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Advocacy to Action: OGP Supports “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence”
On November 25, 1960, the bodies of three sisters, Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal Reyes were found at the bottom of a cliff in the Dominican Republic. Murdered for their outspoken advocacy, the sisters and their driver had been…
Empowering Citizens, Opening Government
Exactly 20 years ago, in the early months of 1998, I was a student living in Indonesia, witnessing in person my first and only revolution. What started as a small student protest turned in a couple of weeks into a…
Tbilisi Final IRM Review 2017 – For Public Comment
In 2018, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published its assessment report for Tbilisi's first action plan, prepared by the independent researcher, Dea Tsartsidze. It covers the full action plan implementation period of January 2017 through December 2017. The IRM findings…
Seoul and the OGP Ten
As the government of the Republic of Korea welcomes open government champions from all over Asia-Pacific and beyond for this year’s Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting, here are a few things to expect. This year, eighty percent of OGP participating countries and…
OGP en Madrid: Reflexiones de un año piloto
Sobre la Evaluación del I Plan de Acción de Gobierno Abierto del Ayuntamiento de Madrid Acaba de completarse el ciclo del I Plan de Acción de Gobierno Abierto del Ayuntamiento de Madrid de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (OGP…
Ontario Final IRM Report 2017
Daniel J. Paré, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa, Independent Researcher The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a voluntary international initiative that aims to secure commitments from governments to their citizenry to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new…