Open Youth: The Next Generation of OGP

This year, Croatia had the biggest number of searches on Google as a summer destination. Some of them (here we value quality over quantity) were searching for an elite training program for future world leaders - The Open Youth Academy.…

Rehabilitación de OGP en la Agenda Política de Croacia

Ivona Mendes, Investigadora Independiente de Croacia, email: ivonamendes@gmail.com ¿Qué pasa cuando la trayectoria exitosa de OGP es afectada por políticas electorales y termina siendo relegada? Croacia es un buen ejemplo de ello. Las elecciones parlamentarias se llevaron a cabo en…

Reinstating OGP on the Croatian Political Agenda

Ivona Mendeš, Independent Researcher for Croatia, e-mail: ivonamendes@gmail.com What happens when a country's successful OGP track record falls victim to electoral politics and ends up on the political back burner? Croatia is currently a good example of that situation, after…

Making sure there’s room for the P in OGP

The P in OGP stands for Partnership.  Not just any partnership, but a unique coming together of government and civil society to make progress on critical open government reforms. The model works best if government officials and civil society activists…

The Data Revolution and OGP: Ships Passing in the Night?

The belief that open, reliable and transparent data will drive better development outcomes in developed and developing countries is one of the founding principles of the Open Government Partnership (OGP). This can be seen in many of the more than…