With the hashtag #BeWaterMyGov, which reminds us that we have the right to open and transparent governments like water, on Thursday, October 10, the "Open Government Day for elected officials and municipal technical staff" was held in the Espai Francesca Bonnemaison Auditorium.
You can already consult the materials of the day:
Videos of the Open Government Day
Presentations of the Open Government Day
Photographs of the Conference on the AOC's Flickr channel
The day was followed by about 250 attendees with a prominent presence of elected officials. Based on the satisfaction surveys received so far, we can say that 8 out of 10 attendees are "satisfied" or "very satisfied".
The overall economic cost of the day, as indicated by Mr. Jordi Foz, Secretary of Transparència and Open Government of the Department of Foreign Action, Institutional Relations and Transparència, was €4.617. This amount includes all direct costs invoiced for the day with the exception of the space, which was provided by the Barcelona Provincial Council.
Organized by the Department of Foreign Action, Institutional Relations and Transparència, the AOC Consortium and the Barcelona Provincial Council, the day included an institutional welcome by Hble. Mr. Alfred Bosch Minister for Foreign Action, Institutional Relations and Transparència and of Ilm Mr. Josep Arimany Manso, Deputy President of the Area of Innovation, Local Governments and Territorial Cohesion of the Diputación de Barcelona.
Helen Darbishire, human rights and public information right activist, founder of NGO Access Info Europe, and a member of theOpen Government Partnerships. His inspirational talk gave way to various technical presentations, which delved into the different tasks in which his efforts are focused. Network of Transparent Governments, as are the transparència and open data, participation, integrity or accountability.
Finally we were able to enjoy an exceptional panel of elected officials who spoke to us about open government with many marine metaphors.eres without leaving aside the great challenges ahead, closing the day Marga Bonmatí, director of the AOC, who thanked the attendance and recalled that we have a lot of work ahead.
We look forward to meeting again at a future open government day, which will serve to work together and move forward on all the challenges outlined.
