Want to read this blog in English? El cierre del espacio cívico es una tendencia preocupante que está ocurriendo en diversas regiones del mundo. En este momento activistas de Azerbaiyán a Turquía y de Hungría a Honduras están enfrentando situaciones…

¿Quieres leer este blog en español? Closing civic space is a worrisome trend surfacing across regions. As we sit reading this, civil society activists from Azerbaijan to Turkey, Hungary to Honduras, are facing situations where their freedoms to operate and…

Want to read this blog in English? Si los ciudadanos no pueden seguir el dinero, la gobernanza no es abierta. A pesar de importantes avances abriendo presupuestos gubernamentales y promoviendo la agenda de datos abiertos, en muchos países los ciudadanos…

This blog was originally published on Asian Development Blog.   India.png A government public relations office in Mangalore, India.   In recent years there has been one critical instrument to making governments more responsive to citizens in how they provide…

An except from my Open Dialogue Forum speech in Ottawa with four open government recommendations for Canada:  We need political leaders making the case for open government internationally. It’s easy to be pessimistic about the direction of many countries. Sadly…

This piece originally appeared in the Jakarta Post. Data has become an inseparable part of our lives. Without data there would be no quality research, good policies and viable businesses. The annual fiasco concerning forest fires highlights the problem that…

Este texto forma parte de una serie de blogs que publicaremos en las siguientes semanas con el objetivo de difundir diversos temas sobre el gobierno abierto y dar algunas ideas que deberán ser tomadas en cuenta en el desarrollo de…

This post is part of a blog series we are running over the next few weeks to highlight core open government issues and give you ideas to consider as you develop your new action plan. Last week we looked at…

This post is part of a blog series we are running over the next few weeks to highlight core open government issues and give you ideas to consider as you develop your new action plan. Last week we looked at…

The world is currently home to the largest global youth population in history. The biggest mistake we can make is to assume this generation will be the open governance reformers of the future, when they can and must be at…

Introduction Thank you to Vice-Prime Minister Zubko for convening this meeting, to UNDP and Transparency International for all their support, and most importantly to all of the reformers from government departments and civil society organisations who have gathered here today.…

When it comes to open government, the issue of records management is not a natural headline grabber.  Yet the creation and maintenance of official records – from emails and diaries to briefings and minutes of meetings – underpins key open…