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Philanthropy Can Catalyze an Open Government Movement
The following post is one of nine articles published for a special supplement, Innovating Government on a Global Stage, produced for the Open Government Partnership in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR). To view the original post, please visit the SSIR website. The…
UK’s Foreign Office plots its route to aid transparency
The UK is a global leader in open data but the picture is still mixed across government activities and departments when it comes to international aid information. Although the Department for International Development (DFID) accounts for the lion’s share of…
El blindaje de la transparencia y las garantías constitucionales
La transparencia es uno de los principios fundamentales que se asocian al Gobierno Abierto. La Real Academia de la Lengua Española (RAE) define: “Transparencia: cualidad de transparente (…) que implica claridad, evidencia, sin duda ni ambigüedad). Garantía: que asegura y…
Eastern Europe and Latin America hit the spotlight in FOIs
This interview was originally published on interhacktives.com. It is cross-posted here with the kind permission of the author. Countries that had dictators in power until very recently are now prominent when it comes to new Freedom of Information Acts. The UK system trusts…
The benefit of a proactive OGP
The Open Government Partnership is a multilateral initiative which aims to secure concrete action plan commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance. There are over 50 participating countries, but now…
Puertas abiertas para todos – Gobierno Abierto Perú [VIDEO]
Ve este video interesante de la Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros de Perú sobre el gobierno abierto. El video apareció originalmente en el sitio de la Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros de Perú. Gobierno Abierto Perú Video of Gobierno Abierto Perú
First OGP Self-Assessments Posted; Deadline Extended
This article was originally published on freedominfo.org and cross-posted here with the author's permission. The first country self-assessment reports on progress toward fulfilling their Open Government Partnership commitments are surfacing, with more expected in the coming weeks. Posted on the OGP…
Open Governance website – new OGP space for Eastern Partnership countries and Russia
As the OGP topic becomes increasingly popular and even trendy around the world, post-Soviet countries (despite the long-time tradition of their officials building an imaginary glass wall that held them off their citizens) now also keep abreast of new instruments…
Sobre el término “Open Government” y su aparición documentada
Un breve post (y una imagen, que vale más que mil palabras). He leído en diversas ocasiones y diferentes sitios que el término Open Government apareció en los años 70, y esto no es correcto. Hace ya tiempo que me…