Commitments

The Partnership for Principle 10 is built around a set of shared commitments. These commitments serve as a statement of the Partnership's values and principles. The commitments set the parameters for the scope of work of the Partnership.

All partners, by joining the Partnership for Principle 10, commit to support the accelerated and enhanced implementation of Principle 10 at the national level and in their own policies and practice related to access to information, public participation, and justice by:

• Encouraging credible and independent assessments of policies and practice using a framework of indicators -- such as those developed by The Access Initiative -- to identify strengths and weaknesses in implementation;
  
  
• Collaborating with partners and other stakeholders to improve policies and practice by prioritizing opportunities and implementing programs to strengthen capacity and enhance performance; and
  
  
• Developing individual specific commitments and being accountable for them.

Each partner also makes a set of specific commitments. For example:

• A national-level civil society organization might commit to undertaking a national assessment every two years.
  
  
• A Ministry of Environment might commit to promoting improved legislation, developing a new public information system, and/or implementing a program of staff training related to public participation.
  
  
• A donor agency might commit to providing a specific level of funding to support the partnership itself, and/or support for capacity building in specific countries, and might also commit to improving its own performance in implement the access principles in its own operations in specific ways.

Specific commitments by the current PP10 partners are listed on the Partners page.