Starting in October 2015, the government of France will follow the successful tenures of Brazil, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa, as Open Government Partnership (OGP) Co-Chair. Commenting on the announcement made at an OGP steering committee meeting…
Want to read this blog in English? A mediados del mes de febrero, el Ejecutivo Federal de México propuso una serie de cambios de última hora a la Ley General de Transparencia que pusieron en riesgo los recientes avances en…
¿Quieres leer este blog en español? In mid-February, the Mexican Federal Executive Branch proposed a series of last minute changes to the General Transparency Law that put recent constitutional transparency reforms at risk, at odds with the open legislative process…
Next week Mexico will host the first OGP Steering Committee Meeting of 2015. This ministerial level meeting will take place over three days. What should you be watching and where can you find the key documentation? The Support Unit will…
Denmark won the The Open Goverment Awards 2014, and winning the awards gave me one of the greatest moments of my life. To stand in The United Nations Building in New York, to be spoken to and given the award by the Danish…
Transparency International Ukraine, almost a hundred of NGOs and experts sent the Prime Minister an open request to urgently take the implementation of the international Open Governance Partnership initiative (OGP) under control. In accordance with the Cabinet of Ministers’ order…
The Independent Reporting Mechanism is pleased to announce the selection of five individuals to the International Expert Panel (IEP) of the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM). The IEP plays an important role in setting the vision for the IRM and promoting its findings.…
The Open Government Partnership is a dynamic platform where issues, interests and actors come together on both the national and international level. When it all comes together, this platform is a fertile base for partnership, achievement and, at times, even…
Since joining the Open Government Partnership steering committee this January, I’ve become increasingly immersed in the world of civic space or, more specifically, the nascent campaign to “defend” civic space. In the OGP context this manifests itself most concretely in…
Open government has been in the news lately — just in time for the 10th annual Sunshine Week, the nationwide week-long celebration of access to public information. Critics sometimes contrast President Obama’s soaring rhetoric with the realities of making government functionally transparent.…
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