Tomorrow Mexico will become lead Co-chair of the Steering Committee of the Open Government Partnership (OGP). The concept of Open Government has gained worldwide importance. This concept combines transparency, access to information, and citizen participation principles, policies and actions oriented…
1998 was the year when Indonesia started to question their identity by deconstructing their past to the future. Taking parallels to the Greek mythology, a literal Pandora box had been unleashed along the process. People in Indonesia have witnessed how…
Nine heads of state or government will speak at the United Nations in New York on September 24, 2014 to mark OGP's third anniversary (hashtag: #OGPatUN). Entitled, Open Government Partnership: Citizen Action, Responsive Government, the event will: Present the first annual Open Government Awards to recognize innovative projects…
The Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) evaluates OGP participating government performance through a national-level research process. IRM researchers in 43 countries have now finished IRM reports so we can begin to learn lessons from across…
Según noticias recientes como ésta publicada en El País, parece que se habla de regeneración democrática y reforma institucional en España, y que se proponen medidas de más transparencia y rendición de cuentas también en instituciones relacionadas con la justicia,…
Open Government is very likely to be democracy’s next milestone. Should you care about open government? Possibly, because it guarantees transparency and accountability. But not in my opinion. In 2014 this passive role for the citizens is not enough. The most…
In the coming days, when Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes signs the Access to Information Law-already approved by Congress-a big milestone for ATI and the open government movement will be reached: 100 countries with ATI laws. All of us who care…
It was 35 °C outside, yet Fauzan Helmi Sudaryanto traveled all the way from University of Indonesia at Depok, West Java to Open Government Indonesia Secretariat located at Central Jakarta. He was invited to deliver a presentation about Jakarta Flood…
On September 24th at 4pm EDT there will be an Open Government Partnership High-Level Event hosted by the OGP Co-Chairs on behalf of the OGP Steering Committee. The event will be held in the United Nations Building in New York and…
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