TI BiH and the Institutions on the Open Government Partnership

– Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH), supported by the Open Society Fund BiH, is organizing a conference entitled Challenges of the Initiative Open Government Partnership in BiH.

Sarajevo, 24th February 2016 – In September 2014 Bosnia and Herzegovina became a member of the Open Government Partnership – OGP, a global initiative which has 69 members and which strives to encourage countries worldwide to have greater transparency and better governance by undertaking specific steps in legislation and practice. After joining OGP, Bosnia and Herzegovina is obliged to work with the civil society and to produce an Action Plan which shall contain a whole set of measures related to the improvement of transparency and responsibility in the work of the government, more active participation of the citizens in decision-making processes, as well as the use of new technologies to increase the open government.
Therefore, the topics which shall be discussed at the conference being organized by TI BiH are the result of work of the civil society organizations and institutions to fulfill the commitments undertaken within the OGP initiative and results of defining the proposal for the first BiH Action Plan measures. The advantages offered by OGP initiative and its principles will be presented through the example of platform “Indicators4Development”, but the Conference will also include the presentation of the mechanisms for the improvement of communication with the citizens and strengthening transparency and responsibility in their work.
The Conference will take place on Thursday, 25th February 2016, at the Hotel Europe in Sarajevo (Conference Room 1) at 10.30h. Please find the agenda attached below. Press conference is planned to take place at 10.00h.

Agenda with Press rls N 24 02 2016