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  As many colleagues and friends know, I'm not a huge fan of traditional multilateral organizations given their historic high-effort, low-return ratio. Having worked in and around some for a number of years, I grew weary of the rhetoric not always (or ever?) matching…

On January 11-12, USAID G-3 Program (Good Governance in Georgia) organized the civil society forum (see the list of participants and the agenda) about Georgia’s participation in Open Government Partnership gathering some 25 representatives of NGO-s and government, as well…

Coming out of the regional meeting of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) held in Santiago, Chile, from January 10-11, it’s clear that the movement to open the world’s parliaments has a number of allies outside of civil society and parliamentary monitoring…

Alejandro Ferreiro: "Hemos sido capaces de definir como país lo que queremos en esta materia" Video of Alejandro Ferreiro: "Hemos sido capaces de definir como país lo que queremos en esta materia"   En el Parlamento chileno y la Comisión…

Federico Allendes, presidente de Pro-Acceso: "Los avances en transparencia en Chile han sido notables." Federico Allendes: "Los avances en transparencia en Chile han sido notables" Video of Federico Allendes: "Los avances en transparencia en Chile han sido notables" Como parte…

The Open Government Partnership Networking Mechanism is pleased to start the new year with a Webinar on Codes of Practice for Consultations taking place on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 10:00 AM EST. We hope you can join us. Please see the details below.…

This is the final post in our five part series of Q&As with selected countries and their experiences with the OGP process at the national level. This post is a Q&A with Oleksii Khmara, President TORO  Creative Union - Transparency…

This is the fourth post in our five part series of Q&As with selected countries and their experiences with the OGP process at the national level is with Patrice McDermott, Executive Director OpenTheGovernment.org, and Wayne Moses Burke, Executive Director Open…

Last week, Latin America advanced its commitment to open government with a regional conference in Santiago, Chile and welcomed Argentina as the 58th country to join the Open Government Partnership. Roughly 300 representatives from Latin American governments, civil society and…