Perspective

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 closed societies around the world.Bringing together…

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 citizens into government decision-making priorities, an inversion that led governments to…

« 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 réviser la procédure d’éligibilité  sur une recommandation du sous-comité des critères et des normes, après un…

    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 estado involucrado con la sociedad civil, desde organizar eventos…

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, mi copresidente para el próximo año,…

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 since a young age –…

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 forward to supporting the OGP community as we build…

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 treaties are only possible when there is…

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 Tanzania has opted to withdraw its membership of…

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. El porqué de este evento El…