This post originally appeared on the SunlightFoundation blog. Yeama Thompson, commissioner at the Right to Access Information Commission, speaks at IODC 2016.   It's been much more than a century in internet time since the founder of the World Wide Web…

Graphic by Nicholas Nam/World Bank   If you're like me, just watching TV or picking up the paper is a constant reminder of issues related to “governance,” and that's not just because it's also my job. People are not happy…

This blog is part of a series on how open government can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The series came out of a collaboration between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangkok Regional Hub and the Open Government…

To many, especially members of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), the logic that promises on paper must turn into action is a familiar one. But the ability to practice what is preached is not common in all international collectives and…

This blog is part of a series on how open government can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The series came out of a collaboration between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangkok Regional Hub and the Open Government…

This piece originally appeared on the Global Integrity blog.As regular readers will know, we've been making the case that adaptive learning — a structured approach to learning by doing — should be central to the open governance agenda, and is…

This piece originally appeared on the Transparency International blog.  We're not there yet. As the limos leave Hanghzou and life gets back to normal in a city quarantined for the G20 summit, the leaders of the G20 countries are taking home…

Want to read this blog in English? Las cumbres de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto son eventos políticos por naturaleza. La participación de líderes de gobiernos y la sociedad civil de todo el mundo representa una oportunidad para comprometerse…

Want to read this blog in English? La colaboración entre el gobierno y la sociedad civil es el elemento central de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (OGP por sus siglas en inglés). Es requisito para los procesos de consulta…

¿Quieres leer este blog en español? Collaboration between government and civil society is the cornerstone of the Open Government Partnership. OGP’s consultation requirements ask countries to “identify an existing or new forum to enable regular multistakholder consultation on OGP implementation”.…

Want to read this blog in English? El jueves 23 de junio de este año se llevó a cabo un referéndum para decidir si el Reino Unido debería permanecer o salir de la Unión Europea (UE). Más de 30 millones…

¿Quieres leer este blog en español? On Thursday 23 June this year a referendum was held to decide whether the UK should leave or remain in the European Union. More than 30 million people voted. The Leave Campaign won by…