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OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP AMERICAS REGIONAL MEETING GIFT activities 

#FiscalTransparency

Buenos Aires

November

20-22,

2017

Meeting Activities & Objectives Four activities: 1 workshop + 3 OGP sessions

Workshop on fiscal transparency and public participation in fiscal policy

Fiscal Openness Working Group

GIFT public participation in fiscal policy awardHigh-Level Fiscal Transparency panel Exchanging experiences in fiscal transparency and public participationProviding technical assistance through peer-to-peer learningDefining next steps on FT & PP for my country

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Monday Nov. 20 – The Workshop

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iscal Transparency and Public Participation in the OGP National Actions Plans in the Region

International Public Sector Financial Accounts Systems: Where are we? (IFAC)GIFT AWARDS: Public Participation in Fiscal Policies, learning from Georgia, Portugal & MexicoWhen Demand & Supply Speak: Portals, Open Data, Social Media, Communication S

trategies (AR, CL, RD, SV, UY, GT, MX)

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Innovations and Advancement in FT and PP What are the most important challenges in communicating fiscal information?What

do we know about the quality of information that is being produced and published?

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do we know if we are doing it right? How do we correct and improve on a permanent basis? How can we assure sustainability of these initiatives beyond political shifts in our countries? Discussion animated by IFAC, GIFT, CL, UY, AR, and ALL

4Tuesday Nov. 21 – Fiscal Openness Working Group

THE WINNERS: Isabel Xavier, Participatory Budgeting, Municipality of Cascais

Giorgi Chakvetadze

, State Audit Office of Georgia: Budget Monitor

Héctor Robles, Farm Subsidies, México Responses by: Jese Gallardo, Ministry of Finance, El Salvador Daniel Torres, Treasury, Dominican Republic

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Tuesday Nov. 21

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GIFT Awards

Luciana Díaz Frers, Treasury, ARAlejandro Gallego, Secretariat of the Budget, Treasury

ARNatalia

Gherardi

, Latin-American Team for Justice and Gender, ARBudget transparency, for whom? Who are the users?Who opposes these efforts? What’s new in the field? What’s the role of fiscal transparency in the open government efforts in your country?How to make it last? What is the long lasting benefit for society?

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Wednesday November 22

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FT PanelArgentina from a Global Perspective

OGP Americas: budget documents produced internally but not publised

Using Open Budget Survey tracker as at December 2016:What budget documents/reports are being produced within government

in the region but are not being published or being published in time?

Publishing these documents could be (relatively) technically simple and low cost way to increase budget transparency

Publication would demonstrate commitment to open government as OGP member 8

Summary

Chile: publish Pre-Budget Statement (produced but not published in 2015 OBS, not produced as at end-December 2016)Colombia: publish Citizens’ Budget on time; publish Mid-Year ReviewDominican Republic: publish Pre-Budget Statement

Honduras: publish on time the Pre-Budget Statement & the

Citizens’ Budget

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Country results

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Argentina

: publish a Mid-Year Review (already publishing in-year reports)

Costa Rica: publish a Mid-Year Review (already publishing in-year reports)Guatemala: publish a Mid-Year Review (published late in 2015 OBS, not produced at December 2016, but in-year reports were published)Other low costs steps to increase transparency

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