OECD Global Forum & Public Governance Ministerial Meeting

The Global Forum  allowed participants to collectively explore an action-oriented agenda to rebuild trust in public institutions and discuss the key public governance challenges for democracy. Building on the work under the OECD’s Reinforcing Democracy Initiative, discussions focused on how to:

• Combat mis- and dis-information
• Improve representation, participation, and openness in public life
• Transform public governance for digital democracy
• Gear up government to deliver on climate and other environmental challenges
• Embrace the global responsibilities of government and build resilience to foreign influence
  

Discussions were underpinned by the results of the first OECD Survey on the Drivers of Trust in Public Institutions.

Ministers and high-level representatives from 38 OECD countries, the European Union, as well as OECD accession candidate countries, met in Luxembourg on 18 November for the OECD Public Governance Ministerial on "Building Trust and Reinforcing Democracy" to propose concrete actions to address the pressing challenges facing democracies today.