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Brochure2.jpg The Open Government Partnership is creating an onboarding pack to welcome new countries to the initiative and we want your opinion on what you think should be included. Your responses will help to inform and guide the materials that…

Are you a member of civil society interested in OGP? If so, take our online survey! It will help us understand how civil society can be involved more and more efficiently to improve the working of OGP. We will also…

  All UK Government departments produced an open data strategy in June – alongside the Cabinet Office’s Open Data White Paper – pledging themselves to big releases of datasets and innovative open data approaches over the next two years.  Although…

A month ago the Bulgarian cabinet voted in a 33 point action plan for achieving open governance. The main goals of this plan are financial transparency, public registry improvement, public consultation and corporate social responsibility. One of the most important…

A snap survey conducted by Local Interventions Group in Kavre district of Nepal predictably reveals that in average 87% of the public are unaware of the money that the government is spending in their villages for education, health and infrastructure.…

One of our Facebook followers, Paul Beentjes, posted on our page: You hear this a lot these days: "Open data is a driver of economic growth". But how can you explain this? True, the link is not always evident, but…

You are the experts. So why not write for the OGP blog? We are looking for articles of between 200-400 words, but we can be flexible. We don't ask that you write specifically about the Open Government Partnership but at…

4458527284_21d7409410_b.jpg   The British public could be given direct input into all new legislation if Government proposals published last week come into effect. The Coalition Government are currently piloting a new ‘public reading stage’ for bills to give citizens an…

When asked what he understood by Open Government during the OGP Brasilia 2012 meeting, Genc Pollo, Minister for Innovation and ICT in the Albanian government replied Open government is an international trend In the interview Minister Pollo put the accent on…

OGP Independent Reporting Mechanism Concept Note July 2012 I. Overview of IRM The OGP Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) is a key means by which all stakeholders can track progress and impact among OGP participating governments, as well as promote strong…