Events

On September 29, 2016, at 11:00am EDT we held a FacebookLive Q&A with: Ernesto Velasco OGP International Experts Panel Member Author of "Designing and Managing and OGP Multistakeholder Forum" Emilene Martinez Americas Regional Civil Society Coordinator Open Government Partnership You…

The Open Government Partnership celebrated its fifth anniversary at a Heads of State and Government High-Level Event on the margins of UNGA71. This event was co-hosted by the current and incoming OGP Co-Chairs and was an opportunity to reflect on…

The 2016 OGP Regional Americas Meeting was held in the city of Montevideo with approximately 500 participants from government, civil society, the media, and business from 17 countries. This event was co-organized by OGP, AGESIC, the President’s Office of Uruguay…

  El Encuentro Regional de las Américas 2016 tomó lugar en la ciudad de Montevideo con aproximadamente 500 participantes provenientes de 17 países y representando gobiernos, sociedades civiles, medios de comunicación y el sector privado. Co-organizaron este evento la AGA, AGESIC, la Oficina…

Photographs, Media Coverage, and Take-Aways from the the Meeting Over 500 high-level participants from civil society organizations, business, academia, multilateral organizations and governments attended the two-day Africa Regional Open Government Partnership (OGP) Meeting  at the Century City Conference Center in Cape Town under…

In 2015, the Open Government Partnership helped advance legislative openness around the world. As the robust legislative track at the OGP Summit in Mexico indicated, significant progress has been made advancing legislative openness through OGP and more fully engaging legislatures…

Visit OGPSummit.org for more information about the Summit. The Open Government Partnership’s Global Summit provides a wonderful opportunity for members of the open government movement to consolidate and build momentum, to reflect on what is working and what is not, and…

The first Open Government Awards are being presented to countries that have pioneered new approaches to citizen engagement in public policy and services. Thirty-three OGP countries nominated projects for the awards, which were assessed by an independent panel of judges.…

Speakers Susana Soto,   Directora de Proyectos y Co-fundadora – Abriendo Datos, Costa Rica Carolina Cornejo, Coordinadora de Proyectos de Rendición de Cuentas y Organismos de Control –Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ), Argentina Caroline Gibu, Socia…

Speakers Carly Nyst, Independent consultant and former Legal Director of Privacy International Javier Ruiz, Policy Director, Open Rights Group Description The right to privacy, recognized as a human right and enabler of other individual freedoms, is regarded as pivotal to…