This series explores inspiring reforms by OGP members around the world, from tackling corruption through open contracting reform to addressing the challenges posed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
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This year OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) put out 18 new reports. For the first time, we have data on second action plans, with the eight OGP founding countries reports due out at next week’s Summit. So, what do we…
The Open Government civil society community comes together in bigger numbers and in greater diversity than ever before at this year’s OGP Global Summit. In Brasilia (2012) we were 200, in London (2013) 600, and when we meet this week…
On behalf of the Open Government Partnership (OGP)’s Legislative Openness Working Group, we are excited to share further information about the legislative openness events taking place at the OGP Global Summit next week in Mexico City. For open government initiatives to be…
This is the third in a six blog series written by winners of the IDRC grant for research on OGP There are several interesting developments on OGP in Africa that have taken place in recent months and others to look forward…
The new Open Data Charter, which is getting its second launch in Mexico this week, provides a launch pad for an assault on the silos of disconnected data that dot the information landscape of resource flows and socio-economic indicators. As…
At the Open Government Partnership Global Summit in Mexico City in a few weeks, government and civil society champions of open government will gather to learn from each other’s efforts to make governments more effective, open, and responsive. We hope…
Some important discussions on civic space – in other words, the basic conditions needed by civil society to hold decision makers to account, represent the voiceless and mobilise citizens – are due to take place during the Open Government Partnership’s…
By Adegboyega Ojo Co-authored with Niall Ó Brolcháin, Edobor Osagie, and Lukasz Porwol This is the second in a six blog series written by winners of the IDRC grant for research on OGP Recent findings from analysis of the Independent Reporting…
After receiving several compelling nominations, the judges for the OGP Government Champions Award have selected three semi-finalists for public voting. They are: Georgia: The Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) nomination for the Inter-Factional Group of the Parliament of Georgia…
In September world leaders adopted new and universal Sustainable Development Goals which set the world on a new pathway. The goals embrace the vision of truly socially, economically and ecologically sustainable societies and offer us unique tools to end extreme…
El Ministerio de Justicia, a través del programa de intercambio de conocimientos Sur-Sur del Banco Mundial, ha llevado adelante una iniciativa que ha tenido como finalidad aprender de experiencias similares para prepararse para el inicio del proceso de implementación de…
At OGP, one of the principles guiding our work is that open government reforms should ultimately benefit the lives of the average citizen. This means that while OGP countries can reform public policies and programs to become more open,…
Meet the 2025-2026 OGP Co-Chairs
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Every few years, an emergency arrives and governments move quickly to deal with it. How do we ensure that tech sovereignty rules aren’t used as a tool of repression through the tightening of civic space?
