Asia and the Pacific

Country: Georgia Action Plan: 2014-15 Commitment: 11: Coordinate and support Open Government Georgia’s Forum OGP values the spirit of “co-creation,” where civil society and government work together to create commitments that make government more open, transparent, and accountable. How did…

Back in 2013 I invited myself along to the second Open Government Partnership Summit in London. At the time, I fully expected that Australia would officially announce that we were joining the Open Government Partnership (OGP). At this Summit, thousands…

In early 2017, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the end of term report for New Zealand’s first action plan. The report covers the full action plan implementation period of 1 July 2014 through 30 June 2016. In New Zealand,…

While the content and implementation of the Philippines’ second action plan demonstrated significant improvement over the first action plan, the government made little progress on commitments. Action plan implementation stalled after the mid-term review; key concerns are the absence of…