Name: Opening Decision Making: Lobby Transparency
Start: 2018-07-18T17:00:00+0400
End: 2018-07-18T18:30:00+0400

The Government of Georgia will host the 5th OGP Global Summit in Tbilisi, Georgia, on July 17-19, 2018. The Summit will provide an excellent opportunity for leaders from OGP’s 76 participating countries, local governments, and beyond to exchange ideas on how they are making their governments more transparent, accountable, and responsive to citizens.

Please register for the Global Summit at www.ogpsummit.org and send your questions and/or feedback to summit@opengovpartnership.org.

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Opening Decision Making: Lobby Transparency

The potentially corrupting power of lobbying has been a central element of recent elections around the World. From politicians running on a promise to “drain the swamp” to citizens protesting against free trade agreements citing the influence of lobbyists, popular discontent with the influence of special interests is rising. This panel will bring together different stakeholders from the local to the supra-national level on lobbying and its transparency. They will show the real world progress that has recently been made on lobby transparency. The panel will also discuss possible regulatory best practices as well as why lobbying regulation is in the best interest of governments, citizens as well as lobbyists.

Moderators

Daniel Freund

Speakers

Victoria Anderica

Director of Transparency, Madrid City Council

Helen Darbishire

Executive Director, Access Info

Emilie Cazenave

International Partnerships Coordinator, High Authority for Transparency in Public Life (HATVP)

Emilie Cazenave is the international partnerships coordinator at the High Authority for transparency in public life, in its Legal and studies division. This division’s missions are to manage the legal activities, provide expertise to declarants and public institutions, notably with regard to conflicts of interest and regulation of revolving doors, to draft studies and reports and coordinate... Read More →