Bellagio Innovations in Governance & Transparency

Lalanath de Silva

Director TAI

World Resources Institute

Washington DC, USA

The Access Initiative 2008

International Commitments

1992 – Rio Declaration

2002 - WSSD Plan of Implementation

Principle 10..…

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Inclusive

Transparent

Accountable

TAI’s strategy is to…

Laws, practices and institutions

CSO teams

TAI network governance

Secretariat - WRI Core Team (6)

National CSO Coalitions (>45)

TAI Assessment FrameworkAccess to

InformationPublic

ParticipationAccess to

JusticeCapacityBuilding

Law

Effort

Effectiveness

What the Toolkit enabled…

• Coalition Building• Status & Gaps• Dialogue with Government • Advocacy

Lessons & Challenges• Toolkit Issues

• Assessments

Change

• Learning

• Ownership

• Improve Toolkit

• Advocacy Tools• New Partners

• Community of Practice

• Decentralized Governance

What is Missing

TAI Assessment ToolkitCategories

• Access to Information

• Public Participation

• Access to Justice

• Capacity Building

Approach• Law• Effort• Effectiveness

Indicators• Scope

• Quality

• Timeliness

• Inclusion

Freedom of Information Laws

Access Law & Practice Rankings

The Access Movement