This series explores inspiring reforms by OGP members around the world, from tackling corruption through open contracting reform to addressing the challenges posed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
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The issue of how to make a durable Constitution has once again become a major discussion among civil society and policy makers in Zambia. On 18th April, 2013, the Technical Committee Drafting the Zambian Constitution National Constitutional Convention (NCC)…
Ukraine has fulfilled only 55 percent of the OGP commitments after a year of the initiative’s implementation in the country – shows the research conducted by a coalition of experts headed by Transparency International Ukraine. A year has passed since…
In the months leading up to the global launch of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in September 2011, the UK government, like other founding members, was engaged in a process of designing the OGP – what it should look like…
La Fundación CiGob, junto a ThinkNet y el Gobierno de la Provincia de Neuquén, Argentina, organizan el 26 y 27 de agosto el Workshop: “Gobierno Abierto” en el marco del TecNap, un ámbito de encuentro entre la tecnología y la…
The recent developments in information technology have the potential to allow innovators to foster new approaches in the creation of better democracies. Open Government is one of the approaches that combines technology with politics with the emphasis on allowing private…
The Open Government Partnership summit in London is gaining momentum, as evidenced by the growing engagement from civil society organisations. The OGP is reaching an important milestone, with the closure of its first cycle of country commitments and independent assessments.…
‘We have learned that it is very difficult to raise awareness of the importance of participation and to engage citizens constructively in government policy-making processes,’ says Sladjana Pavlovic of the Ministry of Finance and General Secretary of the Operational Team…
“Do we really need to come up with actions for the Open Government Action Plan 2014-2015 for our sector or even for our department, within the Ministry? “It is desirable”. “But then, it means we will be responsible for implementing…
This post originally appeared on Shareable: CivicSystem This interview is with Sonya Rifkin, co-director and co-founder of the Community Democracy Project, which began in November 2011 in Oakland, CA. What is the Community Democracy Project's plan? A participatory budgeting initiative to…
This blog post originally appeared on the OpeningParliament.org Blog and has been republished with permission from the author. Last Wednesday (24 July 2013) in Bogotá, Colombia, Senator Hernán Larraín, Chair of the Chilean Congress’s Bicameral Commission on Transparency, announced efforts to create a…
It has been a hectic few months in the world of open government reform. Transparency and accountability issues have rarely been out of the news, be it agreements at the G8 on tax evasion and open data, debates over online…
The Netherlands submitted its letter of intent to join the OGP in September 2011 and the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations presented a draft Action Plan to the OGP Steering Committee in April 2012. This Plan was written…
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