It is hard to imagine an open government without open contracting. Around the world citizens are demanding greater transparency and influence over how their taxes are spent. Governments have been toppled over corruption and mismanagement of resources. This has made…
¿Quieres leer este blog en español?Civil society is at the heart of open governance. Civil society can push to make government more open, can be a user of newly released government information, can work with government to implement reforms, and…
MEDIA CONTACT:Steven Price, IRM researcher for New Zealand04 476 8119022 026 2997steven.price@vuw.ac.nz *** OGP Press Release ***For immediate releaseNew Open Government Partnership Report on New Zealand Finds Lack of Public Consultation and Ambition in Opening Up the GovernmentWELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND- Today the Open…
Why smarter climate change finance is crucial to implementing Paris Agreement.To many, budgeting might seem a dry and bureaucratic process. But UNDP’s climate governance and budgeting advisory services are demonstrating to governments across Asia and beyond the value of spending…
Ha sido el Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Región de Murcia, el primero en dar un impulso institucional de relevancia a la Justicia Abierta en España, gracias a su actual Presidente, Miguel Pasqual del Riquelme Herrero, a quien tengo…
¿Quieres leer este blog en español?Over the coming months, over 50 OGP participating governments will work together with local civil society organizations to develop ambitious commitments that improve the lives of their citizens through greater transparency, accountability and public participation.…
Friday, February 5th, marked the launch of the Open Parliament Action Plan in Ukraine and the endorsement by parliament of the Declaration on Parliamentary Openness. For Ukraine, the Open Parliament initiative has become a long-awaited opportunity to connect the…
We are pleased to publish OGP's 2015 annual report, authored by staff in the Support Unit and Independent Reporting Mechanism. The report serves to capture a year of activities, and shine a spotlight on some of the most interesting examples of…
Mounting anecdotal evidence supports the case for making open governance processes more transparent, participatory, responsive, and accountable to constituent demands and expectations. Sixty-nine national governments and counting have signed on as members of the Open Government Partnership, committing to rethinking…
Six months ago when I first joined the OGP as the Regional Civil Society Coordinator for Asia Pacific, early conversations with stakeholders in the community led to the identification of four key objectives for the region: broadening the base (both…
Hace seis meses cuando entré al equipo de OGP como Coordinadora de la Sociedad Civil de la Región Asia-Pacífico, en coordinación con actores de la comunidad identificamos cuatro objetivos para la región: ampliar la base (tanto en términos de países…
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