Europe

In 2013 I spoke with Irish civil society actors engaged in OGP processes on two occasions: first with Denis Parfenov and Martin Wallace about their active lobbying campaign for Ireland to join the OGP; and later that year, with Nuala…

In just over four months time the UK public will elect a new parliament and government. Ahead of the election, the UK Open Government civil society network has sent the following letter to all political parties calling on them to…

One year on from publishing our second NAP, Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office and the UK representative on the OGP steering committee, met representatives from the OGP UK Civil Society Network to discuss progress, agree next steps and…

Date: Tuesday, 11th November, 2014   The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Steering Committee* is deeply concerned about recent personal attacks on Ms. Vanja Calovic, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) researcher in Montenegro. Montenegro is a participating country in OGP, and…

Recently, the Netherlands published its self-assessment report on its first National Action Plan (2014-2015). In the report, eight learning points and challenges are mentioned in order  to improve the impact of the open government activities in our country. Three of them relate…

The Open Government Partnership's International Expert Panel is concerned by the recent personal attacks on Vanja Calovic linked to her work in ensuring open, transparent, and accountable government. Montenegro is a part of the Open Government Partnership. As a member…

One of the principles behind the Open Government Partnership, at least as far as we see it, is that government should get better at it each round of action plans. Engagement with civil society should be deeper. Commitments should get…

The story I’ve heard is that at a recent meeting of political advisers from US Embassies in the Eastern Europe countries, OGP was on the agenda, and Romania stood up as one of the most advanced countries. Being a civil…