Region: Africa and the Middle East
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Liberia
On June 12, 2015 the Republic of Liberia convened a Stakeholders’ Interactive Forum to Validate the Open Government Partnership Action Plan at the Ministry of Information (MICAT). Participants include..
July 10, 2015
2015
Ghana
Mr Pethuel A. K. Danyo, Deputy Director at Public Sector Reforms Secretariat in Ghana, responds to Ugonna Ukaigwe's blog post entitled 'Ghana's absence at the OGP Africa Regional meeting: did it matte..
June 26, 2015
2015
Sierra Leone
Successive Governments in Sierra Leone as part of its democratic renewals and post-conflict reform processes have made considerable efforts toward inclusive participation of Civil Society (CS) in gove..
June 24, 2015
2015
Ghana
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a voluntary multi-stakeholder initiative that began in 2011 with the aim of securing concrete commitments from government to their citizenry to promote transpa..
May 29, 2015
2015
Ghana
On March 3rd 2015, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) releases a report assessing Ghana’s compliance with OGP process and implementation of open gover..
March 3, 2015
2015
South Africa
Despite the reported importance of e-skills for successful open goverment data (OGD) initiatives, there are no studies found reporting on this topic. Hence, using the case study methodology, this stud..
March 1, 2015
2015
South Africa
In this section of the OGP newsletter, we feature open government champions both from government and civil society, and ask them about their OGP experiences. Here is what they have to say: Give one..
January 13, 2015
2015
Ghana
In this section of the OGP newsletter, we feature open government champions both from government and civil society, and ask them about their OGP experiences. Here is what they have to say: How does o..
October 27, 2014
2014
South Africa
The government of South Africa will serve as Support Chair on the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Steering Committee from October 2014, and Lead Chair in October 2015. Deputy Minister for Public Se..
August 8, 2014
2014
Sierra Leone
Freetown.jpg The Steering Committee of the Open Government Partnership has successfully submitted the Sierra Leone National Action plan on time mainly due to its cit..
June 17, 2014
2014
Ghana
Martin Tisne of the Omidyar Network in his blog The Missing Link: How to Engage the Private Sector in Open Government Partnership, discusses the nascent Private Sector Council, which was set up to pro..
March 25, 2014
2014