AGENDA

5pm - 7 pm - Outcomes and Lessons Learnt

7 pm - 8.30 pm - Networking Cocktail

Open Government and Open Data have shown practical gains to advance and achieve transparency and development outcomes worldwide. By introducing modern collaborative and participatory methodologies of co-creation; public management is innovating together with civil society and the private sector in the design and delivery of new public services or social and commercial opportunities to productive sectors of the economies and to citizens.

For the last 18 months, the Trust for the Americas and the Organization of American States (OAS) have worked hand and hand in Belize with government, civil society and the private sector, under grant funding from the Embassy of the United States of America in Belmopan, towards the strengthening of central and local governments in support of advancing democracy and governance efforts through civil society engagement.

During the 18 months, the "Promoting an Open Government ecosystem in Belize" project was able to conduct capacity building training for Belizeans from various sectors through seminars, workshops and roundtable activities. This dedicated training enabled the creation of small government/civil society coalitions for the development of 7 hackathon solutions and 8 innovative projects through the sub-grants incubator. Today, Belize has ongoing open government’s initiatives well underway, while the project was also able to accomplish the insertion of the country at the regional level by joining 7 other countries in the pursue of open government through the Development the Caribbean (DevCa) initiative; coordinated by the Caribbean Open Institute (COI) in Jamaica. DevCa takes place simultaneously in seven Caribbean countries as a leading platform for the discussion on how digital and data impacts national development.

Finally, as the advancement of democratic governance goes hand by hand with economic development, the project also focused on strengthening the dialogue on how the Belizean private sector could harness the economic value of Open Data. Through a series of activities, the Trust, the OAS and the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) collaborated to bridge Open Data and business opportunities by launching a dialogue to find answers as to ensure a collaborative approach to unlock the economic potential of Open Data in the country, most notably within Belize's tourism sector.

Promoting an Open Government Ecosystem in Belize: Outcomes & Lessons Learnt

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