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Africa in the OGP: Why 2015 is a big year.
In 2011, South Africa joined 7 other countries to found the Open Government Partnership (OGP). Since then, it has been joined by Ghana, Liberia, Kenya, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Malawi and most recently, Tunisia as African countries participating in the OGP.…
No Corruption, No Poverty: Will Open Government Work in the Philippines?
Just months into its mandate, the Aquino administration made a powerful push for better governance designed to reduce corruption and increase transparency, accountability and participatory decision making. The plan is anchored in the vision of Philippines President Aquino’s commitment of…
Nuevo Análisis MRI: Compromisos sobre participación cívica en América Latina
*This blog is available in English here.* La participación cívica es uno de los tres valores de gobierno abierto que todos los compromisos de planes de acción deberían involucrar. Pero también puede ser un área particularmente desafiante para reformas hacia…
New IRM Analysis: Civic Participation Commitments in Latin America
Este blog está disponible en español aquí. Civic participation is one of the three open government values that all action plan commitments should address. But it can also be a particularly challenging area of open government reform. Some stakeholders have…
Mexico and UK commit to work together on open government
To mark the occasion of the State Visit of President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico to the UK, the UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and Mexican Foreign Minister José Antonio Meade Kuribreña met for discussions on open government among other issues. During their…
Romania – On the map of the countries that celebrated the International Open Data Day
The Coalition for Open Data and the Government of Romania, in partnership with the Embassy of the United States, the Embassy of the United Kingdom and the Embassy of Netherlands in Romania organized on 20th of February, at the National…
OGP Annual Report 2014
In 2014, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) grew to 65 countries that collectively have developed more than 2,000 policy initiatives to make their governments more open, transparent and responsive to citizens. This was a critical year for many OGP countries…
Faces of Open Government: Kety Tsanava
How does open government make a difference in people’s lives? Open government principles denote that the governments declare themselves ready to open a dialogue with citizens, to listen to them and to build the transparency and accountability in response to…