Open Government Partnership Openness in Natural Resources Working Group

Summary and Next steps from the 7/1/15 meeting

Attendees:

Carole Excell

Jonathan Leonard

Suneeta Kaimal

Elizabeth Moses

Lalanath DeSilva

1) Greater outreach strategy & Martin Tisnes working group pilot:

a) Priority Countries have been decided upon (but are not inflexible). The countries selected are:

Colombia, Indonesia, Liberia, Mexico, Mongolia, Philippines, Tanzania/Ghana, United Kingdom,

United States of America.

b) Priority Issue still needs clarification, but has continued to evolve and become more clear.

Jonathan will be creating the first potentially distributable 1-pager of the WGs focus.

c) Priority Activities for July/August should be to reach out to our priority countries. To conduct

this outreach, we need to generate contacts. WRI and NRGI will research their relevant contacts

in those countries, and pool the contact list into a central place. Jonathan will create and

distribute a shared document for WG members to fill in.

2) Communications

a) ONR-WG Report will be completed by the time Jonathan leaves (7/17/15). It has so far been

reviewed by Carole and formatted for style. A concrete priority issue will allow Jonathan to

complete the report.

b) Liberian success blog entry will be made for both the new TAI website and for distribution on the

OGP open government guide/Civil Society Hub

3) USG outreach

The follow-up meeting planned for USG engagement has been temporarily suspended. Instead, a

period of more bilateral engagement and contact acquisition is going to happen before another

general gathering type meeting is conducted. (This is in line with the overall outreach strategy for

all priority countries)

4) Upcoming Events

a) Meeting with Open Government Guide 7/8/15 A good place to share the WGs deliverables

b) Summit in Mexico 10/27/15 WG needs to start planning activities for this event

ASSIGNMENTS:

Jonathan:

Create 1-pager on the WGs focus by 7/8 (Suneeta would like to have it for a meeting)

Create and distribute contact sheet for priority countries

Complete ONR-WG report by 7/17

Suneeta:

Distribute and add to WG priority contact sheet

Tanzania vs Ghana as a priority country selection

Lalanath:

Distribute and add to WG priority contact sheet

Liz:

Distribute and add to WG priority contact sheet

Carole:

Distribute and add to WG priority contact sheet