Asia and the Pacific
Empowering Citizens, Opening Government
Exactly 20 years ago, in the early months of 1998, I was a student living in Indonesia, witnessing in person my first and only revolution. What started as a small student protest turned in a couple of weeks into a…
Tbilisi Final IRM Review 2017 – For Public Comment
In 2018, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published its assessment report for Tbilisi's first action plan, prepared by the independent researcher, Dea Tsartsidze. It covers the full action plan implementation period of January 2017 through December 2017. The IRM findings…
Seoul and the OGP Ten
As the government of the Republic of Korea welcomes open government champions from all over Asia-Pacific and beyond for this year’s Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting, here are a few things to expect. This year, eighty percent of OGP participating countries and…
Open Up: Giving the Indonesian Parliament the OGP Treatment
Abriendo el Parlamento de Indonesia
When OGP was founded back in 2011, Indonesia understood that by adopting open government initiatives that encourage governments to be more open and accountable, citizens would renew their trust in government institutions, making it more inclusive and responsive to its people.
Cuando se fundó OGP en 2011, Indonesia entendía que, al adoptar iniciativas de gobierno abierto que impulsaran a los gobiernos a ser más abiertos y a rendir cuentas, los ciudadanos renovarían su confianza en las instituciones públicas.