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…

*Embargoed until 20 July, 12:00 pm Philippine Standard Time* MANILA, PHILIPPINES - 20 JULY 2016 - The 2016 Open Government Partnership (OGP) Asia-Pacific Regional Dialogue will be hosted by the Asian Development Bank on July 21st and 22nd at their…

Romania is very close to adopting its third National Action Plan, 2016-2018. The consultation process started in March. At the end of June, the Government published the final draft of the NAP, to be approved in the coming weeks. Both…

Ce mois de septembre marque le cinquième anniversaire du PGO. En cinq petites années, nous sommes passés d’une petite initiative en phase démarrage à un partenariat regroupant 70 gouvernements et plus de 2.500 organismes de société civile. Afin de marquer…

Governance data has been criticised in some policy circles as not being good enough or available for all countries. This was one of the arguments that almost lead to Goal 16 – which covers targets on everything from peace and…

This post originally appeared on the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency blog and is the third in a short series that GIFT is running to provide ideas for countries preparing their next Action Plans. The first two blogs looked at…

ENGLISH En septiembre de este año se cumple el quinto aniversario de OGP. En solo cinco años, hemos pasado de ser una pequeña iniciativa a ser una alianza de 70 países miembros y más de 2500 organizaciones de la sociedad…

A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world. This week, as OGP continued to receive National Action Plans from around the world, numerous OGP news items discussed the reception of the…

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…

ESPAÑOL This September marks OGP’s fifth year anniversary. In just five short years, we’ve grown from being a start-up initiative to a partnership of 70 participating governments and over 2,500 civil society organizations. To celebrate the milestone, we are making…

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…