Want to read this blog in English?La Secretaría Técnica de Planificación del Desarrollo Económico y Social de la Presidencia de la República del Paraguay (STP) había presentado a la Unidad de Apoyo de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto un…

¿Quieres leer este blog en español?The Technical Secretariat for Socioeconomic and Development Planning at the President’s Office of the Republic of Paraguay (STP) submitted a proposal to the Support Unit of the Open Government Partnership to carry out an exchange…

¿Quieres leer este blog en español?Here in the open government community, we talk a lot about "failing forward" or "learning from failure." This is part of what makes working for OGP so great. Governments and civil society can admit momentary…

Want to read this blog in English? Aquí en la comunidad de gobierno abierto hablamos mucho acerca de “avanzar a pesar de los fracasos” y de “aprender de los fracasos”. Ésta es una de las razones que hacen de trabajar…

At the recent Open Government Partnership summit in Mexico City, the OGP steering committee endorsed a new pilot program to bring subnational governments into the Partnership via an experimental two-year pilot program. As OGP steering committee members Manish Bapna, the…

The Open Government Partnership is just four years old, but already has the potential to help fight against restrictions on civil society space. It will only achieve that, however, if it helps countries develop  commitments that protect civil society and…

18 months ago we set out to develop a tool for civil society in OGP countries to assess how open and ambitious their governments were being in developing their National Action Plans. After countless drafts of questions and two rounds…

I am a huge fan of New Year’s Eve. It is not just the parties and the fireworks. It is the chance for honest and critical reflection on the past year. And the chance to get things right in the…

Public administration is evolving towards Open Government, a new paradigm that makes use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) but also changes the processes and information management within the public sector in order to bring the government closer to the…

In the third week of December, Nepal will be celebrating Open Nepal week, which will focus on the theme of open government this year. The Open Government Partnership (OGP), with its mission of securing concrete commitments from governments to increase…

Corruption is like a weed, strangling democratic development before it can take root and cracking the foundation of democratic institutions. Left untreated; even the strongest institutions topple. Like a weed, why is corruption so difficult to stifle and address?Every year…

South Africa recently took over as chair of the Open Government Partnership. This represents an important opportunity for the country, and Africa. The partnership is a voluntary initiative that aims to promote transparency, public accountability and civic participation in government.…