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The European Ombudsman investigates complaints against the institutions of the European Union. Many of these complaints allege lack of transparency, with citizens wanting to know how and why particular decisions were taken by the Union administration. As well as investigating…

The Open Government Partnership posts written by us and our guest bloggers that have been read and shared the most in 2014 are: 1. New Co-Chairs and Members of the OGP Steering Committee are Announced (6 August 2014) 2. Tunisia Joins OGP (14 January 2014)…

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) provides an enhanced framework for dialogue and action in governance and anticorruption (GAC) in Honduras, promotes a country-led agenda, strengthens capacity for constructive engagement, and provides strategic orientation and coherence among various initiatives. It also…

Since I joined OGP less than a year back, I’ve heard demands from many people both inside and outside of OGP for more stories on how OGP reforms are benefitting governments, civil society and citizens – and what we’ve learnt…

In this section of the OGP newsletter, we feature open government champions both from government and civil society, and ask them about their OGP experiences. Here is what they have to say:  How does open government make a difference in…

Tras un año de trabajos en el marco de la investigación “Justicia Abierta: transparencia y proximidad de la justicia en el actual contexto de Open Government” -sobre aplicación de los principios y la filosofía del Open Government al ámbito de…

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. …

Every two years OGP participating countries are required to submit new National Action Plans (NAPs) which are co-created with civil society. As the largest batch of OGP participants joined in 2012, this has been a particularly busy year for countries…

All eyes were on Kathmandu this week, as Nepal hosted the 18th annual SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Summit from 22-27 November, 2014.  The annual meeting, convening the heads of state of the 8 member nations—Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,…

The OGP Eligibility Criteria update for 2014 has now been released. Many countries saw their scores change over the last year. Some adjustments in scores were a result of greater availability of data from the independent sources for the scoring,…