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Overview of Opensource.com’s Open Government Week

It's 2004. You show up at your neighborhood polling station and... it's empty. No cars in the lot, no placards advertising the local candidates, and no volunteers clutching literature as you make your approach. Did you show up at the…

Australia: Youth and University Deregulation

Sydneyoperahouse.JPG Australia joined the Open Government Partnership in the middle of last year. Its inclusion to the partnership is an important addition. Not only does Australia have one of the most robust democratic institutions according to The Economist, it also…

Strengthening OGP Action Plans through Collaboration

During the last five months, as part of the Direct Country Support Program, the Support Unit has focused on the large number of countries that are developing their first or second National Action Plans. We have managed to stay in…

Participatory Budgeting in Cameroon: Booklovers, Mayors and Citizens

Melanie picture.png   Participatory Budgeting (PB) involves local authorities and the inhabitants of a municipality co-operating in determining the allocation of public money. Projects might include wells and standpipes, sanitation and sewerage works, street lighting, paving and roads, or housing.…

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