The civil society members of the OGP steering committee are proud to announce the inaugural OGP Government Champion Award! Now is the time to consider nominating OGP government offices, departments, or teams you feel are going “above and beyond” the…

A few weeks ago on 28 August Mozambican journalist and publisher Paulo Machava was shot dead while jogging.   Machava was involved in a campaign supporting an economist and two reporters who are facing national security and defamation charges. Their…

The World Bank Group sees the pillars of a more open and citizen centric government--transparency, citizen participation, and collaboration--as strategic priorities in its work on governance because they suggest concrete ways to promote shared prosperity. Having made significant strides to increasing…

We, young people from around the world, gathered here in Rovinj, Croatia, on 2nd September 2015 at the Open Data Youth Camp, to express our commitment to the principles of open, transparent, participative and accountable government, which provides efficient services…

On behalf of the Open Government Partnership (OGP)’s Legislative Openness Working Group (LOWG), co-chaired by the Congress of Chile and the National Democratic Institute, we are excited to announce that this year's OGP Global Summit, being held in Mexico City…

There is an undeniable trend of reforms and innovations that include fiscal transparency, accountability and public participation as ways to achieve better governance results. Within this framework, both civil society and governments have been pushing for more fiscal openness commitments…

It is less than a week now from the convening of Western Balkan OGP Dialogue, a conference that will bring together central and local governments as well as civil society organizations from a region much wider than the Western Balkans.…

Haidy Ear-Dupuy is a Social Development Specialist in the NGO and Civil Society Center, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department of Asian Development Bank. She supports the facilitation of civil society participation and engagement in ADB’s operations. She is an active member…

Summary NZ’s Action Plan is amongst the least ambitious of all 65 member countries in the OGP, and the process by which it was developed and is being implemented is a long way from the ‘co-creation’ between government and civil…

Dear friends and colleagues: In just a few days I will be stepping down from my role as the Executive Director of the OGP Support Unit.  I want to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support and…

We pledge to be more transparent at every level -- because more information on government activity should be open, timely, and freely available to the people. We pledge to engage more of our citizens in decision-making -- because it makes…

Country: Costa Rica Commitment: Public Institution Transparency Index National Action Plan: 2013-14 In Costa Rica there is no transparency index that measures all State institutions according to the same standards, nor a local body that systematically publishes reports on the…