Ouellé, Côte d’Ivoire

Here's our monthly roundup of updates from the OGP Local community for December 2024. If you missed any of the previous roundups, you can find them here! OGP Local had an incredible year! Fifty-five new members joined and 24 members…

This fireside chat brings together two leaders in open government: Sanjay Pradhan, outgoing CEO of OGP, and Rakesh Rajani, President of Just Systems and former OGP Co-Chair. As Sanjay prepares to step down as CEO after 9 years at the helm of OGP, this conversation offers a chance to reflect on the challenges confronting democracies, implications of the US elections and future of open government.

After a whirlwind of a year, my role as civil society Co-Chair of OGP recently came to an end. As Co-Chair with the Government of Kenya, it was a year of incredible progress but also many challenges—and plenty of learning.…

In the decades-long discussion of the value of participatory and deliberative democracy, there have regularly been such criticisms of processes not being adequately empowered or connected to decision-making. This blog seeks to explore what a mainstreaming approach to public participation might mean.

Brasilia, Brazil - Today, a comprehensive report on Brazil’s efforts to promote open government was released by the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM), an accountability body that assesses the progress of countries participating in the Open Government Partnership (OGP).   Titled Brazil’s…

Brasilia, Brasil – Hoy, el Mecanismo de Reporte Independiente (IRM, por sus siglas en inglés), un organismo de rendición de cuentas que evalúa el progreso de los países participantes de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (OGP, por sus siglas…