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This piece originally appeared on the OpeningParliament.org blog. ¿Quieres leer este blog en español? The Open Government Partnership (OGP) has always been positioned primarily as a platform. There are few detailed prescriptions of what member countries must do aside from…

Want to read this blog in English? Si los ciudadanos no pueden seguir el dinero, la gobernanza no es abierta. A pesar de importantes avances abriendo presupuestos gubernamentales y promoviendo la agenda de datos abiertos, en muchos países los ciudadanos…

A recap of the recent Independent Reporting Mechanism launches. It's been a busy few months at OGP. With the help of our partners and Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) researchers we've successfully released 36 IRM progress reports! These reports play a…

This blog was originally published on Asian Development Blog.   India.png A government public relations office in Mangalore, India.   In recent years there has been one critical instrument to making governments more responsive to citizens in how they provide…

MEDIA CONTACT:   Dietlind Lerner, Communications Director Open Government Partnership Support Unit [email protected]   WASHINGTON, DC- The Open Government Partnership (OGP) announced 15 subnational governments from around the world chosen to participate in  a new pilot program, established to promote…

While there is no shortage of enthusiasm for open data’s potential, nor of conjectural estimates of its hypothetical impact, few rigorous, systematic analyses exist of its concrete, real-world impact. In the interest of addressing this important informational shortcoming, the GovLab…

Country: GreeceCommitment: Open Data for Offshore CompaniesNational Action Plan: 2014-2015 Greece suffers from a massive tax collection and evasion problem. This is due in part to the fact that Greece has a large shadow economy where individuals and corporations earn…

Want to read this blog in English? ¿Qué tan importante es el gobierno abierto para ti y por qué es importante implementarlo a nivel subnacional? Desde que el tema de gobierno abierto se incorporó a la agenda de México, Jalisco…

¿Quieres leer este blog en español? Today OGP is announcing 15 subnational governments that will be part of a pilot program, designed to identify and involve more people in open government efforts around the world. OGP received 45 applications for…

Want to read this blog in English? A partir de hoy, OGP comenzará a trabajar con 15 gobiernos subnacionales como parte de un programa piloto que fue diseñado para identificar e involucrar a más individuos en los esfuerzos de gobierno…