EPuM interview with Doreen Grove
Channel: eapccat
Date: 21/06/2022

Doreen Grove is the head of Open Government at the Scottish Government. She leads the Government’s participation in the Open Government Partnership (OGP), at both a national and international level. She is also a member of the OGP Practice Group on Dialogue and Deliberation. Grove moved into the Scottish Government Strategy Unit during the extraordinary times of 2013-2014 building up to the independence referendum, which, as an archaeologist and historian, was an interesting way to observe history at first hand. The change has provided her with a broad perspective on the world in which we live and the systems that affect us over time. Doreen Grove also worked in Historic Scotland for 25 years, later heading a division that provided the expertise to ensure that visitors to the 345+ monuments in state care were able to understand the importance of these monuments and where they fit within our shared past. In this interview we will talk to her about the present and the future; about renewal of democracy; openness; transparency and innovative participative processes to help transform how people interact with public services.