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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As the OGP topic becomes increasingly popular and even trendy around the world, post-Soviet countries (despite the long-time tradition of their officials building an imaginary glass wall that held them off their citizens) now also keep abreast of new instruments…
Un breve post (y una imagen, que vale más que mil palabras). He leído en diversas ocasiones y diferentes sitios que el término Open Government apareció en los años 70, y esto no es correcto. Hace ya tiempo que me…
Britain’s Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude delivered a speech alongside Acting South African President Kgalema Motlanthe to the delegates of the annual Government Leadership Summit in Pretoria on 2 April. While much of the speech focused on public service…
President Obama Welcomes African Leaders Video of President Obama Welcomes African Leaders So what our discussion has focused on is, number one, how do we continue to build on strong democracies; how do we continue to build on transparency and…
The Open Government Partnership Networking Mechanism is pleased to announce the next Webinar on Citizen Engagement on Law Making taking place on Thursday, April 25, 2013, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST. We hope you can join us. Please see the…
Originally posted on on 22 March 2013 on OpeningParliament.org During an OpeningParliament Google Hangout, Markus Schmidt discussed his study of the performance of the German, Swiss and Austrian parliaments against the Declaration on Parliamentary Openness. During the session, German PMOs…
As a part of its commitment to government transparency, the Government of Indonesia (represented by the President’s Delivery Unit for Development Monitoring and Oversight), National Secretariat of FITRA (The Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency, a CSO concerned with budget transparency…
El pasado diciembre, tuve el placer de moderar una mesa redonda, como académico y miembro de DATA , sobre la situación del gobierno abierto en Uruguay. Servidores públicos, organizaciones internacionales, desarrolladores, investigadores y activistas, discutieron que significa (al menos en…
Entendiendo el gobierno abierto: Una experiencia Uruguaya Last December 2012, I had the pleasure to chair in my academic capacity and as a member of DATA a round table about open government in Uruguay where government officials, civil society advocates,…
The digital revolution is here and governments are running out of places to hide. Policy Exchange wants your help to understand the challenges and opportunities ahead A couple of months ago it was time to renew my driving licence. This…
On Wednesday 13 March 2013 in Kampala, Development Research and Training (DRT) in collaboration with Development Initiatives – Africa Hub organized an Africacounts Roundtable Forum on Open Development. The ‘Africacounts’ round tables are multi-stakeholder forums designed to stimulate constructive dialogue…
In my previous post, I spoke about the importance of creating a democracy barometer, which would measure the level of democracy across countries to make comparisons easier. Instead of just identifying the need for this barometer, I wanted to explore…
Meet the 2025-2026 OGP Co-Chairs
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Beneficial Ownership Transparency in the Asia-Pacific
Every few years, an emergency arrives and governments move quickly to deal with it. How do we ensure that tech sovereignty rules aren’t used as a tool of repression through the tightening of civic space?
