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Last week, Latin America advanced its commitment to open government with a regional conference in Santiago, Chile and welcomed Argentina as the 58th country to join the Open Government Partnership. Roughly 300 representatives from Latin American governments, civil society and…

In Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, we have taken the next step in building upon an already strong digital presence by launching our new openMontgomery platform. The platform consists of a series of tools that improve government transparency, service efficiency…

Echamos un vistazo a los compromisos de los gobiernos latinoamericanos y sus socios de la sociedad civil mientras se reúnen en Santiago para discutir la Open Government Partnership. De los 58 países participantes de la OGP, 15 son de América…

El encuentro regional de la OGP en América Latina toma lugar en Chile el 10 y 11 de Enero el 2013. El evento comenzará con Cristian Larroulet, el Ministro Secretaria General de la Presidencia de Chile. Larroulet comentó: El hecho…

Más de 500 millones de personas, o 86 por ciento de la población de América Latina ya vive en un país participante de la OGP y por eso, América Latina se está volviendo un líder global en gobierno abierto, con…

As Latin American governments and their civil society partners meet in Santiago to discuss the Open Government Partnership, we consider their OGP commitments. Of the 58 countries that make OGP, 15 are of Latin America and the Caribbean. 11 of the…

Watch the OGP Regional Outreach Meeting in Chile live in either English or Spanish. Let us know what you think of the meeting by tweeting us @opengovpart using #OGPChile. OGP-Chile-Live-Stream.bmp

Chile is hosting a Regional Outreach Meeting of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) for Latin America on the 10th and 11th January 2013. It will be opened by Cristián Larroulet, Minister Secretary-General of the Chilean Presidency, who commented: The fact…

With more than 500 million people or 86 per cent of Latin America’s total population residing in OGP participating countries already, Latin America is becoming a world leader in open government, with rich experiences to share both within and beyond…

NASA Earth Observatory   Click here for a French language version of this post Looking at this map of the Earth at night published by Nasa on its website, I am struck by an interesting observation: with only a few points…