The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) has been one year in practice, but neither EU politicians nor civil society organisations are happy with the instrument. Originally praised as the first tool of transnational direct democracy, “ECI Day” in Brussels on 9…
This interview was originally published on interhacktives.com. It is cross-posted here with the kind permission of the author. Countries that had dictators in power until very recently are now prominent when it comes to new Freedom of Information Acts. The UK system trusts…
The Open Government Partnership is a multilateral initiative which aims to secure concrete action plan commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance. There are over 50 participating countries, but now…
Ve este video interesante de la Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros de Perú sobre el gobierno abierto. El video apareció originalmente en el sitio de la Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros de Perú. Gobierno Abierto Perú Video of Gobierno Abierto Perú
This article was originally published on freedominfo.org and cross-posted here with the author's permission. The first country self-assessment reports on progress toward fulfilling their Open Government Partnership commitments are surfacing, with more expected in the coming weeks. Posted on the OGP…
As the OGP topic becomes increasingly popular and even trendy around the world, post-Soviet countries (despite the long-time tradition of their officials building an imaginary glass wall that held them off their citizens) now also keep abreast of new instruments…
Un breve post (y una imagen, que vale más que mil palabras). He leído en diversas ocasiones y diferentes sitios que el término Open Government apareció en los años 70, y esto no es correcto. Hace ya tiempo que me…
Britain’s Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude delivered a speech alongside Acting South African President Kgalema Motlanthe to the delegates of the annual Government Leadership Summit in Pretoria on 2 April. While much of the speech focused on public service…
President Obama Welcomes African Leaders Video of President Obama Welcomes African Leaders So what our discussion has focused on is, number one, how do we continue to build on strong democracies; how do we continue to build on transparency and…
The Open Government Partnership Networking Mechanism is pleased to announce the next Webinar on Citizen Engagement on Law Making taking place on Thursday, April 25, 2013, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST. We hope you can join us. Please see the…
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