Open Government Partnership Global Summit 2018

There is considerable scope to increase commitment amongst parliamentarians to parliamentary openness, in the OGP member countries, and beyond. There is an obvious and important connection between greater parliamentary openness and the systematic engagement with civil society that this implies, and a stronger oversight function by parliaments. This session evidences growing engagement by parliaments and parliamentarians in open governance a variety of country contexts. Areas of discussion will include: examples from some of the 70 countries where UNDP partners with national parliaments to strengthen parliamentary capacity, lessons learned in supporting partner parliaments to make the oversight function more fit for purpose under the 2030 Agenda, reflections on the next steps of the legislative engagement policy, and areas of support that can be provided by the Open Parliament e-Network (OPEN) and others after the sunset of the working groups.