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On September 21, Etalab and Civic Hall co-organized a hackathon in New York to contribute to the open government toolbox. This event followed the handover of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Presidency from South Africa to France during a ceremony…

El 21 de septiembre, Etalab y Civic Hall co-organizaron un hackaton en Nueva York para elaborar la caja de herramientas de gobierno abierto. El evento se dio tras el proceso de entrega de la presidencia de la Alianza para el…

On the margins of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) two weeks ago, alongside the heads of state and hundreds of civil society who crowded the streets of midtown Manhattan, we celebrated five years of Open Government Partnership. It was at…

In late October 2015, during the Global Summit of the Open Government Partnership, we participated in the first meeting of women from different countries of the world that work on different themes of open government, with the goal of strengthening…

When OGP started in 2011, it was, as we like to say, a small group of reformers committed to making governments more open, transparent, and accountable. While OGP itself had high-level political support,  a lot of the ideas the founders…

This blog is part of a series on how open government can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The series came out of a collaboration between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangkok Regional Hub and the Open Government…

As in previous years, Global Legislative Openness Week (GLOW) showcased the fantastic work being done around the world to realize the principles of open parliament. Organized by members of the Open Government Partnership's Legislative Openness Working Group, GLOW featured more…

A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world. This week, OGP news came out of six of the seven continents (sorry Australia). Uruguay’s Taringa, Terra in the United States, Mexico and…

This monthly news roundup recaps the OGP stories that generated the most media buzz across the globe for the weeks of September 5, September 12, September 19, and September 26. The biggest source of OGP news for the month of…

Open government initiatives have become a defining goal for public administrators around the world. However, progress is still necessary outside of the executive and legislative sectors. There is a need to know what openness in justice is, to explore its…