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How the Open Government Partnership is boosting COP effectiveness Collective Action: A love-hate relationship Collective action presents challenges that are widely recognized, yet people continually prefer to work together. Governance practitioners recognize that the issues we work to address are…

A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world. The biggest news in the world of OGP this week was the Americas Regional Meeting, where some 500 individuals from around the world…

Speech by Sanjay Pradhan at the OGP Americas Meeting, Uruguay 1 June 2016 Thank you, Uruguayan government and civil society, for hosting this wonderful conference and for welcoming us so warmly on this cold morning. It is an extraordinary pleasure for…

P is for Partnership, and that is the mantra that U.S. Embassies in Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Slovakia have adopted with our OGP counterparts.  In June 2015, we organized a ten day International Visitor on Demand visit to the United…

This post is the second in a short series that GIFT will be running to provide ideas for the 51 member countries currently preparing their next Action Plans. The first post discussed the steps OGP countries should take in their…

¿Quieres leer este blog en español? Awards are a funny thing. Almost everyone loves getting one, but no one should really aim for them. Especially when you’re doing “social” work, right? So, it’s fair to ask why you should care…

Want to read this in English? Los premios son raros. A todos nos gusta ganarlos pero nadie realmente trabaja para eso. Especialmente cuando se hace trabajo “social”, ¿no? Entonces, es justo preguntarse porqué te deberían importar los recién lanzados Open…

Country: Uruguay Commitment: Integrated System to Manage Complaints at the Sub-National Level National Action Plan: 2014-2016 The Municipality of Maldonado in Uruguay, with a population of approximately 164,000 citizens, has become a trendsetter in e-government with the development of an…

Santiago is Paraguay’s Point of Contact for the Open Government Partnership.  He works in the Technical Secretariat for Planning. How does open government make a difference in people's lives in your country? Paraguay, like most Latin American countries, has a representative…

Canadá se está preparando para ser el siguiente co-presidente de OGP y para ser la sede de la próxima Cumbre Global el próximo año. El gobierno nacional ha incorporado al gobierno en su agenda y actualmente está promoviendo el uso…

Want to read this blog in English? Durante los últimos 5 años, la región de las Américas se ha caracterizado por su alto nivel de energía y entusiasmo en el proceso OGP. A pesar de esta increíble energía, la región…