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The Business Case for Transparency
The calls from business for government action on transparency in company ownership are becoming louder.

June 8, 2017

2017

Announcing New Members of the OGP Steering Committee
We just completed an exceedingly important search for two new civil society members to join their fellow governments and civil society colleagues on the OGP Steering Committee (SC). The timing of thes..

June 5, 2017

2017

Strengthening the partnership with parliaments on the openness agenda
Last week parliamentary reformers from over 50 countries came together on a sunny morning in Kyiv, in the hallowed portals of the Verkhovna Rada, to begin talking about the non-trivial issue of how to..

May 31, 2017

2017

Open Government Partnership statement on domestic OGP developments in Mexico
The Open Government Partnership has been closely following the recent developments regarding the national OGP platform in Mexico. The decision yesterday by Mexican civil society organizations to leave..

May 25, 2017

2017

Breaking Out of the Middle-Income Trap: Open Government Approaches
This blog is adapted from Sanjay Pradhan’s remarks at the Asian Development Bank Annual Meetings in Yokohoma, Japan on May 5. The last mile to break out of the middle-income trap to reach high-inco..

May 24, 2017

2017

Open Data Barometer: 3 ways governments can stay at the top
In a political climate where ‘fake news’ and ‘alternative facts’ have become buzzwords, there is no better time than now for governments to embrace open government data. But that’s not what’s happe..

May 23, 2017

2017

Representatives of the Open Government Partnership Visit Baku, Azerbaijan, May 2017
On May 22 - 23, 2017, members of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Steering Committee and the Support Unit, will travel to Baku, Azerbaijan as part of OGP’s Response Policy process. The OGP Ste..

May 20, 2017

2017

Launching the Open Up Guide: Using Open Data to Combat Corruption
This post originally appeared on Open Data Charter. Corruption has a devastating impact on the lives of people around the world. When money that should be spent on schools, hospitals and other gove..

May 19, 2017

2017

New Plan, New Site
It was a cold gray day in late 2015 when OGP was forced to admit that their website, recently spit-polished but basically held together with bubble gum and paper clips and strength of will, had to go...

May 17, 2017

2017

Un nuevo plan, un nuevo sitio
Era un día nublado de finales de 2015 cuando OGP tuvo que admitir que su sitio web que acababan de pulir, pero que en pocas palabras se sostenía con clips y con la voluntad del equipo, tenía que renov..

May 17, 2017

2017

Is Nigeria still “Fantastically Corrupt”?
Originally posted on Medium. It has been a year since former British Prime Minister David Cameron hosted what many described as a landmark anti-corruption summit in London. Politica..

May 12, 2017

2017

One year on: How OGP can make the most of the 2016 Anti-Corruption Summit
This time last year the international anti-corruption community had its eyes on London, where a global Anti-Corruption Summit would take place and our leaders would make promises with the potential to..

May 12, 2017

2017