Programme Content

The Core Four Day Programme Content

  • World-view of the challenges and opportunities
  • National Case Studies: drawing common lessons and shared obstacles to success
  • Political Will, Organisational Culture and Leadership
  • View from Information Commissioners: enforcement, implementation, training – creative solutions for the public service
  • Government perspective on training: examples of measures taken by governments to help public servants to comply
  • Records’ Management: tools – archiving; ICT
  • Users’ Perspective: civil society and citizens
  • Measuring Success: tools to help identify and meet standards
  • Resource Constraints: how to overcome shortages of money and skills
  • Voluntary/Proactive Disclosure: prioritizing disclosure; strategies for serving community needs; what to do when there is no legal requirement to disclosure (ie no ATI law)?
  • Relationship with other laws: whistle-blowing protection; data protection; administrative justice; archive management

The programme contains a combination of:

  • Keynote Think Pieces
  • Plenary session presentations and/or panels 
  • Tutor Groups
  • Problem-solving sessions: ‘peer-consultancy’ and/or developing in small groups an ‘ideal implementation strategy’
  • Multi-media presentations.