White House Summit on Global Development -- July 20, 2016

In recent years, there has been substantial progress in promoting accountability and transparency as a means for achieving progress on development across all sectors, greater democratic governance, deeper civil society-government engagement, and improved foreign assistance delivery. This session served as an opportunity to reflect on how the United States works through and helps lead multi-stakeholder platforms, including the Open Government Partnership, to generate results at the local level, promote access to justice, and strengthen government accountability.

Moderator: Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Panelists: Rakesh Rajani, Director of Democratic Participation and Governance, Ford Foundation
Honorable Svitlana Zalishchuk, Member of the Parliament, Ukraine
Douglas Rutzen, President and CEO, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law