Region: Africa and the Middle East
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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
Tunisia
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
South Africa
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
South Africa
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
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
Ghana
The late President John Atta Mills signed Ghana up to the OGP in September 2011, after which there was a prolonged period of inertia. It took a long time for the information to trickle down to the rel..
June 24, 2013
2013
South Africa
This post originally appeared on open up. I worry that civil society advocates working on Open Government Partnership are making a tactical mistake. There has been a lot of activity - rightly - arou..
June 14, 2013
2013