Santiago is Paraguay’s Point of Contact for the Open Government Partnership.  He works in the Technical Secretariat for Planning. How does open government make a difference in people's lives in your country? Paraguay, like most Latin American countries, has a representative…

Want to read this blog in English? En Agesic, desde su creación, hemos entendido que las formas de la democracia son estructuras cambiantes, que deben adaptarse ya no a los esquemas de proyectos o políticas aisladas, sino a la evolución que…

¿Quieres leer este blog en español? Since the creation of AGESIC, we have understood that democracy involves structures that change and should adapt – though no longer according to the schemes of projects or isolated policies, but to the evolution…

Want to read this blog in English? En octobre 2015, lors du Sommet Mondial du Partenariat pour un Gouvernement Ouvert (PGO) au Mexique, la Côte d’Ivoire devint officiellement le premier pays sub-saharien francophone membre du PGO. Une étape importante pour…

This piece originally appeared on the Huffington Post blog. The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a bold initiative between governments and civil society organizations that seeks to make governments more open, accountable and responsive to citizens. In less than five…

You were very involved in bringing OGP to life. Are you surprised at how it’s developed? It’s all happened quickly. For several years a motley crew of us worked on the idea of open government, open budgets, open data –…

  This piece originally appeared in the World Bank Governance for Development blog.  I have worked on public procurement and governance for most of my life. But I have never been more excited to finally have a solution at hand…

Want to read this blog in English? En octubre de 2015 durante la Cumbre Global de Open Government Partnership (OGP) que se llevó a cabo en México, Costa de Marfil se unió a esta iniciativa internacional, siendo el primer miembro…

  Voulez-vous lire ce blog en français? ¿Quieres leer este blog en español? In October 2015, during the Global Summit of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in Mexico, Côte d’Ivoire officially became the international initiative’s first sub-Saharan Francophone member. This is…

For nearly two years, government schools in the Kasungu district of Malawi faced regular shortages of textbooks and other teaching materials, affecting the students’ ability to learn. To address the problem, a network of local civil society groups carried out…

At the Paris climate conference (COP21) in December 2015 countries adopted a legally binding global climate Agreement that seeks to avoid the impacts of climate change by limiting global warming to below 2°C. The Paris Agreement demands that countries can…

Want to read this blog in English? ¿Qué tan importante es el gobierno abierto para ti y por qué es importante implementarlo a nivel subnacional? Desde que el tema de gobierno abierto se incorporó a la agenda de México, Jalisco…