On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 12:57:33PM +0100, Owen Blacker wrote:
> Ignore that they've got the headings the wrong way round, but it's nice to
> see that transparency is suitably high-profile.

Others at the Saturday session commented on that, too.

> Now we just need to hold them to these lofty ideals... :-)

There seems an actual commitment to deliver these objectives.
Certainly, in the area I have the most experience with at the moment
(transparency around the Extractives industry; #followthedata), I
genuinely (and remember how jaded and cynical I am) think things might
happen.


> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "10 Downing Street" <[email protected]>

>  The Declaration sets out governments’ responsibilities to make proper
> rules and promote good governance to increase transparency, open up trade
> and reduce corporate tax evasion.

>    - Empower people to hold governments and companies to account
>    - Agree to an Open Data
> Charter<http://number10.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7739f529e5d9bdba33423bc94&id=64de9b513d&e=d0ed2099d0>to
> make budget data and other government information public in an easily
>    accessible way.
>    - Common global reporting standards to make oil, gas and mining
>    companies payments to governments more transparent

Work on this has already started.


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    -- Francis Cornford

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