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A Campaign for Openness: Tbilisi Mayoral Candidates Sign OGP Pledge
Elections are sensitive times in Georgia, with rising media attention directed towards politicians. As a result, politicians have become more cooperative with the public, and use the opportunity to di..

October 17, 2017

2017

Open & Shut – Exploring the Opportunities of Open Data in Closed Societies
On September 21, Small Media and Iran Open Data hosted the first ever Open & Shut Conference in London, looking to delve into the challenges and opportunities offered by the open data movement in ..

October 13, 2017

2017

Participatory Budgeting: Spreading Across the Globe
Participatory budgeting’s (PB) roots lie in a radical democratic project led by the leftist Workers’ Party in Porto Alegre, Brazil in the late 1980s. Radical democracy includes incorporating ordinary ..

October 13, 2017

2017

La Révision de la Procédure d’éligibilité pour l’adhésion au PGO : Les justifications, la mise en œuvre et les remarques
« L’homme perfectionne mais ne parfait jamais » -François Gaston de Lévis Le Comité Directeur du Partenariat du Gouvernement Ouvert (PGO) a décidé le 20 septembre dernier de révise..

October 11, 2017

2017

Rostros del gobierno abierto: Danny Sriskandarajah
    Como secretario general de CIVICUS, alianza global de organizaciones de la sociedad civil, ¿Qué te atrajo a este trabajo? ¿Cómo llegaste hasta aquí? Desde que era muy joven, he ..

October 10, 2017

2017

Reconstruir la confianza
Para mí es un placer escribir mi primer blog como copresidente de la sociedad civil de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (OGP por sus siglas en inglés). Junto con el Gobierno de Georgia,..

October 10, 2017

2017

Faces of Open Government – Danny Sriskandarajah
You’re the Secretary General of CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil society organizations. What drew you to this work, and how did you get where you are today? I have been involved in civil society..

October 9, 2017

2017

Rebuilding Trust
It is a pleasure to share my first blog post as civil society co-chair of Open Government Partnership.  Together with the Government of Georgia, my co-chair this coming year, I look forwa..

October 9, 2017

2017

Empowering grassroots communities in Asia through effective public service delivery
This blog is part of a series on public service delivery for open government. As a development and human rights practitioner, I have realised that the translation of global goals and human rights t..

October 9, 2017

2017

OGP in Africa: Another sharp tool in the governance toolbox
The recent Open Government Partnership (OGP) High Level Event on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly brought sad tidings for OGP in Africa. It was announced that the government of Tan..

October 6, 2017

2017

Uruguay hablará de democracia, desarrollo y derechos humanos
El 28 y 29 de setiembre se realizará el evento de Acceso a la información como facilitador de los tres pilares de la Agenda 2030: Democracia, Desarrollo, Derechos Humanos en el edificio del Mercosur. ..

October 5, 2017

2017

Connecting governments with their people: Using technology to bridge top down and bottom up approaches
This blog is part of a series on public service delivery for open government. In the recent ”Open Government for Improving Public Services in Asia”  workshop in Manila, Making All Voices Count..

October 2, 2017

2017