As part of Armenian delegation, Varuzhan Hoktanyan, Project Director of Transparency International Anticorruption Center was among civil society groups that along with leading e-Governance experts, decision makers and donors met in Tallinn, Estonia on May 29-30, 2018 for annual Tallinn e-Governance Conference to discuss the challenges state faces when communicating with digital citizens and on May 30-31 for an Open Governance workshop to discuss e-democracy and e-participation in decision making and experiences and challenges that the OGP framework has accumulated.

Organized by the e-Governance Academy, the key goal of “Governance for Digital Citizens” conference was to help governments develop their use of e-services in a meaningful and future oriented way. It was discussed from four perspectives: digital citizen, digital rights and freedoms, personalized e-governance, digital platforms for digital citizens.

“Citizen involvement in decision making, Open Government and the EU Eastern Neighborhood” workshop was organized by Open Estonia Foundation. The Open Government Partnership is an excellent framework to advance the strategic goals on democracy, transparency and the rule of law and reforms on core areas of open government priorities in EU neighborhood countries.