scenarios where there is not control over all the factors, such as governments’ volition, that is part of the challenges. E. Other relevant meetings ●
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On 29 October Washington’s project team had a meeting with representatives of US DoS. The meeting was about the importance of the relationships with the stakeholders from 2015 summit. The meeting pointed out the suggestions about: including Panama into the project development, meeting with the government of Panama, organize a joint forum with the civil society organizations from Panama, the Consortium, Panama`s government and Redlad. The short‐term commitment was to facilitate meetings with the Panama and Peru governments as well as with the OAS Secretary for Hemispheric Affairs. In October the 26th Washington’s project team had a meeting with OAS representatives (Catherine Poignant and Beatriz Piñeres), to do a follow up of the meeting that was held in September. Besides, the meeting counted with the participation of Gabriel Bidegain, an Advisor of the Secretary General, Almagro, whom which Redlad’s Director met in June 2015. The Consortium member associated with the Caribbean, G.O International Academy of Learning and the Civil Society Board of Trinidad and Tobago, had been having informal meetings with Caribbean networks’ representatives, to present informally the project and gather their initial opinions. The team has been having weekly internal meetings to monitor the progress of the action plan. The meetings have been held in Bogotá and some others through online tools with the two members based in Washington.
F. Other Actions ● For the travel arrangements and accommodation for the kick‐off meeting, the project’s team purchased flight tickets and reserved hotel nights. In the process some obstacles were present, related with the cancellation of three itineraries already pay for. Attached to this document are the three waivers we needed for the purchase of three of the tickets. (Enc. 6) ● As an input for the Study of similar experiences of civil society participation in multilateral scenarios, the project´s team has had meetings with the Colombian participants of the Global Open Government Partnership. The objective of the meetings has been to understand how the civil society organizations participate in the partnership and how they organize between them (Enc. 6). ● As a final product of the kick off meeting, with the comments of the Consortium, the project´s team is finishing the working plan and organizing the project timeline by year. This timeline will be taken by each Consortium organization and they will outline their own timelines according to the general one. ● In the period reported all the administrative actions were performed to open up the exclusive bank account in Colombia where the funds related administrated in Colombia will be held. Project Objectives: 1. To develop and implement a Civil Society Council that represents CSOs across the region in monitoring and advancing Summit priorities. 2. To increase collaboration in consultation and engagement between CSO and OAS to present recommendations for the 2018 Summit‐ 3. To improve CSOs’ capacities to monitor the implementation and impacts of 2015 Summit commitments and to participate effectively in 2018 Summit processes. 3. Description of results achieved during the period, using indicators for activities, outputs and outcomes associated with your agreement. Activity 1: To develop and implement a Civil Society Council that represents CSOs across the region in monitoring and advancing Summit priorities
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