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Collecting Success Stories

Recently, the Netherlands published its self-assessment report on its first National Action Plan (2014-2015). In the report, eight learning points and challenges are mentioned in order  to improve the impact of the open government activities in our country. Three of them relate…

Remembering Our Commitment to Our Coalition for Change

Last month, government and civil society leaders gathered at the High Level Event in New York to renew their commitment to OGP. Leaders shared powerful and inspiring words to reimagine the government through more open and honest collaboration with citizens…

OGP Asia Pacific Outreach to 5 Countries

“The thing with OGP: If you benefit from it, you have to share it”, Richard Bon Moya, Undersecretary – CIO of the Philippine Department of Budget and Management while giving the keynote speech in OGP Asia Pacific outreach in Cambodia,…

OGP Steering Committee Agrees New Response Policy

One of the most significant decisions taken by the OGP Steering Committee at their September 24th meeting in New York was to adopt a new policy to deal with concerns raised about civic space in participating countries. This has been debated…

Faces of Open Government – Vitus Adaboo Azeem

In this section of the OGP newsletter, we feature open government champions both from government and civil society, and ask them about their OGP experiences. Here is what they have to say: How does open government make a difference in…

Indonesia: First ASEAN Country to become EITI Compliant

On 15th October 2014, the International EITI Board declared Indonesia ‘EITI compliant’ during a board meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Indonesia, which just ended its OGP lead chairmanship last September, is the first ASEAN country that holds a compliant status.  Through a…

E-Government Interoperability: Linking Open and Smart Government

The journal IEEE Computer Society "Computer" published this in the October 2014 special issue on e-Government Interoperability under the title "E-Government Interoperability: Linking Open and smart Government." It is accessible through the following link.    Carlos Jimenez.pdf.png   The idea of the table (see below),…

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