Including Ambitious Anti-Corruption Commitments in OGP Action Plans

Transparency International and the Open Government Partnership are organizing a webinar on 4 October 2018. International IDEA will contribute its expertise on money in politics, drawing from the Institute's unique position in spearheading the initiatives on political finance integrity. 

This webinar will include an introduction on Anti-Corruption and the Open Government Partnership, the Paris Declaration and Anti-Corruption Priority Topics. 

Following the introduction, there will be short modules on the following topics:

• Beneficial Ownership Transparency
• Transparency in Lobbying
• Political Finance Reform
• Open Contracting

Each module will provide a discussion of the context around the issue, why it is important to include commitments in OGP, examples of existing OGP commitments, and recommendations for drafting ambitious commitments. International IDEA will lead the module on politicla finance reform as part part of its mandate to support sustainable democracy worldwide. The modules Transparency in Lobbying and Open Contracting will also include country level speakers to provide local context and implementation experience, including lessons learned and preparing for challenges. 

There will be time for questions and answers at the end of all the modules.