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  DR. KUNTORO MANGKUSUBROTO DELIVERING HIS KEYNOTE SPEECH ON OGP   “EMBRACING THE COLORS OF OPENNESS” The Government of Indonesia hosted the first Open Government Partnership (OGP) Outreach in Asia at the 5th Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) in Bali, Indonesia…

Courtesy of Boyan Yurukov During a recent visit to Bulgaria, the European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes commented on the digital development in Bulgaria - both the good and the bad. The conference she attended, Digital Agenda for…

The potential of new technology for advancing transparency and open government was the theme of the Open Up! conference on November 13th in London. Co-hosted by Omidyar Network and DFID in association with Wired magazine, the event brought together an…

This guest blog by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and founder of the World Wide Web Foundation, was originally posted on Wired.co.uk. Originally, the acute frustration which led me to invent the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989…

Open Government Summit Rome As an Italian, I know all too well that Italy has not always been considered at the forefront of the open government movement. But things are now changing fast. The crisis which brought about new economic…

When governments' efforts of promoting transparency and accountability in the governmental sector are accompanied by engaging civil society in the decision-making and monitoring processes, the achievable results extend beyond the material benefits. Ultimately, people's trust in the public administration and…

The Open Government Partnership initiative is truly popular and completely necessary worldwide, but when it comes to the post-Soviet space, its importance is hard to overestimate. The reason is probably obvious – though the Soviet Union fell more than 20…

The government of the Philippines has made a big step forward in terms of openness and transparency. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has fulfilled its promise of “full transparency in operations” by providing regular updates to society…

gov.uk Francis Maude, the UK Government's Cabinet Office Minister gave a speech for the first anniversary of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) at a conference this morning organised by the think tank Reform. Using its status as the lead chair of the Partnership,…

  Slinn1.jpg David Slinn, UK Ambassador in Croatia, speaking at the Second European Outreach and Support Meeting in Dubrovnik The second European Outreach and Support Meeting of the Open Government Initiative (OGP) was held on October 4-5, in Dubrovnik. Meeting…