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Empowering participation in Scotland: Lessons Learned

Public Participation — Seminar/Panel

United Kingdom — May 20, 2026 @ 2:00pm - 3:00pm GMT-00:00

Scotland

Host Organization and Partners — Scottish Government/Andy McDevitt (Independent Reporter)/Kelly McBride (Director of Capacity Building and Standards, Involve UK)

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In 2021 Scotland committed to empowering participation in Scotland. This was a bold and ambitious Open Government commitment that led to limited progress. But why?

Join Scotland’s Independent Reporter, Andy McDevitt alongside Scotland’s civil society partners and the Open Government Team to explore the achievements, challenges, and lessons learned from the last 5 years of participation in Scotland.

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For one week in May, come together to share ideas, discuss solutions, and commit to new levels of citizen participation in government.

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15 Years of the Open Government Partnership

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Fifteen years ago, OGP launched with a simple but radical premise: that government should serve the people, not the other way around. Over fifteen years, OGP has become the foremost global forum for advancing transparency, accountability, and public participation in government.

In an era of democratic regression and geopolitical fragmentation, platforms that sustain targeted collaborations among likeminded states and between governments and civil society are strategically vital. OGP is one of the few to endure.

The next phase requires action across the partnership: Governments forming cross-border coalitions to address common priorities; political leaders integrating openness into core national agendas; donors and funders sustaining investment and enabling scale; civil society continuing to propose, push, monitor, and demand.

The question ahead is scale and commitment.

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