Dublin page.jpg   Open government advocates sometimes struggle to offer a compelling vision of what they stand for. Too often the esoteric jargon around the issues obscures the fundamentals of an open society, in which civil society has space to…

The nomination phase for new OGP Civil Society Steering Committee members is now open (and will run to June 15).  If you know somebody or have the ability to engage strategically and effectively at the global level with senior government…

The last couple of months have been quite an interesting time for those advocating for open government in Italy. The Italian government officially began participating in OGP in September 2011 and developed its first two-year action plan in early 2012…

OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism is proud to release a beta version of the data from the first 43 IRM assessments. The release comes on the eve of the OGP Steering Committee Meeting (in Bali, Indonesia), the OGP Asia Regional Meeting…

When: Wednesday 30th April 2014; 9AM-10AM EST The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is launching an annual awards program to recognize excellence among participating countries and civil society organizations. The Open Government Awards will celebrate a different theme each year. For…

For immediate release  France becomes 64th country to join the Open Government Partnership Paris – At the Paris Conference on Open Data and Open Government, Minister Marylise Lebranchu today announced that France is to join the Open Government Partnership (OGP). …

I am part of an international project called "42 Voices About Open Government". The Catalan version was presented at the Mobile World Centre in Barcelona on April 10, 2014, with the participation of the Catalan writer Màrius Serra, who conducted…

This post originally appeared on Trust.org and has been republished with permission from the authors.  The demand from citizens for open, honest and accountable governments is common across the world. Any government that does not respond risks its legitimacy. This…

Macedonia.jpg “Two years ago I was in this alone and now it’s seventy of us” – said the national coordinator for OGP in Macedonia, Irena Bojadzievska, in her opening speech for the second public consultative meeting for the action plan…

Open Government, Open Data and Civic Engagement, as mechanisms for increased transparency and accountability, were identified as crucial elements for enhancing development effectiveness, in the context of the High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation. Participants discussed…

Open-Government-Awards.png Announcing the launch of the 2014 Open Government Awards! Today, at long last, we are thrilled to announce the official launch of the Open Government Awards competition for 2014, focused on the theme of citizen engagement.  As explained here,…

Bulgarian_Parliament_TodorBozhinov_041009.jpg On April 2, 2014, the Access to Information Programme (AIP), a Bulgarian NGO with 18 years of experience in advocacy for access to information, transparent and accountable government, launched the updated 2014 Active Transparency Rating of Bulgarian Institutions. The…