Europe

On December 7, 2016, the Federal Minister of the Interior, Dr. Thomas de Maizière, announced the beginning of Germany’s participation in the Open Government Partnership (OGP). We are very glad to be part of this initiative and we are looking…

As OGP co-chairs in 2016-2017, the Government of France and World Resources Institute made climate change and sustainable development core priorities for their chairmanship. This resource explores benefits of a "whole of society" approach to climate governance.

Press release: German Government, 7 Dec. 2016 “Democracy means listening and reaching out”   Representing Germany’s Federal Chancellor at the Open Government Partnership Global Summit in Paris, the Federal Minister of the Interior, Dr Thomas de Maizière, today announced Germany’s participation…

Deutsche Fassung » Germany finally joined the Open Government Partnership on December 7th. Enthusiasm about Germany taking this step is high, since German civil society has been advocating for it since 2011. Though it had already been included into the…

The last year has been marked by a global rise of populist political projects, carrying nationalist aspirations of closed borders and ultimately revealing the deep mistrust of political elites and traditional government institutions. Globally, electoral defeats of liberal parties have…