meta & other transparency initiatives
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MeTA & OTHER TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVES. A Quick Tour D’Horizon Richard Calland MIAG, London, April 2009. PURPOSE. Raise awareness of what else is out there (select sample) Possible Learning/Experience Sharing Stimulate Debate about other initiatives, national and international…. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
A Quick Tour D’Horizon
Richard CallandMIAG, London, April 2009
MeTA & OTHER TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVES
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PURPOSE
Raise awareness of what else is out there (select sample)
Possible Learning/Experience Sharing Stimulate Debate about other initiatives, national and
international…. …that MeTA could leverage from, to strengthen its own
processes and avoid duplication, consolidate efforts and form strategic alliances.
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KEY QUESTIONS
Who should MeTA have strategic engagement and/or relationships with?
How should MeTA position itself and what should its persona/identity be? How should it be known, internationally, in, say, three years time?
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INTERNATIONAL MULTI-STAKEHOLDER INITIATIVES
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI); Permanent Secretariat in Oslo
Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST); PWC secretariat
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RELATED CIVIL SOCIETY CAMPAIGNS EG ‘PUBLISH WHAT YOU PAY’ CAMPAIGN AND
EITI
FIND/ENCOURAGE SHADOW CIVIL SOCIETY MOVEMENT FOR MeTA
Who are the big Health INGOs/Campaigns?
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INTERNATIONAL TRANSPARENCY CIVIL SOCIETY INITIATIVES
International Budget Project (IBP), out of Washington DC, but with projects around the world, including the Open Budget Index (OBI)
ACCESS INITIATIVE – led by World Resources Initiative
Electricity Governance Initiative – also WRI
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Global Transparency Initiative (www.ifitransparency.org): eight organisations from around the world; marriage between ‘IFI-watch’ crowd and FOI organisations
Carter Center: has access to information & health programs…international standard-setting initiatives on ATi & development (Laura Neuman)
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Global FOI network…(foia.net)
African Centre for Freedom of Information (AFRIC)
GLOBAL TRANSPARENCY FUND(GTF – DFID)
130 UCL Centre for International Health and Development, (CIHD)
Improving access to quality health care for rural and urban poor in China
334 The International Budget Project at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Open Budget Initiative
361 Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS Ensuring accountability for promises made to achieve universal access to HIV care, treatment and prevention by 2010
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Strong National FOI Laws & Strong National NGOsEg: Bulgaria Mexico Jamaica South Africa (constitutional right to privately-held
information, where required for exercise or protection of any right)
India (see specially tailored sector-specific laws, to supplement general FOI law)
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GLOBAL BODIES/ACTORS UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF
EXPRESSION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF
INFORMATION COMMISSIONERS (OSLO, SEPT 2009)
REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS RAPPORTEURS (EG LATIN AMERICA)
UNDP: CENTRE FOR GOVERNANCE WHO?
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OTHER:
National professional associations such as Canadian Association of Access Administrators
COGEL: North American association of ethics officers
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QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
1. Entities to engage with internationally?
2. Entities to engage with in-country?
3. What persona/identity for MeTA do we want to build?
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OTHER ENTITIES/CHARACTERISTICS TO ENGAGE WITH
Organisations - International In-Country Characteristics
Transparency International Transparency
WHO Openness
Public citizens of US (may be controversial)
Global space
Science based org (clinical trials...) Set standards
World Bank
Global Fund
USAID
COSTS/EITI
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META PERSONA/IDENTITY Independent international foundation with members,
or Loose Alliance? Trend setting (charter, benchmark) Global identity Global campaign about medicines price Need to be locally owned – country- led and built,
not donor(s)’ led Adhering to MeTA Principles: Charter
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Thank you! Richard Calland
International Secretariat, [email protected] MeTA: www.MedicinesTransparency.org DFID: www.dfid.gov.uk