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This post originally appeared on Open Knowledge Ireland. Open Knowledge Ireland welcomes the announcement by the Minister that the suggested reforms to the FOI fees regime includes the removal of the €15 application fee for non-personal requests. On April 10th 2014…

Since Moldova joined the Open Government Partnership two years ago, the implementation of the Open Government Action Plan (OGAP) has been average, with around 53% of the actions being completed. The results are presented in two independent reports (“Evaluation report…

In a scenario of growing distrust towards political institutions, open government is today's keyword in the public debate on transparency, accountability and participation. It is often overlooked, though, that open government is also decisive in enabling a long-term growth strategy…

Voi siete gli esperti. Allora perché non scrivere per il blog di OGP?  Stiamo cercando articoli tra le 200-400 parole, ma possiamo essere flessibili. Non vi chiediamo di scrive specificamente su l’Open Government Partnership ma un minimo, scrivete su un…

Esperaba con mucho interés conocer el borrador del II Plan de Acción del Gobierno de España en la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (OGP, por sus siglas en inglés). El documento no ha colmado mis expectativas y me ha decepcionado.…

When we published the Open Government Partnership UK National Action Plan 2013-15, we committed to UK civil society that we would be open and transparent about progress as we implement our commitments. Today we have published progress updates for all…

This post originally appeared on Martin Tisne's blog Open Up and has been republished with permission from the author. Coming back from two weeks on the road for OGP events, I’ve been struck by a few important developments within the…

The last couple of months have been quite an interesting time for those advocating for open government in Italy. The Italian government officially began participating in OGP in September 2011 and developed its first two-year action plan in early 2012…

For immediate release  France becomes 64th country to join the Open Government Partnership Paris – At the Paris Conference on Open Data and Open Government, Minister Marylise Lebranchu today announced that France is to join the Open Government Partnership (OGP). …