Last March, a talk was held on Open Government in the framework of theLeadership School of the Political Communication Laboratory (LabCom) of the Department of Political Science and Administration of the University of Murcia (CPAUM).
This was the third edition of the Leadership School; focused on Transparency and Public Accountability and Marc Garriga participated in module 2, entitled “Responses from the executive to political disaffection: the Open Government”, together with Gabriel Navarro.
Gabriel Navarro explained the basic concepts behind Open Government: reasons, main axes, transparency, participation, collaboration and Marc Garriga “reinforced” the concepts, with a more practical and participatory part, with real examples and went into detail regarding Open Data.
The interesting thing about the session, beyond the knowledge disseminated by both trainers, are the arguments for and against the opening of governments by the attendees, drawn from an exercise in reflection around it.
Some of the arguments in favor of open data are: knowing and having access to public information, fighting corruption, and achieving greater efficiency in the public sector. On the other hand, some of the arguments against stand out, for example: that in the current context of economic crisis it is better to invest the budget in something more realistic, that information systems are very outdated or that there are many public employees reluctant to the opening of the government.
We recommend reading the pros and cons at the following link: Pros and cons of #oGov.
What do you think?
