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Tunisia Visit Highlights: Glimpse of OGP in Middle East and North Africa region
blog pic 2.jpg As an outreach effort of Indonesia’s OGP chairmanship, Tara Hidayat, Deputy Head of President’s Delivery Unit on Development Monitoring and Oversight, met with the State Secretary for Governance and Civil Services of Tunisia, Mr. Annouar Ben Khelifa,…
UK publishes progress updates for NAP commitments
When we published the Open Government Partnership UK National Action Plan 2013-15, we committed to UK civil society that we would be open and transparent about progress as we implement our commitments. Today we have published progress updates for all…
Australia: Youth and University Deregulation
Sydneyoperahouse.JPG Australia joined the Open Government Partnership in the middle of last year. Its inclusion to the partnership is an important addition. Not only does Australia have one of the most robust democratic institutions according to The Economist, it also…
OGP Extractive Countries: Four Ideas for a Better Action Plan
This post originally appeared on the Natural Resource Governance Institute website. Almost three years ago, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) was launched to provide an international platform for domestic reformers committed to making their governments more open, accountable and responsive to citizens.…
Open Government Data: Helping Parents to find the Best School for their Kids
open book.jpg This article originally appeared on the World Bank Blog and hase been republished with permission from the author. I recently relocated my family from Chisanau to The Hague, leading to the difficult experience of trying to find the…
The Ambition of Open Government Partnership
This post originally appeared on Martin Tisne's blog Open Up and has been republished with permission from the author. Coming back from two weeks on the road for OGP events, I’ve been struck by a few important developments within the…
An overview of the OGP European and Asia-Pacific regional summits
This overview reflects on the OGP European and Asia-Pacific regional summits, recaptures some interesting moments, and provides additional links and suggested reads. On the Summits It all started off with the Steering Committee meeting in Bali, on May 4th and…
Open gov, local gov
We recently added a new resource page on local government to the Open Government Guide to reflect the importance of local government action for transparency, accountability and participation. From participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre to social audits in Andra Pradesh to tracking snow ploughs…