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I am a huge fan of New Year’s Eve. It is not just the parties and the fireworks. It is the chance for honest and critical reflection on the past year. And the chance to get things right in the…

Country: UkraineCommitment: Regulating Access to Communist-era ArchivesNational Action Plan: 2014-15 Access to the files of the Soviet period secret services and law enforcement agencies remains a sensitive issue. Many of the archives remain closed for researchers or difficult to access.…

Public administration is evolving towards Open Government, a new paradigm that makes use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) but also changes the processes and information management within the public sector in order to bring the government closer to the…

Open Mapping is transforming how governments and citizens work together by allowing them to co-create and support critical government functions with geographic maps and data. The OGP Summit in Mexico City launched Open Mapping within the partnership with a series…

This call is now closed. For more information and future opportunities, please visit OGP Local. La Alianza para Gobierno Abierto (AGA o OGP, Open Government Partnership) lanza hoy un nuevo programa piloto emocionante para involucrar a los gobiernos sub-nacionales en…

This call is now closed. For more information and future opportunities, please visit OGP Local. The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is launching an exciting new pilot program designed to more proactively involve subnational governments in the initiative. OGP is a…

Originally published on the World Bank's Governance for Development blogDaily life in Monrovia, Liberia on December 2, 2014.Photo © Dominic Chavez/World BankThe Open Government Partnership (OGP) just concluded its third Global Summit. Government, civil society, and development partner representatives from…

In this section of the OGP newsletter, we feature individuals from government and civil society, and ask them about their experiences. Here is what Gavin Hayman, Executive Director of the Open Contracting Partnership had to say:1. You left a big…

In 2011, the Transparency and Accountability Initiative worked with more than 20 expert organizations to put together the first Open Government Guide as a a resource for governments and civil society working to improve transparency, accountability and participation in their…

Every two years OGP participating countries are required to submit new National Action Plans (NAPs) which are co-created with civil society. This year’s NAPs were due by the end of June, and thus far 14 of the countries that were…