The Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) co-organized the First International Congress on Open Government and Governance, which took place from June 26 to 28, 2024, in Heredia, Costa Rica, and was organized by ECLAC, the Open Government Academic Network (RAGA) International and the National University (UNA) of Costa Rica.
The objective of the meeting was to provide a space for dialogue and reflection on the open State and new governance, among representatives of academia, national and local governments, the different branches of the State, representatives of civil society, the private sector and multilateral and cooperation organizations. The conferences were organized around five thematic areas (with their respective sub-themes) that considered the pillars of open government and its application in public policies:
1) Open governments,
2) Open parliaments,
3) Open justice,
4) Open Academy, and
5) New governance and innovation
Over the three days, the event sought to promote the creation of multi-sector collaboration networks between academics, professionals from various disciplines and other actors, facilitating the exchange of ideas and the generation of synergies that drive significant advances in the field of the open State and the governance of Ibero-American societies, from an inclusive and sustainable point of view.
The Executive Secretary of ECLAC, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, participated in the opening of the meeting via video, and stressed the importance of having new governance systems to properly manage the much-needed transformations in development models in the region, where collaboration among the multiple actors in the ecosystem and transparency mechanisms are essential.
At the same event, the Director of ILPES, Cielo Morales, gave a keynote address entitled “Panorama of Public Management in Latin America and the Caribbean: Moving Towards Open States to Address the Climate Challenge,” in which she highlighted the importance of openness policies in the public management cycle and how they are implemented to address the climate emergency. She also highlighted the role of the open State and digital government as accelerators for public management oriented towards climate action to create public value.
During the first day of the Congress, the second edition of the Recognition of Good Academic Practices in Open Government and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was held. The objective is to recognize and highlight local, national and regional good practices within the framework of the open government/State of the countries of Ibero-America so that they become part of the knowledge shared by the entire academic community, as well as by the public/private sector, regional and international organizations and actors, cooperating entities, and organizations linked in different instances of participation and collaboration. On this occasion, 17 projects were recognized out of a total of 73 that applied from different countries of Ibero-America.
The event featured the launch of the ECLAC book “Open State and Public Management: The Role of the Academic Sector”, which addresses the role of academia in its relationship with the paradigm of an inclusive open State and its public management, framed within the 2030 Agenda, openness, innovation, new forms of participation and collaboration of the sector and its projections within the framework of the exponential era.
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