXYl?canPlayFromShare=true&amp;from=my_recording&amp;continueMode=true&amp;componentName=rec-play&amp;originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fopengovpartnership-org.zoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2FzDMJwMzMPJ3Ruhj4OhFJogZ-pMR0P7jl3gnb3Z3neLymXUKq4dy5AMmjQQcDcuc.r0PrJqCeU73_2GHc\">August 2023<\/a>. The group had discussions around the sustainable development goal (SDG) agenda and the OGP agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The Climate Circle remains one of the most important focuses of OGP and we look forward to working more on this in 2024 with the City of Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Open Government Global Summit 2023 (6 \u2013 7 September 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1038 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-300x157.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-750x393.png 750w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-802x420.png 802w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/157;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the OGP forum and movement is driven by international learning, knowledge sharing and open dialogue across countries and localities, OGP holds regular Summits to bring together member governments and civil society representatives at a large scale event.<\/p>\n<p>The theme for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opengovpartnership.org\/events\/2023-ogp-global-summit-tallinn-estonia\/\">Global Summit 2023<\/a> was to promote how cutting-edge digital governance, combined with the open government values of transparency, accountability, and participation, can renew democracy, build more trusted governance and fight back against autocratic threats.<\/p>\n<p>The Summit was held at the Telliskivi Creative City in Tallinn, Estonia. Over 2,000 attendees participated at the Global Summit from 83 national delegations along with local delegations from 39 countries.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish delegation involved government and civil society representatives attending the two day event. The Summits provide an opportunity for attendees to exchange and learn from experiences, good practice, and progress on open government initiatives and implementation globally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scotland\u2019s representation at the Summit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Scottish delegation attended the two day event, and involved government and civil society representatives. Juliet Swann and Lucy McTernan attended on behalf of the civil society committee.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Arthur MSP, Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance attended the event on behalf of George Adam MSP, Minister for Parliamentary Business.\u00a0 Supported by the Scottish Government Open Government Team.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Arthur was invited to speak at a number of key engagements. He contributed to two panel events, on how Scotland has applied an open government approach\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scotgovopen\/status\/1699414575538376746\">to enable people centred climate action<\/a>\u00a0and to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scotgovopen\/status\/1699712469931839523\">protect environmental human rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister\u2019s portfolio to democratise the economy and empower communities through deliberative and participatory methods were also demonstrated at the Global Summit.<\/p>\n<p>Examples of note were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scotland\u2019s approach to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jtpbfund.scot\/\">Green Participatory Budgeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/policies\/cities-regions\/community-wealth-building\/\">Community Wealth Building<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/community-empowerment-scotland-act-summary\/\">Scotland\u2019s Community Empowerment Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/consult.gov.scot\/local-government-and-communities\/democracy-matters\/\">Democracy Matters national conversations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Below are some pictures from the events the Minister participated in.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Image 1: OGP Summit 2023. &#8216;Who decides: Sharing climate governance victories across borders&#8217; event. Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance, 2nd from right.<\/li>\n<li>Image 2: OGP Summit 2023. &#8216;Who decides: Sharing climate governance victories across borders&#8217; event. Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance, 3rd from left.<\/li>\n<li>Image 3: from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/opengovpart\/albums\">OGP Flick<\/a>. &#8216;Strengthening environmental democracy through protection and participation in environmental defenders&#8217; event. Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance, far left.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1041 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-Minister-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The image is taken from behind the audience. Attendees sit on sofas listening to the 5 speakers on stage.\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-Minister-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-Minister-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-Minister-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-Minister-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-Minister-2-683x512.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-Minister-2-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-Minister-2.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 320px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 320\/240;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1046 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-Minister-3-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"Three women and three men face the camera smiling. They are on a stage holding wooden sticks with marshmallows attached.\" width=\"306\" height=\"241\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-Minister-3-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-Minister-3-1024x805.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-Minister-3-768x604.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-Minister-3-1536x1208.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-Minister-3-651x512.jpg 651w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-Minister-3-534x420.jpg 534w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-Minister-3.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 306px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 306\/241;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1055 alignnone lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-minister-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Three men and two women are seated on a raised stage in discussion.\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-minister-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-minister-2.jpg 400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 320px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 320\/213;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Reflections<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pamela Rennie from Glasgow City Council shared a key takeaway from the Summit:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;One of my takeaways was around challenges faced on Open Government \u2013 there are similar challenges faced at national, sub-national, local and civil society levels.<\/p>\n<p>On a more positive note, it was the launch of the Open Government challenge on public participation \u2013 to embed fit-for-purpose, high quality and inclusive public participation practices. There were plenty of small key phrases and advice to think about too: bringing in civil society in the right way, at the right time to make more ambitious commitments; creating culture change within organisations and institutions; test new approaches; and from time to time we will all need to make \u2018pitches\u2019 as to why Open Government is important&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Glasgow was also recognised at the OGP Awards 2023, and won an award in the &#8216;Inspirational Reforms&#8217; category.<\/p>\n<p>See this post by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlasgowCC\/status\/1699467592627314917\">Glasgow City Council for more details<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1040 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-Glasgow-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"Two women stand on a stage facing side on to the camera. One is handing an award to the other. Both are smiling.\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-Glasgow-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-Glasgow.jpg 400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/190;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/opengovpart\/albums\">OGP Flickr.]<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Watch the OGP Summit 2023 plenary sessions back now<\/h4>\n<p>Interested to find out what topics and issues were discussed? You can watch the main plenary sessions now on OGP\u2019s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XnoB-rTQHAo\">Summit Day 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/x81YOMJjGbk\">Summit Day 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1073 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Points-of-contact-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"A large group of people face the camera smiling.\" width=\"303\" height=\"190\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Points-of-contact-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Points-of-contact.jpg 400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 303px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 303\/190;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/opengovpart\/albums\">OGP Flickr<\/a>: OGP Points of Contact Camp &#8211; government and civil society]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1060 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-workshop-disucssions-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A smaller group of people are seated around a table. A women is speaking into a mircophone.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-workshop-disucssions-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-workshop-disucssions-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-workshop-disucssions-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-workshop-disucssions-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-workshop-disucssions-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-workshop-disucssions.jpg 1379w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/opengovpart\/albums\">OGP Flickr<\/a>: workshop deliberations]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1061 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-workshop-discussions-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A small group of people sit on yellow sofas. Some are taking notes and as others are listening.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-workshop-discussions-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-workshop-discussions-1-561x420.jpg 561w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGP-Summit-2023-workshop-discussions-1.jpg 602w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/opengovpart\/albums\">OGP Flickr<\/a>: workshop deliberations]<\/p>\n<p><strong>DataFest Summit (2 \u2013 3 November)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Government participated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/datafest.global\/data-summit\/\">DataFest Summit<\/a>. DataFest is an international conference held in Edinburgh, created to bring together data leaders across the industry in Scotland to celebrate innovations in data and artificial intelligence (AI). Sessions on a range of topics saw data representatives from across the public sector in Scotland come together to discuss and share their experiences, ideas and expertise.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Government data division hosted stalls on data and AI, and used the event to link with data producers and consumers to better understand their needs. The division also ran a 2-day fringe event as part of the DataFest Summit. The fringe event also coupled as the first ever conference for members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/scotsconnect.sharepoint.com\/sites\/DataStandards-Org-SG\/SitePages\/Home.aspx\">Data Standards and Open Data Community of Practice<\/a>. The 2 day event saw speakers from across the public sector present 11 talks over the two days. Topics ranged from data standards in local government, metadata catalogues and public sector data literacy, to joint chronologies, open data, data linkage and data transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Scottish Government also participated at a number of other data related events in November to raise awareness of our open data commitment.<\/p>\n<p>Scottish Government presented to members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalacademy.gov.scot\/courses\/data-science-accelerator\/\">Data Science Accelerator<\/a>, run by Scottish Digital Academy, on why open data is important, and took part in a panel discussion at the <a href=\"https:\/\/futurescot.com\/futurescot-events\/digitalscotland2023\/\">FutureScot DigitalScotland 2023<\/a> conference. The panel delved into the topic of \u201cGetting the most out of public sector data: How a data maturity assessment can build new thinking in your organisation and transform its use of data\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On 18 and 19 November, those working on the open data commitment attended the Scottish Open Data Unconference, organised by volunteers from <a href=\"https:\/\/opendata.scot\/\">Open Data Scotland<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/codethecity.org\/\">Code the City<\/a>. Here they shared information and discussed the recently launched <a href=\"https:\/\/find.data.gov.scot\/\">find.data.gov.scot website<\/a>, and the enabling role of open data in the public sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Gathering 2023 (6 \u2013 7 November)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Members of the Open Government team also attended <a href=\"https:\/\/scvo.scot\/the-gathering\/\">the Gathering<\/a> in November and met some fantastic third sector organisations. We were there to promote and expand the role of civil society involved in Open Government in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>Government and civil society representatives discussed the relationships and ways of working between government and civil society. This included the vital role of the third sector to hold government to account, and to be a \u2018critical friend\u2019\u2013 a term many civil society representatives identify with when talking about their role as an open government civil society commitment member.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in what we covered \u2013 from roles and responsibilities, to how you can be involved in open government? Read more on the <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JILMSICLSZ\">Scottish Civil Society Network.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As 2024 approaches, we hope to attend and run more events to encourage and learn from others on how we put Open Government into practice.\u00a0 Until next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Government Week 2023 Between 8th \u2013 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&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":686,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2022 - 2023 round up (part 2: key events) - Open Government Partnership<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/2023\/12\/22\/2022-2023-round-up-part-2-key-events\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2022 - 2023 round up (part 2: key events) - Open Government Partnership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Open Government Week 2023 Between 8th \u2013 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...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/2023\/12\/22\/2022-2023-round-up-part-2-key-events\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Open Government Partnership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-22T14:17:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-12T20:29:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/12\/OGW-Logo-300x300.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Neisha Kirk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Neisha Kirk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/2023\/12\/22\/2022-2023-round-up-part-2-key-events\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/2023\/12\/22\/2022-2023-round-up-part-2-key-events\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Neisha Kirk\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/open-government-partnership\/#\/schema\/person\/6465d4abf06baa7b884b34b8de787fe6\"},\"headline\":\"2022 &#8211; 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