Open government is not a new concept. According to Wikipedia, the idea that government should be open to public scrutiny and responsive to public opinion dates back at least to the time of the Enlightenment. For decades now, the emergence…

Plaza Mayor.jpg En este artículo, ponemos de manifiesto la importancia del proceso de creación de leyes como un elemento que también puede ser indicador de la apertura real de un gobierno. Así, focalizados en el proceso relativo a la creación…

The International community recently came up with an initiative to promote transparency and accountability of governments around the world: the Open Government Partnership. Countries that decide to join the partnership have to accept certain rules and adopt an action plan that…

Tirana_View_from_Sky_Tower_4.JPG Around this time two years ago the Government of Albania finalized the draft Action Plan outlining 30 OGP commitments. Most of them aimed at improving access to information, accountability, and use of technology and information for transparency and accountability.…

El nivel de cumplimiento de los compromisos adquiridos por el Gobierno de Chile en su Primer Plan de Acción 2012-2013 es significativo. De un total de 19 compromisos cumplió 15 de ellos. No cabe duda que la administración del Presidente…

After a burst of activity around the time of the London Summit, I’m afraid it has been way too long since I’ve posted on the OGP blog. I now have a good excuse to check in.  Today we are publishing…

This blog post originally appeared on Salua Nassabay's blog and has been republished with permission from the author.  What is the first thing you do when you intend to execute a new project? You, of course conduct some research. In a…

There are a busy few months coming up for many countries participating in the Open Government Partnership. New two-year National Action Plans are currently being drawn up in two batches of countries – the Cohort 2 countries that joined OGP…

Martin Tisne of the Omidyar Network in his blog The Missing Link: How to Engage the Private Sector in Open Government Partnership, discusses the nascent Private Sector Council, which was set up to provide recommendations to the OGP Steering Committee…

How open is our administration and governance in Denmark? "Very open," you're probably thinking. But is it so? Do you for example know exactly what your municipality has registered about you? Or do you know how to access the information they have? Can you…

Hvor åben er vores administration og regeringsførelse egentligt i Danmark? ”Meget åben”, tænker du sikkert. Men er den så det? Ved du for eksempel præcist, hvad din kommune har registreret om dig? Eller ved du, hvordan du får adgang til…

Economists may argue about the precise mechanisms through which the quality of public governance underpins economic prosperity but organisations like the OECD and the World Bank have long advocated policies founded on this linkage. Their consistent advice is that greater…