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IRM releases United States report for public comment
Capitol_Building_3.jpg The Open Government Partnership’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) has launched its eighth progress reports for public comment; this one is on the United States and can be found below. IRM progress reports are carried out by an independent researcher…
The Open Data Institute is Integral to the Open Government Partnership
This post originally appeared on All About Open Data. National and regional nodes of the Open Data Institute (@UKODI) must be established in every Open Government Partnership member country. With the ODI Summit and the OGP Summit occurring during the same week in London at…
IRM releases Indonesia report for public comment
Jakarta_Skyline_Part_2.jpg The Open Government Partnership’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) has launched its seventh of eight progress reports for public comment; this one is on Indonesia and can be found below. IRM progress reports are carried out by an independent researcher…
Comments on the IRM Mexico report
Mexico.jpg The draft version for public comments of the Independent Progress Report on Mexico´s first National Action Plan (NAP) has been recently launched. No doubt this is a milestone for both the ongoing Mexican OGP process and for the global…
Open letter to Irish Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin T.D.
Representatives of Irish Civil Society who have engaged in the Open Government Partnership (OGP) process have written this open letter to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin T.D. We are seeking a meeting with him to clarify…
IRM releases Mexico report for public comment
Cabo San Lucas Rocks 700.jpg The Open Government Partnership’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) has launched its sixth of eight reports; this one is on Mexico and can be found below. IRM progress reports are carried out by an independent researcher…
Openness and Information Integrity in Norway
stortinget-parliament.jpg Introduction Norway, one of the most open governments in the world, has achieved one of the highest degrees of information integrity. In common with other Nordic countries, its aim is to make government as accountable, transparent and democratic as…
Ireland’s first steps into the OGP
Dublin.JPG As Ireland takes its first steps towards joining the Open Government Partnership, civil society has shown a strong appetite for more openness and accountability in government. A total of 62 proposals for inclusion in Ireland’s first OGP Action Plan…
Still Room for the IMF to Further Improve Its Fiscal Transparency Code
This week at the World Bank’s annual fall meeting, I was part of a panel discussion on the IMF’s newly revised Fiscal Transparency Code. First, kudos to the IMF for publishing the consultative draft of the revised Code. The revised…