Featured Commitment: Kenya Commitment 1: More transparent and participatory development of climate policies at the national and subnational level 2016 – 2018 Action Plan 2 OGP is the international platform for major players to launch big ideas to promote open…

In 2015, 264 million primary and secondary age children and youth were out of school. In 2016, 5.6 million children died before their fifth birthday, mostly from preventable causes and treatable diseases. In 2015, it was estimated that close to…

  “What we are trying to do is to support people to understand that enabling them to be part of the decision-making is not just something that we should be doing, it’s an absolute right.” These are the words with…

Adapted from OGP CEO Sanjay Pradhan’s opening remarks at the “Women and the Right of Access to Information Conference” at the Carter Center, Atlanta, February 14, 2018 I want to share with you a story from a remarkable woman, Lavalina…

« Se réunir est un début. Rester ensemble est un progrès. Travailler ensemble est la réussite. » - Henry Ford Après 3 projets et 6 ans d’attente, la loi sur le droit d’accès à l’information vient d’être enfin votée au…

Disclaimer: The following piece is written down from a deep love towards the tiny yet sturdy country called Estonia, also in firm belief that there is a lot of unused potential regarding further developments of the effective and flexible e-state…

Blog based on OGP CEO Sanjay Pradhan's opening remarks at the European Open Government Leaders’ Forum in Milan, Italy on February 5, 2018 I would like to suggest that the subject of the European Open Government Leaders’ Forum – participation…

A theme that surfaced consistently at the Asia Pacific Leaders Forum, hosted by the Government of Indonesia, was decreasing trust in governments. For countries committed to the principles and praxis of openness, this trust deficit could severely undermine the transformative…

“Using low cost open technologies to achieve high impact.” This motto has been inspiring the work of my organisation, GFOSS – the Open Technologies Alliance in Greece. Our view on Open Government derives from the need to have access to…

In this day and age, there are a variety of different platforms available for people to express themselves. Outlets like social media give us the power to publicly express our opinions. Just about anyone can make a Twitter profile and…

Net neutrality, the principle that all online content should be equally accessible without Internet Service Provider (ISP) interference, has become rather contentious and is currently at risk in the United States. Rules and policies involving net neutrality are designed to…

In October 2015, Canada oversaw a change in government as Canadians elected Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party. Built on a platform of “real change,” the party’s win can be attributed in part to its commitments of a more open…