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MeTA & OTHER TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVES

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….

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MeTA & OTHER TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVES

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  1. MeTA & OTHER TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVES A Quick Tour D’Horizon Richard Calland MIAG, London, April 2009 MeTA

  2. 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.

  3. 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?

  4. INTERNATIONAL MULTI-STAKEHOLDER INITIATIVES • Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI); Permanent Secretariat in Oslo • Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST); PWC secretariat

  5. 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?

  6. 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

  7. … • 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)

  8. …. • Global FOI network…(foia.net) • African Centre for Freedom of Information (AFRIC)

  9. GLOBAL TRANSPARENCY FUND(GTF – DFID)

  10. Strong National FOI Laws & Strong National NGOs Eg: • 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)

  11. 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?

  12. OTHER: • National professional associations such as Canadian Association of Access Administrators • COGEL: North American association of ethics officers

  13. QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER Entities to engage with internationally? Entities to engage with in-country? What persona/identity for MeTA do we want to build?

  14. OTHER ENTITIES/CHARACTERISTICS TO ENGAGE WITH

  15. 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

  16. Thank you! Richard Calland International Secretariat, info@metasecretariat.org MeTA: www.MedicinesTransparency.org DFID: www.dfid.gov.uk MeTA

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