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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2016 was an extraordinarily rich year for OGP. We celebrated 41 new national OGP action plans, expanded to our first group of subnational participants, had rich regional meetings in Cape Town, Montevideo and Manila, celebrated our 5th anniversary at UNGA,…
The Open Government Partnership is a little over five years old. It has expanded rapidly from 8 founding governments to 75 today, and 15 subnational governments. Thousands of civil society organizations are now using OGP to co-create reform commitments with…
The content of this month’s OGP news coverage spanned a vast array of topics from shifting political orders, to open source debates in Taiwan and France, and renewed support for open government policies in Latin America. January saw the swearing…
Country: Latvia Action Plan: 2015-17 Commitment 6: Establish a sustainable model of funding non-governmental organizations (NGOs) In the recent OGP Summit in Paris, “civic space” was one of the hot buzzwords. Yet, when we look at OGP action plans, we…
How did you get involved in open government? What in your background inspired you to work in this field? If I were to provide a short answer regarding my involvement in the open government concept, then it would be “simple…
The mobile phone footage may be shaky, but there is no doubt about what is happening – and it’s a disturbingly familiar scene. A black protester struggles against half a dozen policemen, who are attempting to restrain him amidst the…
There are few that would disagree that a world free from poverty and injustice would require transformational change. We see leaders, government and non-government organisations, multi-lateral institutions make recurrent commitments towards such an end. While the idea of ending poverty…
The Global Summit in Paris mobilized civil society and governments around concrete deliverables The fourth Open Government Partnership Global Summit took place in Paris in December 2016. This unique multilateral event brought together a dozen Heads of State, hundreds of…
Are you a civil society leader committed to strengthening how governments work for their citizens? Join the OGP Steering Committee! 2016 was a big year for OGP. The Partnership completed five years, grew to over 70 countries, and brought its…
A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world. This week, OGP news coverage featured important updates from some of OGP’s partner organizations and touched on diverse themes, including the “digital revolution”…
Healthcare and public procurement both suffer from high levels of corruption and the point at which they converge, procurement within healthcare, is an acute vulnerability that is routinely exploited. But governments and civil society organisations are now taking action to…
Carleton University undergraduate students in Ottawa, Canada, are studying the link between communication and open government. In the class, the students examine how communication can be used to improve governance and to foster a more collaborative relationship between governments and citizens.…
Meet the 2025-2026 OGP Co-Chairs
Human-Centered AI for Kenya: Ensuring Inclusion and Rights
Beneficial Ownership Transparency in the Asia-Pacific
In Part I, I explored how the term “tech sovereignty” means being able to control technology and its effects. Part II explores that to do this right means bringing in more voices to make sure policies, and ultimately protections, work.
