Europe

Plaza Mayor.jpg En este artículo, ponemos de manifiesto la importancia del proceso de creación de leyes como un elemento que también puede ser indicador de la apertura real de un gobierno. Así, focalizados en el proceso relativo a la creación…

This blog post originally appeared on Salua Nassabay's blog and has been republished with permission from the author.  What is the first thing you do when you intend to execute a new project? You, of course conduct some research. In a…

How open is our administration and governance in Denmark? "Very open," you're probably thinking. But is it so? Do you for example know exactly what your municipality has registered about you? Or do you know how to access the information they have? Can you…

Hvor åben er vores administration og regeringsførelse egentligt i Danmark? ”Meget åben”, tænker du sikkert. Men er den så det? Ved du for eksempel præcist, hvad din kommune har registreret om dig? Eller ved du, hvordan du får adgang til…

Economists may argue about the precise mechanisms through which the quality of public governance underpins economic prosperity but organisations like the OECD and the World Bank have long advocated policies founded on this linkage. Their consistent advice is that greater…

Moldova.jpg The Government of Moldova took a different and more participatory approach on developing and consulting the new open government action plan for 2014-2015. The launch of the new process, which is significantly different from last year and which actively…

Poland blog.png This piece was co-authored by Kalina Michocka.  In 2013 the Polish organization Jeden Świat and the Dutch Centre for Budget Monitoring and Citizen Participation started a project to introduce budget monitoring in the cities of Konin and Kalisz in…

Website www.budzeti.ba has been launched - Civil society organizations, journalists and citizens do not have appropriate access to public data - An ad hoc coalition of non-governmental organizations that advocates Open Government Partnership has been established An Open Data event…

Spain anti-corruption.png The anticorruption reports published by the EU at the beginning of February confirmed the worry that many Europeans had about the perceived levels of corruption in Europe: Eurobarometer survey results showed that three quarters (76%) of Europeans think…

UK OGP NAP Launch.jpg Read about how the UK's 2013-15 National Action Plan was developed, the benefits, and what we learnt:http://www.opengovernment.org.uk/national-action-plan/story-of-the-uk-national-action-plan-2013-15/ New laws, standards, policies, processes and technologies are critical for opening up government, but arguably just as (if not…