With the ink barely dry on the Sustainable Development Goals, naturally the just-completed Open Government Partnership annual summit focused on how greater openness can accelerate progress toward the goals.   The open government agenda is most closely linked to the ambitious Goal 16 on…

Excellent news from Asia Pacific - just announced at the OGP Global Summit in Mexico, Papua New Guinea (PNG) has joined OGP as its 67th member. PNG will work in concert with Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand and others to advance the…

Alas, it is the final day of OGP’s Third Global Summit in Mexico City and my first OGP summit. I joined the partnership exactly one year ago. As I celebrate my first anniversary I am astounded by what this multi…

¿Quieres leer este blog en español? Mexico City, Mexico –  October 29, 2015, The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit concluded Thursday evening with innovative ideas for using OGP framework as a basis for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),…

Want to read this blog in English? Ciudad de México, México  - 29 de octubre de 2015. La Cumbre Global de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (Open Government Partnership - OGP) concluyó este jueves por la noche con ideas…

● Three new countries signal their intent to join OGP● Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto presents prestigious OGP Awards● Winnie Byanyima officially becomes an OGP Global Ambassador ● So far 36 countries have signed The Open Government Partnership’s Joint Declaration on Open Government for the…

I am pleased to be able to attend this third Global Summit of the Open Government Partnership (OGP). UNDP is proud to be an official partner of OGP – indeed OGP’s overall agenda is very close to that of UNDP’s…

It’s easy to be cynical, especially when the UK is rethinking the Freedom of Information Act, but the OGP summit in Mexico can achieve reform I’m writing this having just got off the plane that took me to the Open Government…

At OGP Global Summit OGP welcomes Cote d’Ivoire to the Open Government Partnership South Africa becomes OGP Lead co-Chair Mexico City, 28 October 2015 – The Government of South Africa today formally took over the lead co-chairmanship of the Open…

The Open Government Partnership (OGP), a unique coalition of governments and civil society organizations (CSOs) dedicated to making governments more open, accountable and responsive to citizens, is hosting its Global Summit in Mexico City this week. The OGP recognizes that governments…

This article was originally published on the WRI website here. How can open government accelerate implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the post-2015 development agenda? That’s the big question on the table at this year’s Global Summit of the…

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit in Mexico City this week brings together more than 1,500 participants, including ministers, from around the world. While OGP member governments have made notable progress toward transparency and accountability through the four-year-old partnership, there has been…