Europe

The Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) is a key means by which government, civil society, and the private sector can monitor the advances that have taken place in the framework of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in participating countries. Today, the…

On January 2009, President Obama signed the Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government that declares the new Administration’s commitment to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government and establishing a system linking three principles: transparency, public participation and collaboration. Since…

In this section of the OGP newsletter, we feature open government champions both from government and civil society, and ask them about their OGP experiences. Here is what they have to say: How does open government make a difference in…

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…