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Según noticias recientes como ésta publicada en El País, parece que se habla de regeneración democrática y reforma institucional en España, y que se proponen medidas de más transparencia y rendición de cuentas también en instituciones relacionadas con la justicia,…

Hello all, A survey which forms part of the study “Open Justice: transparency and proximity to justice within the current context of Open Government” is now available for public participation. The study intends to explore the concept of Open Justice…

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…

This post originally appeared on TASC's blog, http://www.progressive-economy.ie/ and has been republished with permission from the author.  Ireland published its first National Action Plan on 23 July as part of the global Open Government Partnership (OGP).  The two year plan contains a total of…

L’Open Government Partnership è un accordo multilaterale che mira a riunire quei paesi i cui governi e le cui società civili vogliono lavorare insieme per sviluppare e attuare ambiziose riforme di governo aperto attraverso metodologie standard. Esso coinvolge diversi attori:…

As a multilateral initiative, the Open Government Partnership aims at connecting the countries whose governments and civil societies are willing to work together to develop and implement ambitious open government reforms through shared methods. It involves governments, politicians, administrators, citizens…

The protests in February demonstrated that ordinary people in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) want the country’s leaders to address core socio-economic issues, make progress on reforms, and most importantly, create new jobs.  The scale of the recent floods, and the…

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…