THE OPEN GOVERNANCE FORUM DISCUSSES OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN THE MUNICIPALITY’S OPENNESS TO ITS PARTNERS

The work of the Forum, organized by the commune of Salé in collaboration with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), continued for three days on the theme of “Open Administration”, where five workshops took place under the framework of specialized OECD experts in the areas of public policy planning and analysis.

Have taken part in these workshops representatives of civil society, coordinators of district committees, local media, academic institutions, presidents of communal divisions and members of the communal council of Salé.

During these workshops, the participants identified, each from a different perspective, the municipal initiatives to achieve the principles of open governance and proposed measures that they deemed necessary to be adopted in order to offer more opportunities for public participation in the decision-making and management of local affairs, and to intensify its efforts to anchor the pillars of the Open Government, in particular with regard to the strengthening of transparency and integrity, broadening of opportunities for participation and accessibility of information.

These workshops were also an opportunity to exchange experiences and learn about the good practices of a number of States which subscribed to the initiative of the Open Government, in particular Spain. Thus, Mr. Lino Ramos Ferreiro, representative of the Spanish Municipality of Alcobendas, presented the different procedures adopted by this municipality, in cooperation with the OECD, to achieve the objectives of the Open Administration.

The Forum ended with the presentation of the results of the preliminary diagnosis on the measures and initiatives of the municipality of Salé in the adoption of the principles of open governance as well as recommendations for the development of its efforts in this field.