Governance, Staff & Donors
Governance
Reflecting the joint government-civil society nature of the Open Government Partnership, its Steering Committee is comprised of government and civil society representatives that together guide the ongoing development and direction of OGP, maintaining the highest standards for the initiative and ensuring its long-term sustainability. Representatives include:
Governments
Minister Kuntoro Mangkusubroto
Government of Indonesia
Minister Florencio Abad
Government of Philippines
Deputy Director General Terje Dyrstad
Government of Norway
Commissioner Jacqueline Peschard
Amb. Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo
Government of Mexico
Deputy Minister Ayanda Dlodlo
Government of South Africa
Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude
Government of United Kingdom
Under Secretary of State Maria Otero
Government of United States
Minister of State Jorge Hage
Government of Brazil
Minister Mathias Chikawe
Government of Tanzania
Civil Society
Ms. Iara Pietricovsky
Co-Director, INESC
Mr. Nikhil Dey/Ms. Aruna Roy
MKSS
Mr. Alejandro Gonzalez
GESOC
Ms. Veronica Cretu
CMB Training Center
Mr. Rakesh Rajani
Twaweza
Ms. Maryati Abdullah
Pubish What You Pay Indonesia
Mr. Martin Tisne
Transparency and Accountability Initiative
Ms. Suneeta Kaimal
Revenue Watch Institute
Mr. Warren Krafchik
International Budget Partnership
Steering Committee Chairmanship
The leadership of the OGP Steering Committee is comprised of a revolving management team, including a lead government chair, a support (or incoming) government chair, and a civil society chair. The chairs are selected from among the representatives on the steering committee, with the goal of rotating government chairs across different regional groupings. The lead chair is responsible for establishing a temporary secretariat for the duration of its term, which helps coordinate OGP’s work and organizes meetings of the Steering Committee and the annual OGP conference along with the OGP Support Unit.
The United States and Brazil served as founding co-chairs of OGP's Steering Committee. In April 2012, the United Kingdom became support chair with Brazil, and Warren Krafchik of the International Budget Partnership became the initiative's first civil society chair.
Indonesia will assumed co chairmanship with the UK in September 2012, and become lead chair in September 2013. Mexico will assume co-chairmanship in September 2013, and becomes lead chair in September 2014.
Minutes and summaries from the ongoing work of the Steering Committee and its sub-committees are archived under related files.
Sub-committees
The OGP Steering Committee has four standing sub-committees to support its work. Sub-committees are charged with carrying out preliminary work to inform decisions taken by the entire Steering Committee. Sub-committees make recommendations to the full Steering Committee for decision, unless provided for otherwise in these Articles or delegated to do so by the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee may choose to form additional sub-committees as needed. Each standing sub-committee is generally comprised of two governments and two civil society representatives drawn from the larger Steering Committee.
Governance and Leadership (GL)
- Government of Indonesia
- Government of the United Kingdom
- Mr. Warren Krafchik (International Budget Partnership)
- Mr. Rakesh Rajani (Twaweza)
Finance and Audit (FA)
- Government of Mexico
- Government of Norway
- Mr. Tom Blanton (National Security Archive)
- Mr. Nikhil Dey/ Ms. Aruna Roy (MKSS)
Peer Learning and Support (PLS)
- Government of Philippines
- Government of South Africa
- Ms. Gladwell Otieno (Africa Centre for Open Governance)
- Ms. Iara Pietricovsky (INESC)
Criteria and Standards (CS)
- Government of Brazil
- Government of Tanzania
- Government of the United States
- Mr. Juan Pardinas (IMCO)
- Ms. Suneeta Kaimal (Revenue Watch Institute)
- Ms. Martin Tisne (Transparency/Accountability Initiative)
