This post originall appeared on Trust.org and has been republished with permission from the author. In less than three weeks, the London Summit of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) will open. The agenda will range from the nuts and bolts…

Dublin.JPG As Ireland takes its first steps towards joining the Open Government Partnership, civil society has shown a strong appetite for more openness and accountability in government. A total of 62 proposals for inclusion in Ireland’s first OGP Action Plan…

This week at the World Bank’s annual fall meeting, I was part of a panel discussion on the IMF’s newly revised Fiscal Transparency Code. First, kudos to the IMF for publishing the consultative draft of the revised Code. The revised…

2013-10-02 Germany in good hands-bearbeitet.JPG This post originally appeared on Democracy International and has been republished with permission of the author. Following the federal elections in Germany on 22 September 2013, coalition talks are slowly getting underway. For democracy activists,…

Mt.Mayon_tam3rd.jpg The Open Government Partnership’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) has launched its fifth of eight reports; this one is on the Philippines and can be found below. IRM progress reports are carried out by an independent researcher under the guidance of…

There are just three weeks to go before the UK hosts the annual Open Government Partnership (OGP) Summit in London. The Partnership is now a truly global movement and the governments of around a third of the world population will…

fjord.jpg The independent progress report on Norway´s participation in OGP is a bittersweet read for a country that prides itself in its strong democracy and equal opportunities for all. Sweet, because it confirms Norway´s strong position in promoting gender equality…

Joining the OGP in April 2012, Moldova developed its first Open Government Action Plan (OGAP) for 2012 – 2013. The implementation of this action plan was made the responsibility of the central government, including the State Chancellery and the e-Government…

Rt Hon David Cameron MP 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA Cc: The Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP (Deputy Prime Minister), Rt Hon Francis Maude MP (Minister for the Cabinet Office), Nick Hurd MP (Minister for Civil Society) 8 October 2013 Dear Prime…

As the Annual OGP Summit is approaching, more and more discussions are taking place in OGP member countries around the Summit Agenda, opportunities to engage in the discussions, ways to exchange views on critical issues, what works and what does…

This was written on 1 October and originally appeared on Quoderat. Today, the US government’s data.gov temporarily went dark, and along with it, what is likely the world’s most important collection of open data sets: Open-data-2.jpg You are welcome to use this as a chance…

Tap.jpg I read an editorial on “open government” in the United Kingdom by Nick Cohen today, in which he argues that Prime Minister David Cameron is taking “Britain from daylight into darkness. Cohen connects privatization to the rise of corporate secrecy…