Open Government Partnership summits are inherently political affairs. The mix of government and civil society leadership from around the world represents an opportunity to commit to lasting change. From experience, this only happens when civil society pressure complements the political…

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 World Resources Institute blog. Nearly a year ago at the United Nations, world leaders endorsed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at putting the world economy on a sustainable track. In July,…

Seven countries voted against the civil society space resolution at the recent session of the United Nation’s Human Rights Council. These countries are China, Congo, Cuba, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa and Venezuela. The nine countries that abstained are Bolivia, Burundi,…

This post was originally published at the Asia Development Bank's blog. ADB has a growing and active governance and public sector management (PSM) agenda. In recent years, ADB’s investments in public sector reforms in its developing Asia and the Pacific…

  This piece originally appeared on OpenDataStudy. Brexit, as we now know, means Brexit. But what does it mean for open government in the UK? On the surface, nothing changes. Almost all the legislation, from Freedom of Information to Data Protection,…

La Iniciativa para la Transparencia de las Industrias Extractivas (EITI) es un estándar internacional que busca transparentar los pagos de las empresas de hidrocarburos y minería, así como los ingresos que los gobiernos reciben de los impuestos y regalías de…

This post originally appeared on the WaterAid blog. Social accountability is an essential part of efforts to achieve universal access to water and sanitation. Louisa Gosling, WaterAid’s Quality Programmes Manager, reports on key lessons heard at the Global Partnership for…

President John Pombe Magufuli has surprised and delighted many people in Tanzania and beyond, by some of the actions he has taken in his first few months as president. Together with his Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, the President swept through…

Después de cinco años, las ideas audaces siguen siendo una parte fundamental del modelo de OGP. Con ello en mente, diseñamos una serie de blogs enfocada en las buenas ideas para su incorporación en los planes de acción con el…

Five years in, bold ideas continue to be the currency of OGP, and sit at the heart of its race-to-the-top model. In this spirit, we curated a blog series focusing on great ideas for inclusion in National Action Plans (NAPs),…

The involvement and collaboration of governmental bodies, citizens and other stakeholders in order to promote open data and open government initiatives have been one of the achievements of the event “Open Government: Participate, Propose and Be Heard! Conformation of the…