Note on OGP Draft Co-creation Guidelines

These are very important goals for the OGP and the draft guidelines are largely successful. [...] The Centre for Law and Democracy is a non-profit human rights organisation working internationally to provide legal expertise on foundational rights for democracy. [...] For example, a key mechanism for consultation is the multi-stakeholder forum, which is defined in the Glossary to the draft guidelines as a “group of government and civil society representatives”. [...] There are a few wider references to “members of the public” but the focus throughout is on civil society and there is not a single reference to businesses or the private sector. [...] Second, the draft guidelines are organised around what the document describes as the.