OGP in the News – Week of November 7, 2016

A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world. It’s been a tumultuous week in international politics, yet the nature of OGP coverage remained relatively unchanged. The English-language online computer magazine PCWorld,…

Tough challenges and big opportunities: commitments to watch in the Americas.

To date, the Americas region faces a number of challenges in advancing  open government reforms. For many countries, insecurity, corruption and human rights violations are just some of the critical issues that governments need to tackle. Access to information and…

Why Open Government Can – and Must – Help Build Safer Communities

I recently attended an energizing meeting of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in the Americas, hosted by Costa Rica.  The event attracted the participation of more than 300 government and civil society participants from 17 OGP countries across the region. …

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…

Escriba para el blog de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto

Ustedes son los expertos así que ¿por qué no escribir para el blog de la OGP? Queremos artículos de entre 200 y 400 palabras, pero podemos ser flexibles. No le pedimos que escriba específicamente sobre la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto, sino que escriba,…