A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world. This week, a diverse array of open government articles surfaced across Europe. Following the “Brexit” vote of June 23, a significant piece came…

Country: Mongolia Commitment: Improving Environmental Information Access for Citizens National Action Plan: 2014-2016 While Mongolia is a compliant country in the Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI), many agreements and contracts related to natural resources extraction remain closed and inaccessible to…

¿Quieres leer este blog en español? OGP is a global movement of reformers, trying to catalyze innovative ideas to create meaningful reforms. An integral part of this movement is the learning process, where governments, civil society actors, and citizens can…

Dear friends, colleagues and members of the greater OGP community, I began serving as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Open Government Partnership on May 6. It’s been quite a wonderful whirlwind of activity -- these first few weeks have…

Want to read this blog in English? Este mes presentamos una mirada retrospectiva a la cobertura en los medios para el mes de junio, especialmente algunas historias de recapitulaciones semanales más detalladas, (para las semanas del 30 de mayo, 6 de…

¿Quieres leer este blog en español? This month we are featuring a look back at press coverage of OGP for all of June, highlighting some of the main storylines from the month’s more-detailed news recaps (from the weeks of May 30, June…

Want to read this blog in English? Para los que trabajamos en la Unidad de Apoyo de Open Government Partnership a veces parecen complejos los componentes que conforman a OGP. Cuando llegué al Jamboree del Mecanismo de Reporte Independiente (IRM…

¿Quieres leer este blog en español? For those of us within the Open Government Partnership’s Support Unit, the different moving parts that make up OGP can seem complex. When I arrived at the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) Jamboree in Madrid,…

Want to read this blog in English? Francia será el anfitrión de la siguiente Cumbre Global de París del 7 al 9 de diciembre de 2016. La cumbre de este año es particularmente importante, pues se llevará a cabo poco…

France will host the next OGP Global Summit in Paris on December 7 - 9, 2016. This year’s summit is particularly meaningful, as it will take place shortly after the 5th anniversary of the founding of OGP. It will be…

Nigeria just became the 70th country to join OGP. What kind of commitments are you hoping to see from Nigeria in its first National Action Plan? We are glad to see Nigeria as a member of the Open Government Partnership.…

The Regional Meeting in Montevideo marked a milestone in the history of the Open Government Partnership: for the first time four local governments from Latin America officially participated – Buenos Aires, Argentina; Jalisco, Mexico; La Libertad, Peru; and San Paulo,…