Aims and outcomes

Project name: Open Government Pioneers Overall aim Outcomes
 * Open up the process through which government and civil society jointly works towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the UK

Outcomes:
 * 1) Empowered engaged citizens, leveraging their knowledge of SDGs.
 * 2) Political representatives have greater awareness of SDGs and types of actions required.
 * 3) Government officials have a better plan for involving citizens.
 * 4) Open government seen as instrumental, and a common good towards progressing SDGs.

Objectives By focusing on: Project streams Primary outputs
 * Securing government actions and commitments at the UK nation level (i.e. England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales)
 * Using the SDGs as a shared framework for progress
 * Mobilising civil society and citizens in open governance reform and sustainable development
 * Developing the capacity of civil society to influence reforms in pursuit of open government and sustainable development
 * Developing the capacity of government to open up policy processes in pursuit of open government and sustainable development
 * Developing engagement between civil society and governments, in order to improve governance and sustainable development within the UK nations
 * Developing learning on what works in opening up government for civil society activists across the UK, and internationally
 * Substantially increased and broadened memberships of the Open Government Networks for each nation
 * Campaigns and meet ups in each nation to connect civil society participants in the open government movements
 * Government commitments, via the production of Open Government Action Plans, that relate to a range of SDGs
 * Open and inclusive Open Government Networks, with well developed governance and terms of reference, in each nation
 * Conferences and learning webinars, at national, UK and international levels engaging other pioneers
 * Evaluation and monitoring outputs tracking the development of the movement
 * Online tools for collaboration within and between the nations, including:
 * Open Government Pioneers Wiki - a collaborative space for planning OGP interventions and actions
 * Development of digital platforms for engaging civil society in developing open government approaches to the SDGs
 * Open Government UK website: Policy blogs, articles and consultation responses from project partners to major government actions / developments against SDG framework