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A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world. This week, the biggest news in the OGP world was in relation to the White House Summit on Global Development. The event, held…

  This piece originally appeared on OpenDataStudy. Brexit, as we now know, means Brexit. But what does it mean for open government in the UK? On the surface, nothing changes. Almost all the legislation, from Freedom of Information to Data Protection,…

La Iniciativa para la Transparencia de las Industrias Extractivas (EITI) es un estándar internacional que busca transparentar los pagos de las empresas de hidrocarburos y minería, así como los ingresos que los gobiernos reciben de los impuestos y regalías de…

*Embargoed until 20 July, 12:00 pm Philippine Standard Time* MANILA, PHILIPPINES - 20 JULY 2016 - The 2016 Open Government Partnership (OGP) Asia-Pacific Regional Dialogue will be hosted by the Asian Development Bank on July 21st and 22nd at their…

Romania is very close to adopting its third National Action Plan, 2016-2018. The consultation process started in March. At the end of June, the Government published the final draft of the NAP, to be approved in the coming weeks. Both…

This post originally appeared on the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency blog and is the third in a short series that GIFT is running to provide ideas for countries preparing their next Action Plans. The first two blogs looked at…

A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world. This week, as OGP continued to receive National Action Plans from around the world, numerous OGP news items discussed the reception of the…

This post originally appeared on the WaterAid blog. Social accountability is an essential part of efforts to achieve universal access to water and sanitation. Louisa Gosling, WaterAid’s Quality Programmes Manager, reports on key lessons heard at the Global Partnership for…