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,…

Assessing how international multi-stakeholder initiatives are contributing to public governanceAdvocates of open government have created a growing number of public governance-oriented multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs).The idea behind these initiatives is to bring reformers together across sectors and national borders, to set…

Look at the person to the left and the right of you. If you aren't already committed to opening up public contracting and procurement in your OGP National Action Plan, the chances are that they have. In total two thirds…

Free%20wifi.jpg  Photo by: www.otvorenamreza.org - Volunteer from Otvorena mreza (Open Network) initiative provides free wifi to the group of refugees in Tovarnik, Croatia, September 20th, 2015.More and more nations are experiencing a refugee crisis, either as countries of transit or…

This is the first in a six blog series written by winners of the IDRC grant for research on OGP.Just a few weeks ago, 193 countries of the UN General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Members of…

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) aims to improve the quality of citizens' lives and their relationship to government. In order to do this, the countries in the Partnership have pledged to work through National Action Plans to improve access to…

Want to read this blog in English?TemáticaEn enero de 2009, el Presidente Barack Obama firmó el Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, en la que se reclamaba un gobierno abierto medido por la transparencia, la participación y la colaboración. Esta…