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Ghana’s Absence At The OGP Africa Regional Meeting: Did It Matter?
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

Independent Progress Report Released on Ghana Open Government Partnership
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

Building open data capacity through e-skills acquisition
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

Faces of Open Goverment – Mukelani Dimba
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

Faces of Open Government – Vitus Adaboo Azeem
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 to Co-Chair the global Open Government Partnership
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

Strengthened Media Strategy Ensured Citizens Engagement
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

How an Open Private Sector can contribute to the OGP – and how open data helps its bottom line
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

Governance and Prosperity across the world
The past years of turmoil in the Middle East as well as anti-austerity protests in Europe and other on-going struggles for freedom of expression and political participation remind us of the importance..

November 7, 2013

2013

Analysis of the South Africa IRM Report
The South Africa IRM report captures well a reality which has been evident for a while. There is strong government commitment to accountability and responsiveness – but citizens are often excluded fro..

September 14, 2013

2013

Independent Reporting Mechanism releases South Africa progress report for comment
The Open Government Partnership's Independent Reporting Mechanism releases the first in a series of reports looking at the initial cohort of eight countries that submitted OGP action plans. First up..

September 11, 2013

2013

Holding Counties Accountable is the Next Challenge for Civil Society in Kenya
Devolution of government to the counties in Kenya requires civil society to be ever more vigilant if the objectives of devolution have to be achieved. This vigilance is especially required because Ken..

July 1, 2013

2013