Editing Wales Country Plan


== Outcomes for the Network: ==
Outcome areas:
* More engaging Government (including accessible, transparent data)
* Citizens are more engaged in Government.
* Citizens trust government more.
* Empowering people to engage better with government.
* Awareness/ understanding of what aspects of society get controlled by which layer of government.
Focus areas:
* Sustainable Development Goals, in Wales: Wellbeing of Future Generations Goals
* Equality
* Open Data

== Open Government Network Wales – Draft Action Plan ==
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|Activity
|When
|Leads
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| rowspan="9" |1.  Open Government Civil Society Network Wales established

·        Wellbeing Goals focus

·        Equalities focus

·        Open Data focus

·        Young people focus

Coalition of partners
|Create action plan, distribute:
* Partners (blogs, websites, social media)
* landing page on WCVA
* Open Gov website/wiki
|June 17
|WCVA
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|Internal training session in WCVA to ensure all officers/ networks are aware how Open Gov can work for their groups
|27 June 17
|WCVA, Involve
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|Mapping of expertise and connections regarding Open Government within the Network/ Wales
|June 17

|WCVA- OGN
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|At Belfast Open Government Pioneers Conference: Ensure representation of under-represented communities/ civil society
|Feb 18
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|Link into networks re. equal opportunities to engage
|July 17
|Equalities & Human Rights Coalition, WCVA, Co-Production Network...
Co-Production Network for Wales or Co-Production Practioners Network for Wales (?)
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|Tender for equalities work/events
|Aug 17
|Open Government Network through WCVA
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|Publish good practice examples:

- engagement / participation in policy/service design

- what open data can achieve

Select several wellbeing goals for focus
|Ongoing
|WCVA
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|Engagement & Involvement workshops

-        Public Sector (WG, LA)
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|WCVA link to civil society

ERS Cymru

NAW

OFGC
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|Open data workshops/ webinars:

i.e. Stats Wales:

-Public sector

-Third sector

Training to third sector on :

1. Finding, manipulating and downloading data using the website.

2.  An explanation of open data and its       benefits.

3.  Accessing StatsWales open data directly using Microsoft Excel/PowerBI.
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|WCVA as link to civil society, promo and host webinar?

Led by Welsh Government – Stats Wales

WAO

ODI

ODI Cardiff Node (?)
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|Develop young people democracy/ data project?
|Bid in autumn 17
|WCVA #IWILL network of ambassadors through external funding?

Link to NAW work on young people engagement
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|Develop Intro to Welsh Politics internal training module for WCVA inc Open Government section
|Mar 18
|WCVA – JG & LR
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| rowspan="7" |2. Engage civil society in PSBs to co-produce wellbeing plans

-        Ensure Local Authority Buy-In for Open Government approaches

To achieve better quality/ efficiency in local services and public services to be more open
|Wellbeing plans event
|July 2017
|Office Future Generations Commissioner
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|Work around Disengaged Citizens
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|Office Future Generations Commissioner

ERS
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|Open Government and Wellbeing Goals webinar
|Nov 17
|Open Gov Network Wales
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|TSSW (WCVA and CVCs)
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|WAO – Good Practice Exchange
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|Community Voice work?
|Gofod3 March 18
|CVCs
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|Co-pro events around collaboration between third sector and government
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|Co-Pro Network Wales
Co-Production Network for Wales or Co-Production Practioners Network for Wales (?)
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| rowspan="3" |3. Civil society scrutiny on legislation - consultations
|Event/ webinar for third sector 'encouraging more contributions from civil society and academics into developing and scrutinising Government policy and legislation'.
* How to respond
* How to consult better
|Ongoing
|National Assembly Wales , WG, WISERD

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|Alternative facilitation techniques for consultations
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|WCVA Networks

Participation Cymru
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|4. Civil society input into Welsh Government commitments for Open Government Action Plan 2018-20
|Crowdsource next Action plan commitments
|Launch at Eisteddfod August 17 (online platform)

FM to announce?
|Welsh Government – via Digital Office
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|Network meeting to further build commitments on ideas
|Early Sept 17
|WCVA, Welsh Government
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