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Is there a movement towards open government? Certainly the plethora of countries signing-up-to or expressing interest in joining the Open Government Partnership (OGP) indicates that there might be. One of these is Zambia, where there is mounting pressure to join…
AGA ha cumplido un primer ciclo en México. El periodo de implementación del primer Plan de Acción ha concluido con el año 2012, al mismo tiempo que la administración del Presidente Felipe Calderón, quien formalizó su adhesión a la…
The following post is one of nine articles published for a special supplement, Innovating Government on a Global Stage, produced for the Open Government Partnership in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR). To view the original post, please visit the…
People now live their day-to-day lives in a society that is fundamentally different from how it was before the new millennium. We are living in a world of globalization where open agile networking has penetrated every corner of our existence.…
The following post is one of nine articles published for a special supplement, Innovating Government on a Global Stage, produced for the Open Government Partnership in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR). To view the original post, please visit the SSIR website. The…
The UK is a global leader in open data but the picture is still mixed across government activities and departments when it comes to international aid information. Although the Department for International Development (DFID) accounts for the lion’s share of…
La transparencia es uno de los principios fundamentales que se asocian al Gobierno Abierto. La Real Academia de la Lengua Española (RAE) define: “Transparencia: cualidad de transparente (…) que implica claridad, evidencia, sin duda ni ambigüedad). Garantía: que asegura y…
The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) has been one year in practice, but neither EU politicians nor civil society organisations are happy with the instrument. Originally praised as the first tool of transnational direct democracy, “ECI Day” in Brussels on 9…
This interview was originally published on interhacktives.com. It is cross-posted here with the kind permission of the author. Countries that had dictators in power until very recently are now prominent when it comes to new Freedom of Information Acts. The UK system trusts…
The Open Government Partnership is a multilateral initiative which aims to secure concrete action plan commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance. There are over 50 participating countries, but now…
Ve este video interesante de la Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros de Perú sobre el gobierno abierto. El video apareció originalmente en el sitio de la Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros de Perú. Gobierno Abierto Perú Video of Gobierno Abierto Perú
This article was originally published on freedominfo.org and cross-posted here with the author's permission. The first country self-assessment reports on progress toward fulfilling their Open Government Partnership commitments are surfacing, with more expected in the coming weeks. Posted on the OGP…
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