CCC gets Open Gov Challenge Awards
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The Climate Change Commission (CCC) is among the recipients of the first Open Gov Challenge Awards by the Open Government Partnership (OGP), an international initiative launched in 2011 to promote transparency, accountability and citizen participation in government.
CCC received the award in the climate and environment category for increasing the accessibility of climate finance data, during the OGP Global Summit in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain on 9 October.
Climate finance data are information, statistics and records that track the flow of money used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate impacts. It shows the funder, amount given, where it goes and what it achieves.
The Open Gov Challenge Awards was launched in 2023 to encourage all OGP member governments (national, subnational and public sector institutions) to develop ambitious reforms in 10 priority policy areas related to open government.
It celebrates the most ambitious and innovative initiatives from governments around the world working to strengthen democracy through openness, participation and accountability.
Its purpose is to raise the ambition of reforms beyond business-as-usual in transparency, participation, accountability etc., and encourage governments to innovate and engage civil society deeply.
The winners are selected based on the following criteria:
Ambition — how far the initiative pushes practice beyond what’s usual, either locally or across OGP members;
Innovation — novel methodologies, technologies or approaches;
Sustainability — whether it can be scaled, institutionalized, or has long-term impact; and
Civil society involvement — to what extent civil society was engaged in design, implementation, evaluation.
Quezon City also won awards for Regional Winner for Asia & Pacific and Thematic Award for Civic Space.
The Philippines, at the national level, won for open contracting and got an honorable mention for strengthening public participation and accountability.
The Philippines co-founded the OGP in 2011 and has implemented several OGP commitments, including launching the Open Data Philippines portal; strengthening citizen participation in local budget processes; and enhancing freedom of information initiatives.
