Africa and the Middle East
Remarks by President Obama at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit
During President Barack Obama's visit to Kenya this weekend, he mentioned Open Government Partnership, calling it an 'institution' that helps to address human investment issues, accountability issues, and rule of law issues. The full transcript is below. United Nations Compound Nairobi,…
POTUS in Kenya
President Barack Obama, POTUS, as he is now popularly referred to, will this weekend visit Kenya for the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) being co-hosted by the Government of Kenya. The visit is one that, in the minds of Kenyans,…
Cabo Verde Signals Intent to Join OGP
The Open Government Partnership co-chairs have received a letter of intent from the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Cabo Verde. The letter indicates the government’s interest in joining OGP. Cabo Verde will become a full participant in OGP once…
Liberia’s OGP Validation Forum
On June 12, 2015 the Republic of Liberia convened a Stakeholders’ Interactive Forum to Validate the Open Government Partnership Action Plan at the Ministry of Information (MICAT). Participants included members of the OGP Steering Committee who came from various counties,…
A response to “Ghana’s absence at the OGP Africa Regional Meeting: Did it Matter?”
Mr Pethuel A. K. Danyo, Deputy Director at Public Sector Reforms Secretariat in Ghana, responds to Ugonna Ukaigwe's blog post entitled 'Ghana's absence at the OGP Africa Regional meeting: did it matter?'. The OGP Africa Regional Meeting held in Tanzania ended…
OGP Process in Sierra Leone: Engaging in mutually respectful manner and Finding a common ground to actualise the reforms we need
Successive Governments in Sierra Leone as part of its democratic renewals and post-conflict reform processes have made considerable efforts toward inclusive participation of Civil Society (CS) in governance. Additionally, the leadership of Ernest Bai Koroma instituted the Open Government Initiative (OGI)…
Ghana’s Absence At The OGP Africa Regional Meeting: Did It Matter?
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a voluntary multi-stakeholder initiative that began in 2011 with the aim of securing concrete commitments from government to their citizenry to promote transparency, accountability, active citizen participation, and the use of technology and innovation to…
Independent Progress Report Released on Ghana Open Government Partnership
On March 3rd 2015, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) releases a report assessing Ghana’s compliance with OGP process and implementation of open government commitments in the country. OGP is a multi-stakeholder initiative focused on…
Building open data capacity through e-skills acquisition
Despite the reported importance of e-skills for successful open goverment data (OGD) initiatives, there are no studies found reporting on this topic. Hence, using the case study methodology, this study has explored e-skills needed for efficient and effective provision of…