Europe
Madrid City Government adopts comprehensive package of open government measures
Madrid City Government, which is a member of the Open Government Partnership Sub-National Pilot scheme, in July adopted a Transparency Ordinance that shows just how much can be achieved where there is a serious political commitment to greater transparency. On…
Why Ukraine can do it
This piece originally appeared on the Open Government Institute website. I live few hundreds kilometers away from Kiev, Ukraine and this country is indeed close to my heart from different perspectives and various reasons! It is always a great pleasure…
Towards the conformation of the Third Greek OGP Action Plan: Open Knowledge Greece makes three commitments
This piece originally appeared on Open Knowledge Greece On the 5th of July in Athens, the open dialogue on Greece’s Third National Action Plan to the Open Government Partnership commenced where Open Knowledge Greece presented its 3 commitments for the…
Brexit and Open Government in the UK
This piece originally appeared on OpenDataStudy. Brexit, as we now know, means Brexit. But what does it mean for open government in the UK? On the surface, nothing changes. Almost all the legislation, from Freedom of Information to Data Protection,…
Romania’s new NAP: the civil society perspective
Romania is very close to adopting its third National Action Plan, 2016-2018. The consultation process started in March. At the end of June, the Government published the final draft of the NAP, to be approved in the coming weeks. Both…