Perspective

We are pleased to publish OGP's 2016 Annual Report, authored by staff in the Support Unit and Independent Reporting Mechanism. The report serves to capture a significant year of growth, reflection, and activities, as well as shine a spotlight on…

  An abridged Spanish-language version of this post appeared on the Inter-American Development Bank’s Blog “Abierto al público”. The OAS Fellowship on Open Government in the Americas is the only regional initiative that systematically works with the next generation of…

Article first published on Access Info Europe.Madrid, 10 March 2017 – It’s not often that your own colleagues working on democracy issues actually question the wisdom of pressing for greater transparency, but this has happened to me a few times lately.Most…

A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world. With hundreds of opengov events happening throughout Italy in celebration of the country’s Open Government Week, it is little wonder Italy took the…

This post originally appeared on the Making All Voices Count blog.Recent events are sowing doubts about the longevity of the open government movement. Elected leaders all over the world – from Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines to Jacob Zuma in…

This post originally appeared on the Association des Blogueurs du Bénin blog. On Saturday, March 4, 2017, in the premises of the fablab, Blolab hosted the Open Data Day in Cotonou in Benin. Like the 300 other events held around the world on the…

El año pasado, Open Government Partnership le encargó a vizzuality, una empresa de diseño y tecnología, un análisis sobre quién estaba utilizando su sitio web. Además, querían saber si esas personas estaban encontrando la información que buscaban (tal vez tú…

Serie con el resumen de la cobertura de los medios sobre Open Government Partnership en todo el mundo. ¿Qué tienen en común Francia, Ghana y Pakistán? Como otros países del mundo, sus medios de comunicación y canales de noticias hablaron…

Hace algunos años, la Organización Meteorológica Mundial organizó una conferencia sobre mujeres y servicios de información climática. Una parte importante de las discusiones del evento se enfocó en la promesa de los smart phones para acercar los datos de clima…

A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world.What do France, Ghana, and Pakistan have in common? Their news outlets all covered OGP in February along with a number of other countries…