¿Quieres leer este blog en español? Theme In January 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, calling for an open government, as measured by transparency, participation, and collaboration. This statement has sparked the commitment of…

On September 29th, a group of Moldovan civil society organizations, government representatives, and World Bank colleagues (including some remotely from Washington DC) joined an event organized by the Open Government Institute, in partnership with World Bank and E-Government Center to…

In this section of the OGP newsletter, we feature individuals from government and civil society, and ask them about their experiences. Here is what Tamara Puhovski (Office of the Deputy Foreign Minister and coordinator of the Open Government Partnership in…

Earlier this summer we launched a call for proposals for research on OGP, with six mini-grants for the taking for ideas with the potential to inform the work of the Open Government Partnership. The rules were simple: the proposed research…

Want to read this statement in English? Como Co-Presidentes da Sociedade Civil da Parceria para o Governo Aberto (Open Government Partnership – OGP), expressamos profunda preocupação com as notícias de que o futuro da Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) está em…

Queres lêr isto em português? "As civil society co-chairs of the Open Government Partnership, we are deeply concerned about reports that the future of the Office of the Comptroller General (CGU) in Brazil is at risk. CGU was a founding…

It’s a quiet walk from the Tirana International Hotel to the Orthodox Church, but on the morning of September 10th I was surprised to see how many people joined me to head to the opening of the first OGP Western…

Want to read this blog in English? En enero de 2016, la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible entrará en vigencia. Para 193 Estados Miembro de las Naciones Unidas esta fecha marca el inicio del reto de 15 años para…

¿Quieres leer este blog en español? On January of 2016, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will go into effect. For 193 Member States of the United Nations this date marks the beginning of a 15 year challenge to effectively…

 PRESS RELEASE  Open Government Partnership Open Government Partnership Declaration in Support of 2030 Agenda New York, September 27, 2015 - At today’s ministerial-level meeting of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), members of its Steering Committee adopted the “Open Government for…

In the run-up to next month’s Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit in Mexico City, ADB and the OGP support unit recently co-organized an Asia-Pacific regional workshop for representatives from governments, civil society, and multilateral organizations to share what works,…

Washington DC, September 21, 2015 - At the Western Balkans OGP Dialogue 2015 conference held in Tirana, Albania earlier this month, government and civil society members of the Open Government Partnership issued a declaration calling upon "governments and civil society…