The agenda of the Open Government Partnership Americas Regional Meeting was designed in a collaborative manner. The organizing committee (Argentina’s Ministry for Modernization, eight civil society organizations and OGP’s Support Unit) identified an overall structure of seven themes (citizen participation…
During last month’s Americas Regional Meeting, the civil society organizations that make up the open government board, both at the national level in Argentina and at the subnational level in Buenos Aires, showed their ability to challenge, inconvenience, and put…
Durante la cumbre de las Américas, el mes pasado, las organizaciones de la sociedad civil que componen la mesa de gobierno abierto —tanto a nivel nacional en Argentina como a nivel subnacional en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires— dieron distintas…
The City of Buenos Aires got a staggering response when they launched BA Elige in 2017, a competition that asked residents of Buenos Aires to nominate and then vote on projects to improve the city. 3.3 million people visited the…
Not far from Argentina’s capital, the Province of San Luis lies nestled between the Sierras de Córdoba mountain range in the north and the Dry Pampas grasslands sweeping out to the south and west. San Luis is home to two…
Originalmente publicado en Medium. Hace unos días celebramos en Argentina el Encuentro Regional de las Américas de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto. Quienes frecuentamos estos eventos sabemos que en la agenda encontraremos temas que directa o indirectamente son atravesados por…
Do citizens need to understand what open government is to benefit from it?#OGPArgentina has just ended, which means that civil society representatives, government officials, and activists in-between from the Americas have returned home with fresh ideas and possibly, partnerships. For…
What’s common in an Irish web designer marrying his same-sex partner, an Estonian pensioner designing options of her own elderly care, and a group of Macedonian activists voicing their plans for better civil society funding? Besides the fact they are…
When a country first joins OGP, and we speak with civil society and government for the first time, they are often surprised when they hear how many governments have included EITI commitments in their OGP action plans. Countries…
Keynote Remarks at Open Contracting PartnershipAmsterdam, November 28, 2017 I want to share with you a story – my story of how open contracting has been inextricably interwoven as a thread running through my personal and professional life. I…
This article originally appeared in The Citizen. The government of Tanzania’s recently announced, unilateral decision to withdraw from the Open Government Partnership (OGP) is disappointing, but not surprising. The recent evolution in the domestic political climate meant that it had…
