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The government of South Africa will serve as Support Chair on the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Steering Committee from October 2014, and Lead Chair in October 2015. Deputy Minister for Public Service and Administration, Ms Ayanda Dlodlo as Special Envoy…

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…

This week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit and surrounding events have engaged leaders, civil society representatives, and business people from 50 African countries in a number of key initiatives and dialogues in Washington. Not just across countries, but also within them, such…

The Government of South Africa and Civil Society Leader Alejandro Gonzalez to join OGP’s Leadership Group  In October 2014 the co-chairs of the Open Government Partnership will change.  As the Government of Indonesia and Rakesh Rajani complete their one-year term…

Miguel Ángel Blanes ha publicado el libro titulado “La transparencia informativa de las Administraciones públicas. El derecho de las personas a saber y la obligación de difundir información pública de forma activa”. Nos encontramos ante un trabajo de investigación en…

On every continent, parliaments are working together with civil society to ensure that legislative information and processes are open to the citizens those parliaments represent. And some of the most innovative digital governance and monitoring tools are being built around…

OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) is proud to publish the IRM Procedures Manual. In the spirit of being more transparent and accountable, consistent with OGP values, the manual is available here.   Who should use the manual? First, it’s the…

Photo: Open Government Indonesia Secretariat team and interns The Open Government Indonesia team is running a structured program which introduces open government to youth through an internship program. The main concept of the program is to educate these youth about open government in…

En años recientes, el estudio de los diseños políticos (policy designs) ha cobrado fuerza en la comunidad académica especializada en políticas públicas. Ofrecer un catálogo de instrumentos en gobierno abierto es una tarea ambiciosa que requiere como paso previo la…

This post originally appeared on TASC's blog, http://www.progressive-economy.ie/ and has been republished with permission from the author.  Ireland published its first National Action Plan on 23 July as part of the global Open Government Partnership (OGP).  The two year plan contains a total of…