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Date: Monday, March 27, 2017 - 11:30am to 12:00pm (Sao Paulo 12:30PM, London 4:30PM, Nairobi 6:30PM, Sydney 2:30AM) Location: OGP Facebook Page Archive: Blog: Global Co-Creation Week Facebook Live Remarks | Facebook: Video and recorded remarks OGP Facebook Live to kick off the Global…

Brazil was one of OGP’s founding countries and, since 2011, has been enacting national laws to enforce transparency and public participation as relevant parts of public administration. The access to information law and the public participation law, for instance, were…

Brasil es uno de los países fundadores de OGP y, desde 2011, ha promulgado leyes nacionales para implementar la transparencia y la participación pública como elementos clave de la administración pública. La ley de acceso a la información y la…

How did you get involved in open government - what is your personal story about why you joined the movement? I first learned about the Open Government Partnership from my friends at the Omidyar Network. I really liked the idea…

¿Cómo te involucraste con el gobierno abierto? ¿Cuál es tu historia personal de incorporación al movimiento? La primera vez que escuché sobre Open Government Partnership fue a través de mis amigos de la Red Omidyar. Me gustó mucho la idea…

A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world. Next to coverage of Open Data Day, this week’s OGP news came overwhelmingly from Eastern Europe. On March 4, over 250 events took…

This blog originally appeared on the Open Corporates blog. When the announcement of a public beneficial ownership register in Germany was made in November 2016, it was welcomed by the transparency community and investigative journalists. True, it wasn’t going to…

What started as a proposal made by civil society in the Italian national Open Government Forum is now becoming a reality. Following through on a commitment made in its Third National Action Plan, the Italian Department of Public Administration is…

In early 2017, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the progress report for Croatia’s second action plan. The report covers the development and first year of implementation of the action plan 1 July 2014 through 30 July 2016. In Croatia,…

In early 2017, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the end of term report for Greece’s second action plan. The report covers the full action plan implementation period of 1 July 2014 through 30 June 2016. In Greece, the report…

Sweden has made progress in improving access to information and public accountability primarily in aid and development. Yet the government could do more to expand the scope of future commitments by adopting a more holistic approach to open government. This…