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Brendan Howlin was appointed as the Republic of Ireland's Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform in March 2011. A former school teacher, Minister Howlin was elected to the Seanad Eireann (Irish Senate) in 1982 and has been a member of…

Alessandro Bellantoni is the OGP Director for Policy and Partnerships. In this role, he and his team are dedicated to accelerating partnership-wide collective progress in policy areas prioritized in the OGP’s 2023-2028 strategy and in the Open Government Challenge. He…

Simon Burall is director of public participation thinktank and charity Involve and a member of the Open Government Network’s steering group.