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Across WhatsApp chats and Zoom screens, from Dakar to Rabat, a quiet movement is threading its way through Francophone Africa. It’s not loud, but it’s determined: a growing network of civil society actors working to reshape how governance is done openly, inclusively, and aligned with local realities.

À première vue, ce ne sont que des groupes WhatsApp, des échanges Zoom et des Google Docs qui circulent de Dakar à Rabat, de Douala à Ouagadougou. En réalité, c’est tout un continent qui s’éveille à l’idée d’un gouvernement plus…

From May 19–23, more than 40 countries participated in Open Gov Week 2025, a powerful, global moment to recommit to transparency, accountability, and participation.

In these trying times for civil society, our unity is strength. Here are six strategies to push forward during this difficult time.

Here’s our monthly roundup of updates from the OGP Local community for May 2025. Check out previous roundups! New Action Plans This month, three members delivered their first and second action plans:  Fuvahmulah’s (Maldives) first action plan seeks to create…

Commits to More Transparent and Accountable Governance Washington, D.C. — The Republic of Benin becomes the latest nation to join the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a global partnership of 77 countries and over 150 local jurisdictions working with thousands of…

Here’s our monthly roundup of updates from the OGP Local community for April 2025. Check out previous roundups! This Month’s Highlights At the OGP Africa and Middle East Regional Meeting in Nairobi, government and civil society representatives from 18 cities,…

This Open Gov Week, we are coming together to celebrate, inspire, and energize the movement

The recent shift in US foreign aid priorities is impacting the OGP community, platform, processes, and our collective ongoing efforts to advance open government reforms. Through three initial community sessions, OGP will provide a space for community members to share…

Europe Dialogues is a series of webinars designed for the European open government community, aiming to connect EU and wider European regional policy priorities with national OGP processes and stakeholders.

Benin has joined the Open Government Partnership.

Zambia has joined the Open Government Partnership.

Maldives has joined the Open Government Partnership.

Applications to serve on the Civil Society Steering Committee are published on a rolling basis. Public comments on the qualifications of the candidates are welcome by June 13. To share input for the Selection Committee’s consideration, please provide your comment…

OGP is pleased to announce the establishment of the Helen Darbishire Fund for Civil Society, designed to strengthen open government processes and reforms across OGP member countries.

Estonia’s sixth OGP action plan improved the framework for co-creative and evidence-based policymaking within the public sector. While civil society organizations actively contributed to action plan implementation, opportunities remain to improve the depth and timeliness of government feedback. The Government…

With over 23 years’ experience of working on justice, gender, human rights and more broadly on people-centered governance at global, regional and national levels, Swati is a strong believer in the value of partnerships to achieve meaningful change. She joined…

The National Agency for Information Society is establishing a governmental portal in the open data format. This portal initially will include the Ministry of Finance and Department of Treasury data for daily expenses by all central institutions and agencies. The…

e-Acts project aims to support the process of preparation, approval and submitting of legal acts (laws, decisions of the Council of Ministers, etc). It offers an extended collaboration process between ministries, working on joint acts and requesting opinions or suggestions…

Through the use of e-Parliament Project the Parliament of Albania will be able to harness the information and communication technologies in order to support its primary functions which are preparation, representation and approval of laws. The e-Parliament Project will also…