Direct actions, campaignsDirect actions, campaigns in Project Otevrete.cz – Open Society p.b.a.in Project Otevrete.cz – Open Society p.b.a.

Prague, Czech republicPrague, Czech republic

Example: Open x Close awardExample: Open x Close award

Warszawa 23.11.2011Warszawa 23.11.2011Oldřich KužílekOldřich Kužílek

Programs and projects implemented by the Open Programs and projects implemented by the Open Society, p.b.c., are related the following fields: Society, p.b.c., are related the following fields:

people's public participation people's public participation – Right to – Right to information – Project „open-it.cz“information – Project „open-it.cz“

police service reform police service reform equal opportunities for women and men equal opportunities for women and men culture policy culture policy social inclusion social inclusion social economysocial economy

Open Society p.b.a.Open Society p.b.a.

Project Otevřete.cz (Open-it.cz)Project Otevřete.cz (Open-it.cz) areas of our activities:areas of our activities:

ConsultingConsulting, , advisingadvising, strategic litiagation,, strategic litiagation, websites www.otevrete.cz websites www.otevrete.cz monitoring of fulfill obligation. Statistics.monitoring of fulfill obligation. Statistics. Background for litigationBackground for litigation Promoting openness through competition and Promoting openness through competition and

awardsawards contacts and discussion with legislators, officials, contacts and discussion with legislators, officials,

judgesjudges PublicationsPublications, , commenting in the mediacommenting in the media preparing of proposals for amendments of FOI act, preparing of proposals for amendments of FOI act,

monitoring of legislaturemonitoring of legislature,, Auditing of openness policyAuditing of openness policy

Golden Crest AwardGolden Crest Award (quality of websites (quality of websites of municipalities), of municipalities), partialy participation partialy participation

Open x Closed AwardOpen x Closed Award (International (International Right-to-Know Day)Right-to-Know Day) (2003-2011) (2003-2011) ((good good and bad examples of practiceand bad examples of practice) )

INFOLEAGUE competition INFOLEAGUE competition (rating of (rating of contents of voluntarily contents of voluntarily actively actively disclosed disclosed informationinformation))

Promoting openness through Promoting openness through competition and awardscompetition and awards

Open x Closed AwardOpen x Closed Award

Collecting nominationsCollecting nominations We collect nomination We collect nomination all year roundall year round Nominations are collected using an Nominations are collected using an

electronic form on our websiteelectronic form on our website Nominations shall be submitted with the Nominations shall be submitted with the

name and contacts, but the organizer name and contacts, but the organizer provides anonymityprovides anonymity

electronic formelectronic form

Nominated public body

Category of nomination

OpenClose

Subcategory of nomination

Access to information

Freedom to disseminate information

Public requirements

Participation on decisionmaking

electronic formelectronic formShort title of nomination

detailed description of the nomination

…and possibility to attach electronic documents

subject of nomination is only a single act

We don‘t evaluate complex activities of the public body

We verify the nominationsWe verify the nominations

Is it true? (it has really happened?) Is it true? (it has really happened?) we we need documents, we look to website, in need documents, we look to website, in some situation we contact nominated body some situation we contact nominated body etc.etc.

Bad acts:Bad acts: Is it a violation of law or good Is it a violation of law or good practice? practice?

Good acts:Good acts: it is something extraordinary ? it is something extraordinary ?

we publish on-line the state and we publish on-line the state and status of recieved nominationsstatus of recieved nominations

Verified, accepted

not accepted

Jointed with another

Or: „in checking / verifying proces“

Promotion of competetionPromotion of competetion advertisements on the Internetadvertisements on the Internet (Google) (Google) advertisements on the websites of some advertisements on the websites of some

public bodiespublic bodies E-mails to:E-mails to:

Discussion group about related topicsDiscussion group about related topics Clients of our advising hallClients of our advising hall Media and specially journalists, that has Media and specially journalists, that has

interested in openness of public interested in openness of public administrationadministration

Result of promotionResult of promotionNumber of filed and accepted nominations

44 4433

42 4557 55

43 4232 35 39

52 5058

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filed accepted

EvaluationEvaluation

Jury: TJury: Ten well-known independent en well-known independent personalitypersonality ( (journalist, former journalist, former Minister, former director of Minister, former director of Transparency International, a Transparency International, a lawyer, an expert on information lawyer, an expert on information technology, etc.technology, etc. ) )

After After checking and processing of checking and processing of nominationsnominations - j - jury members ury members assign assign pointspoints in the categories in the categories and and subcategoriessubcategories

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Award from publicAward from public

Good Good motivation for motivation for citizenscitizens

On web it is On web it is jointed with jointed with publishing of publishing of nominations nominations and and their their descriptiondescription

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short tittle of nomination

Voting on websiteVoting on website

Only one times from one IP address is allowed

mark selection

send

Enamel Signs

PricePrice

City of Plzeň has

OPENFirst place for openness

awarded by Open society 2011

City of Prague has

CLOSEFirst place for non-openness awarded by Open society 2011The same design like

names on streets sings in Prague

Open x Closed AwardOpen x Closed Award

awarding ceremonyawarding ceremony

Thank youThank you

Open society p.b.a PragueOpen society p.b.a PragueProject Otevřete.cz Project Otevřete.cz (Open-it.cz)(Open-it.cz)

kuzilek@otevrete.cz