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This interview, conducted by Helen Crane, originally appeared on the Guardian's Public Leaders Network. You joined the Cabinet Office as director of open data and transparency in January. What will be your biggest challenge?  Promoting open data on the international…

El Mecanismo de Revisión Independiente (The Independent Reporting Mechanism, IRM) de la Alianza de Gobierno Abierto (Open Government Partnership, OGP), busca implementar un plan de investigación a nivel local en todos los países participantes del OGP, con el objetivo de…

The IRM of the Open Government Partnership (OGP)  carries out national-level research in each OGP participating country. The research tracks development and implementation of OGP action plans and individual commitments within the plan. In doing so, it aims to promote…

With the vast progress made in the sectors like food production, medicine, and communications in the postwar years, it is surprising to note that there has been much less improvement in the openness of government. This is a problem that…

On 29th May 2013, an African Conference on Open Government Partnership (OGP) took place at Serena Beach Hotel in Mombasa Kenya, under the theme of “Taking OGP Forward in Africa”. The OGP Initiative was started in September 2011, seeking to increase openness in government practices…

The first Open Government Partnership (OGP) Africa regional meeting was hosted by the Government of Kenya from May 29-30, 2013 at the Coastal City of Mombasa. The meeting aimed at outlining an Africa agenda for open governance, promoting OGP in…

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…

El Mecanismo de Revisión Independiente (The Independent Reporting Mechanism, IRM) de la Alianza de Gobierno Abierto (Open Government Partnership, OGP), requiere contratar personas o instituciones para desarrollar investigaciones a nivel nacional en 10 países hispanoparlantes, con el objetivo de evaluar…

We need your help to develop a citizen engagement chapter for “The Guide to Opening Government”.  In 2011, the Transparency and Accountability Initiative (T/AI) published “Opening Government” – a guide for civil society organisations, and governments, to support them to…

Hace cuatro años era utópico pensar un evento en torno a Gobierno Abierto y sus tendencias en Iberoamérica. Un grupo de jóvenes se unió y decidió crear la Fundación Sociedades Digitales, una organización de la sociedad civil dedicada a fortalecer…