Originally posted on in GovLab Blog. On March 13-17, 2018 The GovLab brought together two dozen crowdlaw experts from around the world to collaborate on developing new ways to include more and more diverse opinions and expertise at every stage of the…

A Government Open to the People, for the People, by the PeopleThis blog is adapted from remarks made by OGP CEO Sanjay Pradhan at the OpenON event in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on March 26th, 2018.Let me begin with a story…

Independent local governments were re-established in Estonia in the early 1990s, when most of the legislation on local government and its finances were written. The Constitution of the Republic of Estonia (1992) states in paragraph 154 the right of local…

OGP is all about action plans: governments identifying ambition for and making commitments to open government, ideally co-created by a range of stakeholders at home. But for the Partnership to be more than a set of disconnected action plans (including…

En Italia se llevaron a cabo elecciones la semana pasada para elegir al gobierno no. 65 desde la segunda guerra mundial. Ningún partido obtuvo la mayoría necesaria y aún hay incertidumbre sobre la posibilidad de creación de coaliciones de partidos…

En los Países Bajos, las próximas elecciones municipales se llevarán a cabo el 21 de marzo del 2018. Ese mismo día, habrá un referéndum no obligatorio en el que los votantes opinarán sobre la Ley de Servicios de Inteligencia y…

Cuéntanos sobre IDEA. ¿En qué está trabajando la organización y cómo está impulsando cambios en la democracia en todo el mundo? International IDEA es la única organización intergubernamental cuyo único mandato es impulsar la democracia en todo el mundo. Así,…

Desde su primer plan de acción en 2012, el Gobierno de Chile ha establecido un diálogo permanente con actores de la sociedad civil para la creación de reformas de gobierno abierto. Inicialmente, un pequeño grupo de organizaciones de la sociedad…

Sri Lanka – AP1 2015-2017 (2016-2018) Theme: Women in Political Governance Commitment 15: Strengthening Women’s Participation in the political decision-making process at the local level Across the globe, women have seen slow-moving and limited progress on advancement of rights and…

Initiatives like OGP have made substantial strides in opening a broad range of government data. This trend is particularly relevant to - and much needed in - elections, which are subject to basic democratic standards for transparency. With advancements in…

Italians headed to the polls last week to elect what one hopes is the country’s 65th government since World War II. No single party won a majority to form a government, and there is still uncertainty about whether parties will…

Tell us a little bit about IDEA. What work is IDEA doing, and how is it supporting democratic change around the world? International IDEA is the only intergovernmental organization whose sole mandate is to support democracy worldwide. As such, we…