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For any government to move forward towards a better democratic system, it must find scalable ways to work alongside stakeholders and ensure citizen participation in the policymaking process. The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is an international, multilateral initiative launched in 2011 to…

OGP guide.jpg Photo Credit: By The Cabinet Office "OGP Annual Summit London 2013" via Flickr. As the Annual Summit of the Open Government Partnership was getting closer and closer, the call for organizing local events or the so-called “remote hubs” in…

One of the privileges of our work in the Transparency and Accountability initiative is the opportunity to bring together experts from every sector working on opening government. At OGP’s London summit, T/AI helped to organize a number of events, including…

Last week we published a headline list of commitments that countries made at the London OGP Summit. Some of these commitments are new open government reforms that will be part of OGP action plans being developed over the coming months,…

The past years of turmoil in the Middle East as well as anti-austerity protests in Europe and other on-going struggles for freedom of expression and political participation remind us of the importance of stable, transparent, and accountable government. In light…

This article originally appeared on the Guardian Public Leaders Network: Open Government 2013. The London summit of Open Government Partnership produced some plans and a lot of talk – now it's time to get to work. It took a quietly-spoken,…

  Following the Irish government’s letter of intent to join the OGP in May 2013, a tender was issued for an organisation to undertake the initial civil society (CS) consultation process on behalf of the Irish government. Transparency International Ireland…

El pasado viernes día 10 de mayo, el Departamento de Ingeniería Informática de la Universidad Rovira i Virgili de Tarragona celebró un seminario sobre Open Government y Smart Cities. En este seminario -uno de los primeros en abordar especialmente las claves del Open Government también…

Carlos.jpg El día 28 de octubre se ha celebrado en Barcelona, en el Palau de la Generalitat, sede del gobierno catalán, la I Jornada de Transparencia de la Generalitat de Catalunya (#TransparenciaGC).  En este evento focalizado en la perspectiva de…

This article originally appeared on FT.com and was written by Mo Ibrahim Leaders are embracing the idea that democracy is enhanced by information, says Mo Ibrahim. We have seen a global financial crisis triggered by bad corporate governance and increasing political unrest, from…