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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…

NASA Earth Observatory En regardant cette carte de la Terre dans la nuit publiée par la Nasa sur son site internet, une pensée peut frapper l'esprit: avec seulement quelques points de lumière, l'Afrique est littéralement le continent noir, en termes…

Source: Skyline Santiago City, Chile, Victorddt *An English version of this post can be found following the Spanish version El mapa político de América Latina ha cambiado radicalmente en las últimas tres décadas. Donde antes había gobiernos de facto emanados de…

Data has been variously described as the new oil or the new raw material of the 21st century. Like other raw materials, its value is not always immediately evident – specialist tools and effort are required to locate, extract and…

In April 2012, NASA led an international collaboration with government agencies and civil society organizations around the world that culminated in a two day technology development event called the International Space Apps Challenge. The goal of the event was to…

Courtesy of our friends at the guardian Public Leaders Network, the video below features Peter Ong head of the Singapore civil service, speaking about digital transformation in public services in Singapore. The video is also available on our YouTube channel. This…

This is the third in our five part series of Q&As with selected countries and their experiences with the OGP process at the national level. This post is a Q&A with Veronica Cretu, President “CMB” Training Center, Coordinator of the…

From hackathons to social media, open government is transforming the way that Mayor Bloomberg’s administration and New York City government serve the public. And there has been no greater testament to open government’s potential than the strategy and innovation in…