April 2012

Transparency International Georgia will be recording short podcasts, after each day of the Open Government Partnership [1] Annual Meeting in Brasilia. The OGP meeting is the first time that a broad coalition of countries has come together to move forward in the areas of availability of government information, civic participation, and the use of technology for improving government. This is a high-level conference attended by government officials from 60 countries, as well as civil society representatives. We'll talk about what was said, and what we thought was important, with a focus on issues related to transparency, anti-corruption, civil society involvement, and of course Georgia. If you have any questions, you can email us at ogp@transparency.ge [2], and we'll answer them during the next night's podcast.

Panelists:

• Eka Gigauri, Executive Director, Transparency International Georgia
• Derek Dohler, Digital Projects Manager, Transparency International Georgia
• Giorgi Kldiashvili, Executive Director of the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information [3]

Podcast links:

Monday, April 16: Introduction to the OGP, preview of the conference (no Giorgi). [Download [4]]

Tuesday, April 17: Opening speeches, Russia joins OGP, regional action plans (with guest Toby Mendel, Centre for Law and Democracy) [Download [5]]

Wednesday, April 18: Civil society and the OGP (with guests Ruta Mrazauskaite from TI Lithuania and Michel Berg, a blogger from the Czech Republic) [Download [6]]