The Proactive Presence and Accessibility of Civil Servants (FI0017)

We will create a voluntary openness agent’s role in year 1 of the Action Plan and spread the concept to all agencies. The civil servants can register voluntarily to become openness agents. All agencies will be informed of openness and leaders and managers will be asked to commit to being openness leaders. Openness agents and leaders are available to citizens and keep contact with each other to promote openness in public administrations.
Starting year 2 of the Action Plan a yearly prize is given out to a representative from each level of the public administration, possibly in connection with democracy prize. The basis for the reward is that the person has enabled civic society action in his/her own work. The re- ward is given yearly to one representative from municipal, one from regional and one from state central administration. Civic organizations will offer training to civil servants in engaging citizens in consultation process. Civil servants are encouraged to participate in this training.