NGO Week 2011 aims to create a platform to promote and strengthen civil society’s role but also serve to revitalize SANGOCO as it marks an important opportunity for the Coalition to:

Reflect on and share our collective experiences, knowledge’s, works and views from within SANGOCO and the sector more broadly;

Analyse the changing environment and the factors which shape it;

Collectively clarify the role, vision, mission and programmatic interventions of the Coalition; 

Assess and articulate the central leadership, institutional and strategic capacity challenges, opportunities and options for SANGOCO and the civil society community;

Foster ongoing working relationships between and amongst the nine provincial SANGOCO structures and different civil society actors by devising strategic and practical ways to address poverty and inequality; and

Establish the basis for the development of a short, medium and long term strategy to strengthen and revitalise the Coalition and civil society to address development challenges and deepen democracy across all the provinces of South Africa.

The Open Government Partnership is a global effort to make governments better. We all want more transparent, effective and accountable governments -- with institutions that empower citizens and are responsive to their aspirations. But this work is never easy.

It takes political leadership. It takes technical knowledge. It takes sustained effort and investment. It takes collaboration between governments and civil society.

 The Open Government Partnership is a new multilateral initiative that aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance. In the spirit of multi-stakeholder collaboration, OGP is overseen by a steering committee of governments and civil society organizations.

 To become a member of OGP, participating countries must embrace a high-level Open Government Declaration; deliver a country action plan developed with public consultation; and commit to independent reporting on their progress going forward.

 The Open Government Partnership formally launched on September 20, 2011, when the 8 founding governments (Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States) endorsed an Open Government Declaration, and announced their country action plans, and welcomed the commitment of 38 governments to join the Partnership.

The Provincial Anti-Corruption Forum is committed to:

Contribute towards the establishment of consensus through the co-ordination of sectoral strategies against corruption;

Advise government on provincial initiatives on the implementation of strategies to combat corruption;

Share information and best practice on sectoral anti-corruption work; and

Advise sectors on the improvement of sectoral anti-corruption strategies.

Tel: 27 21 447 6388
Fax: 27 21 447 5766
Email: sangocowesterncape@telkomsa.net
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