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The Asian Development Bank and Open Government Partnership have agreed to work together to support transparency, accountability and participation efforts in the region. There are currently 9 countries that are participating in OGP who are also regional members of the…

La educación virtual anda entre desacreditada y sobre valorada por estos días. Por un lado, son muchas las críticas de los estudiantes respecto a la educación a distancia. ¡Que no le puedo ver la cara a mi profesor o a…

The protests in February demonstrated that ordinary people in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) want the country’s leaders to address core socio-economic issues, make progress on reforms, and most importantly, create new jobs.  The scale of the recent floods, and the…

Sie sind Experte, also warum nicht zum OGP-Blog beitragen? Wir suchen Artikel zwischen 200 bis 400 Wörtern lang, aber das kann flexibel gehandhabt werden. Es ist keine zwingende Voraussetzung, dass der Blog die Open Government Partnership zum Thema hat, es wäre…

Durante los últimos seis meses, la mayoría de los países que ingresaron a la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto en abril de 2012 y en el 2014 han trabajado duro para desarrollar compromisos ambiciosos que fomenten el acceso a la…

During the last six months, most of the countries that joined the Open Government Partnership in April 2012 and in 2014 have been working hard to develop ambitious commitments to foster access to information, civic participation and accountability. To draft…

Indoblog.jpg As one of the eight founding members of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in 2011, Indonesia was appointed to the chairmanship in 2014.This was just one step, though, in the evolution of OGP in Indonesia. The first step in…

This post originally appeared on Open Knowledge Ireland. Open Knowledge Ireland welcomes the announcement by the Minister that the suggested reforms to the FOI fees regime includes the removal of the €15 application fee for non-personal requests. On April 10th 2014…

Since Moldova joined the Open Government Partnership two years ago, the implementation of the Open Government Action Plan (OGAP) has been average, with around 53% of the actions being completed. The results are presented in two independent reports (“Evaluation report…

In a scenario of growing distrust towards political institutions, open government is today's keyword in the public debate on transparency, accountability and participation. It is often overlooked, though, that open government is also decisive in enabling a long-term growth strategy…