Open Government Initiatives for Climate Action and Sustainable Development
9-9:30: Registration; coffee; light breakfast
9:30-9:45: Welcome Remarks
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia
Kakha Kuchava, Chairman, Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Committee, Parliament of Georgia
9:45-9:55: Introduction: The promise and the progress of opening climate governance, World Resources Institute
Mark Robinson, Global Director of Governance, WRI
9:55-10:40: Empowering City and Civil Society Climate Action through Better Data Access and Availability
• Panel, featuring:
o Kakhaberi Mdivan, Senior Specialist, Climate Change Division, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture
o George Abulashvili, Director, Energy Efficiency Centre Georgia and CoM East CE for Georgia and Azerbaijan
o Renato Morgado, Public Policies, IMAFLORA
o Natalia Carfi, Deputy Director, Open Data Charter
o Moderator: Jesse Worker, Associate, Governance Center, WRI
Goal: To provide clear examples of the types of data city authorities and civil society need to best contribute to the implementation of climate actions and plans; highlight good practices and cautionary tales.
10:40-11:40: Engaging the public in planning for climate change: enhancing collaboration and partnerships
• Format: Workshop with breakout groups.
Goal: Provide space to share experiences in implementing public participation
processes and identify common challenges and innovations to respond to these
challenges.
11:40-12:05: Coffee/networking break and tool share
• Goal: Participants will be able to demo online platforms and tools to share data,
promote transparency, and enable citizen engagement in climate policy development and
implementation.
12:05-1:05pm: Using National Action Plan commitments to catalyze more
ambitious climate action: learning from the design and implementation of climate
commitments to date
• Format: Panel and facilitated discussion featuring:
o Federico Sosa Otero, Open Government Director General, Paraguay
o Carmit Lubanov, Director, Association for Environmental Justice Israel
o Maureen Kariuki, Regional Civil Society Coordinator for Africa and the Middle
East, OGP
o Delfina Grinspan, Research Analyst, WRI
o Moderator: Mark Robinson, Global Director of Governance, WRI
• Goal: Develop common understanding of how OGP commitments can support
implementation of the Paris Agreement through knowledge exchange and the
development of recommendations for more ambitious and actionable commitments
1:05pm-1:20pm: Key takeaways and calls to action
Jesse Worker, Associate, Governance Center, WRI
1:20pm-2pm: Lunch
