Tim Hughes

ACCOUNT NO LONGER IN USE Democracy & Participation Lead at @OpenGovPart | Former @involveUK director | After hours climber 🧗‍♂️ photographer 📷 & #itfc fan 💙

[Tim Hughes @TimJHughes]

Final post on here 👋 More-or-less left in 2022 anyway.
Find me here instead: https://t.co/3wZBNzY5Mw
https://t.co/SzyEm2T2XD

[mySociety @mySociety]

Excited to be welcoming a new cohort of exceptional trustees to mySociety: https://t.co/4xrablVPjh
A warm welcome to @TimJHughes, Ravi Gidoomal, @nigel_ball, @Anna_D_Scott, @al_scales and @allytibbitt - and sincere thanks to the outgoing @rachelerank and @Tony4Place.

[OECD Governance @OECDgov]

📢 It's #DemocracyDay!

To reinforce our democracies, it is essential that #CivicSpace is allowed to flourish.

On #InternationalDayofDemocracy, find out about civic space, and the measures governments can take for its protection and promotion.

📚 https://t.co/ws7zc2oyvq | 📺⤵️

[Byline Times @BylineTimes]

🔴Westminster's Two-Party 'Duopoly' Leaves Voters with ‘Little Choice’ and Lacking ‘Meaningful Voice’, Study Finds

Political distrust has often "been the first step in a sequence of autocratisation, resulting in the breakdown of democracy itself"

https://t.co/TvFjqyNEiO

[Institute for Government @instituteforgov]

The UK’s model of democracy and government does not put citizens at the heart of decision making.

So what lessons can the UK learn from other countries?

Read our latest guest paper from @TimJHughes https://t.co/o37ArTZWFi

[Bennett Institute for Public Policy @BennettInst]

[NEW] The UK’s model of democracy & government does not put citizens at the heart of decision-making.
What lessons can the UK learn from other countries?

@TimJHughes explores in a guest paper for our review of the constitution with @instituteforgov

https://t.co/8ngXnY0zuY

[Institute for Government @instituteforgov]

[NEW] The UK’s model of democracy and government does not put citizens at the heart of decision making.

So what lessons can the UK learn from other countries?
@TimJHughes explores in a guest paper for our constitution review with @BennettInst https://t.co/o37ArTZoPK

[Paul Vittles (now on Bluesky Social) @PaulVittles]

@hopestevep spoke about the @jordanlegacyUK petition this week to one of the people who designed & set up the Parliamentary petition process - which we can date as 47,780 petitions ago!

It's #democracy folks so let's use the process!

#DemoPart #DelibDem

https://t.co/PoPp9K6I9m

[Open Government Partnership @opengovpart]

Over the past two days, officials & civil society in #Albania were actively engaged in a training on participation & co-creation by OGP.

Great to see Minister @milvaekonomi opening this important initiative.

Special thanks to @ReSPA_EU for their support as funders.

[Milva Ekonomi @milvaekonomi]

Me kënaqësi ftova sot, pas një procesi të gjatë dhe një pune të palodhur, përfaqësuesit e institucioneve publike qendrore të ngarkuar me OGP-në, në një trajnim mbi këtë temë.

#OGPAlbania

[OIDP @oidp_org]

🔵 #PeoplePowered2023 member convening in Mexico City: Democracy beyond elections. Worldwide community of experts will be sharing on diferent mechanisms of participatory and deliberative democracy

[Josh Lerner @joshalerner]

Announcement: @dianadajer & I are leading a new global initiative to institutionalize participatory & deliberative democracy, with an amazing team of partners and support from @BrookingsInst & @RockefellerFdn. Share your ideas!
https://t.co/WVK1Dg7Pkl

[Open Government Partnership @opengovpart]

The draft agenda for the 2023 OGP Global Summit is now live!

Participants can send feedback until May 19, 2023. Want to learn more about how you can contribute to shaping the global summit? Here are four things you need to know on the #RoadtoEstonia.

https://t.co/GmIr0cd9NU

[Ipswich Town @IpswichTown]

⬆️ THE TOWN ARE GOING UP! ⬆️

#itfc

[Open Government Partnership @opengovpart]

Join OGP as it launches its 5-year strategy to make the Partnership even more responsive to the community of #opengov reformers & to better tackle the democratic challenges we face today.

Register for an insightful conversation with #opengov reformers ⬇️
https://t.co/MiBOXD3yDx

[Open Government Partnership @opengovpart]

The Prime Minister of Estonia, @kajakallas, invited #S4D2 participants to the #OGPEstonia Summit on September 6 and 7.

"The Summit will support strengthening the engagement of civil society and we will focus on open government in the digital age."

Watch her full remarks ⬇️

[Open Government Scotland @scotgovopen]

📢Are you interested in making Scottish Government more participative and inclusive?🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

We are looking for critical reflections on the Participation Framework and its application in future policy decision-making settings and contexts.

Sign up here 🔽✍️
https://t.co/VfcQqmehGw

[Open Government Partnership @opengovpart]

Join the OGP Democratic Freedoms Learning Network as they explore the value of civil society and how expanding civic space can help make countries more resilient and successful!

📅 March 16 13:00-14:30 CET

Register 🔽
https://t.co/3nCa43PBOB