For the first time ever, the civil society members of the OGP Steering Committee will present an award to an OGP government, the inaugural OGP Government Champions Award. The award is being presented to the government they feel has been most proactive in embracing true co-creation with civil society counterparts. Three semi-finalists, all nominated by civil society partners in those OGP countries, are competing for public votes in the run-up to the Global Summit. This session will have the three nominating CSOs explain why they feel their governments are going "above and beyond the call of [OGP] duty," and offer participants a final chance to vote for their preferred winning government. The winner be then be announced later in the morning.
