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Open Government In Action: e-Petition platform launched in Montenegro
  OGP participating government, Montenegro launched an e-petitions platform this week (9 Oct), which will enable citizens to submit e-petitions to the Government. The website, which is yet to be lau..

October 12, 2012

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Romania lacks a Local Democracy Barometer
Barometer perspective by RangiferOnTheRoof (via Flickr) Up until now, in Romania, we were familiar with the national development plans that the EU demands according to the Cohesion Policy. These ..

October 11, 2012

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Civil Society, Global Governance
The events of the past two years – from Occupy movements to civil unrest and revolutions – have served to reinforce the knowledge that global governance has new paramount actors. The primacy of regu..

October 5, 2012

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‘Open’hagen: an update the Danish national Open Government Camp
Groups discuss approaches to open government during a workshop at the Open Government Camp Last week (25th September), the Danish national Open Government Camp was held in Copenhagen.  Open Govern..

October 4, 2012

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Open Government Partnership – the UK takes the lead
This post originally appeared on Huffington Post Politics. The transparency movement has opened a Pandora's Box. It's transforming the world for the better. And now we have started, there's just no..

September 26, 2012

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National ‘Open Government Camp’ in Denmark
On 25th September 2012 Danish citizens, businesses, NGOs and public authorities will roll up their sleeves and set to work at a national 'Open Government Camp'. At the camp, participants will work tog..

September 18, 2012

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How public participation can change politics
British professional politicians are seen as excessively short term in outlook, secretive by nature and arguably unfit for making and carrying though the big decisions that government requires. They a..

September 7, 2012

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Open Government Partnership August Update
The OGP publishes a monthly newsletter. Want to receive it? Please email info [at] opengovpartnership.org with 'subscribe to OGP newsletter' in the header. This month's edition can be found below in E..

August 31, 2012

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Quality data = bigger savings
Last month’s post on how open data is a major factor of economic growth was an important analysis of the wider debate on the impact open data has on governance. Worldwide, businesses and public bodies..

August 24, 2012

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OGP Developments in Croatia – A Non-Governmental Actor’s View
Since Croatia applied to join the OGP in 2011 when the then government was more focused on parliamentary elections than on plans for the future, OGP related activities were run by enthusiasts from civ..

August 2, 2012

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Bulgaria shows progress on open governance commitments
A month ago the Bulgarian cabinet voted in a 33 point action plan for achieving open governance. The main goals of this plan are financial transparency, public registry improvement, public consultatio..

July 26, 2012

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What model for the south?
A snap survey conducted by Local Interventions Group in Kavre district of Nepal predictably reveals that in average 87% of the public are unaware of the money that the government is spending in thei..

July 23, 2012

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