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Civil Society Candidates for the Steering Committee 2021

Following an open nomination process and a public comment period, the OGP Support Unit announced the shortlist of Civil Society Candidates for the 2021 OGP Steering Committee on April 26, 2021.

We hosted a series of webinars the week of May 10, allowing the community and the candidates to get to know each other, share priorities and discuss initial ideas for the Steering Committee.

Shortlist

(published April 26, 2021)

Following an open nomination process and a public comment period, the OGP Steering Committee Selection Committee has developed a shortlist of Civil Society Candidates for the 2021 OGP Steering Committee. Each shortlisted candidate received full eligibility marks by the Selection Committee based on submitted paperwork, linked below.

First name Last name Organization Based In Application Documents Shortlisted?  Score
Anabel Cruz Instituto de Comunicacion y Desarrollo (ICD); Rendir Cuentas Uruguay Nomination Form | Sample Yes 37
Antonella Valmorbida European Association for Local Democracy (ALDA) Belgium; France Nomination Form | Sample Yes 30-35
Doug Rutzen International Center for Not-for-Profit Law USA Nomination Form | Sample Yes 40
Geo-Sung Kim Transparency International Korea Nomination Form | Sample Yes Candidacy withdrawn
Hilda Ajeilat Jordan Transparency Center Jordan Nomination Form | Sample Yes 30-35
Luben Panov European Center for Not-for-Profit Law Stichting (ECNL) Bulgaria Nomination Form | Sample Yes 35
Lucy McTernan Open Government Network Scotland; Open Government Network UK Scotland Nomination Form | Sample Yes 35
Natalia Carfi Open Data Charter Argentina Nomination Form | Sample Yes 30-35
Oluseun Onigbinde BudgIT Nigeria Nomination Form | Sample Yes 30-35
Paulina Ibarra Fundación Multitudes; Civil Society Pillar of the Community of Democracies Chile Nomination Form | Sample Yes 30-35
Rob Davidson Information and Communications Technology Council Canada Nomination Form | Sample Yes 30-35
Shushan Doydoyan Freedom of Information Center of Armenia (FOICA) Armenia Nomination Form | Sample Yes 30-35
Tarik Nesh-Nash Impact For Development Morocco Nomination Form | Sample Yes 30-35

Longlist

(published April 12, 2021)

An open nomination process produced a longlist of candidates, published April 12, 2021.

A form for public comments was available until April 16, 2021. Only comments received through the form will be taken into account during the selection process. All non-attributed comments received can be found here.

For more information on the rotation process, please visit this page.

First name Last name Organization Based In Application Documents Shortlisted?
Anabel Cruz Instituto de Comunicacion y Desarrollo (ICD); Rendir Cuentas Uruguay Nomination Form | Sample Yes
Ani Harutyunyan Armavir Development Centre Armenia Nomination Form | Sample No
Antonella Valmorbida European Association for Local Democracy (ALDA) Belgium; France Nomination Form | Sample Yes
Balqiaz khan Marwat Rural Infrastructure and Human Resource Development Organization (RIHRDO) Pakistan Nomination Form No
Basheerhamad Shadrach Voice to the Voiceless Trust India Nomination Form | Sample No
Doug Rutzen International Center for Not-for-Profit Law USA Nomination Form | Sample Yes
Ebeh Kodjo Fabrice Alliance Nationale des Consommateurs et de l’environnement (ANCE-TOGO); National contact-Transparency International Togo Nomination Form | Sample No
Geo-Sung Kim Transparency International Korea Nomination Form | Sample Yes (Candidacy was withdrawn)
Hamzat Lawal Connected Development (CODE); Follow The Money Nigeria Nomination Form | Sample No
Hilda Ajeilat Jordan Transparency Center Jordan Nomination Form | Sample Yes
Juan Pablo Marin Diaz Datasketch Colombia Nomination Form | Sample No
Kabengele Guy Dibwe Brain Sluice Africa Child’s Republic Democratic of the Congo Nomination Form | Sample No
Karina Carvalho TI Portugal Portugal Nomination Form | Sample No
Kateryna Tsybenko Transparency International Ukraine London; Ukraine Nomination Form | Sample No
Luben Panov European Center for Not-for-Profit Law Stichting (ECNL) Bulgaria Nomination Form | Sample Yes
Lubna Sayed Qadri PVBLIC Foundation India
Lucy McTernan Open Government Network Scotland; Open Government Network UK Scotland Nomination Form | Sample Yes
Maria Olivia Lucas Unang Hakbang Foundation Inc. Philippines Nomination Form | Sample No
Mathilde Bouyé Démocratie Ouverte France Nomination Form | Sample No
Md. Moniruzzaman Aid Organization Bangladesh Nomination Form No
Melrose Lunn Aklan Baghay, Inc. Philippines Nomination Form No
Michael Oke Michael Adedotun Oke Foundation Nigeria Nomination Form | Sample No
Mohammad Zakir Stanikzai War Child UK Afghanistan Nomination Form No
Nasrulla Nurullayev Care for the elderly intelectuals Azerbaijan Nomination Form No
Natalia Carfi Open Data Charter Argentina Nomination Form | Sample Yes
Oluseun Onigbinde BudgIT Nigeria Nomination Form | Sample Yes
Paulina Ibarra Fundación Multitudes; Civil Society Pillar of the Community of Democracies Chile Nomination Form | Sample Yes
Rob Davidson Information and Communications Technology Council Canada Nomination Form | Sample Yes
Sadig Hasanov To Healthy Life Azerbaijan Nomination Form | Sample No
Shahla Ismayil Women’s Association for Rational Development (WARD) Azerbaijan Nomination Form | Sample No
Shushan Doydoyan Freedom of Information Center of Armenia (FOICA) Armenia Nomination Form | Sample Yes
Tarik Nesh-Nash Impact For Development Morocco Nomination Form | Sample Yes

Learn more about the 2021 Civil Society Steering Committee Selection here.

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