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Ivona Mendeš, Independent Researcher for Croatia, e-mail: ivonamendes@gmail.com What happens when a country's successful OGP track record falls victim to electoral politics and ends up on the political back burner? Croatia is currently a good example of that situation, after…

English version here. ¿Por qué estás interesado en el gobierno abierto? ¿Cómo es que tu experiencia te trajo hasta aquí? Yo vengo de una familia bastante pobre, así que he visto la pobreza muy de cerca, con mis propios ojos.…

Versión en español aquí. What got you personally involved in open government? What in your background inspired you to work in this field? I come from a quite poor family, so I could see poverty very closely, with my very…

Versión en español aquí. Country: Brazil Action Plan: 2013-15 Commitment 5.3: Prior consultation under Convention 169 of the International Labor Organization Brazil’s indigenous peoples have long fought with the government over use of their historical territory, for the protection of…

Want to read this blog in English? El jueves 23 de junio de este año se llevó a cabo un referéndum para decidir si el Reino Unido debería permanecer o salir de la Unión Europea (UE). Más de 30 millones…

¿Quieres leer este blog en español? On Thursday 23 June this year a referendum was held to decide whether the UK should leave or remain in the European Union. More than 30 million people voted. The Leave Campaign won by…

In celebration of the third annual Global Legislative Openness Week, the OpenGov Foundation, Sunlight Foundation, National Democratic Institute and other partner organizations will convene a two-part panel discussion to explore the importance of open legislatures, discuss legislative openness initiatives around…

This monthly news round-up recaps the media coverage of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) that we think you should know about for the weeks of August 1, August 8, August 15, August 22 and August 29. Mexico stole August’s OGP…

A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world. This week, the entire OGP community rejoiced when Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law the Access of Information bill this Wednesday. Following…

Civil society advocates have long argued that greater transparency leads to greater accountability. Put more information in the public domain and it will be used to hold governments to account. Yet the causal chain between transparency and accountability may be…