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This is the first in a five part series of posts based on Q&As with selected countries and their experiences with the OGP process at the national level. This first post is a Q&A with Katarina Ott, Director at the…

India has joined growing number of nations that plan to use open data as a tool to promote transparency and greater citizen engagement in governance. Information is now easily accessible at the click of a mouse with the launch of…

This blog first appeared on the Huffington Post website. The movement for transparency and openness in government took decisive steps forward last week. As lead co-chair of the Open Government Partnership, the UK hosted the first ministerial level meeting in…

On Thursday October 25th 2012 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Fundación CiGob - Development of Science and Methods of Government along with Thinknet conducted a workshop about Digital Planning, which brought together experts and referents from the public sector related to…

About 80 representatives from 16 governments, international organisations and five civil society organisations came together on 10th December, 2012 in Rome to debate at the third European Outreach Meeting of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) dedicated to Transparency, participation and…

Making All Voices Count (MAVC) was launched at a big event hosted by USAID in Washington DC on 5th December attended by representatives from governments, NGOs, the private sector and technologists. This $45 million Grand Challenge for Development is based…

OGP Steering Committee Meeting Video of OGP Steering Committee Meeting   Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude, and newly appointed expert adviser to the OGP Independent Reporting Mechanism Dr Mo Ibrahim talk about the importance of inter-governmental co-operation and…

Meeting of the Members of the OGP Steering Committee The OGP Steering Committee has set out a Multilateral Engagement Framework for Multilateral and international organisations to take part in the Open Government Partnership (OGP). In order to take part, organisations…

On 4 December, 2012, members of the OGP steering committee gathered in London. Some of those present at the photocall towards the end of the day included Dr Mo Ibrahim, one of the new International Expert Panel members, UK Cabinet Office Minister Francis…

The UK's Cabinet Secretary was originally writing in The Independent about the motivation behind Whitehall's data crusade. For as many years as Britain has had a centralised civil service we have been rather good at collecting information. From the first…