With the hashtag #BeWaterMyGov, which reminds us that we have the right to open and transparent governments such as water, on Thursday, October 10, the “Open Government Day for elected officials and municipal technical staff” was held at the Auditorium of the Espai Francesca Bonnemaison.
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 Transparency and Open Government of the Department of Foreign Action, Institutional Relations and Transparency, was € 4.617. This amount includes all direct costs billed for the day except for the space, which was ceded by the Diputació de Barcelona.
Organized by the Department of Foreign Action, Institutional Relations and Transparency, the AOC Consortium and the Diputación de Barcelona, the day was welcomed by the institutional Hble. Mr. Alfred Bosch Minister of Foreign Action, Institutional Relations and Transparency and of I.lm 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, such as transparency and open data, participation, integrity or accountability.
Finally we were able to enjoy an exceptional table of elections that told us about open government with many marine metaphors, without leaving behind the great challenges that were still pending, closing the day with Marga Bonmatí, director of the AOC, who thanked for the assistance. and he reminded us 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.
