Europe

This post was originally written in Hebrew and was published on the Public Knowledge Workshop (Hasadna) blog and on Medium. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about Open Data and the Desert, in which I explained that there is…

In 2017, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the end of term report for Ireland’s first action plan. The report covers the full action plan implementation period of 1 July 2014 through 30 June 2016. In Ireland, the findings from…

In 2017, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the progress report for Latvia’s second action plan. The report covers the development and first year of implementation of the action plan, from July 2015 through June 2016. The IRM researcher in…

OGP Steering Committee members Sandra Pernar (Croatian government) and Helen Darbishire (Access Info Europe), were in action last week (10-12 July 2017) meeting with government officials in four ministries, as well as independent agencies, and civil society to promote strong…

Achieving Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals through Open Government Methods Open Governance as a public policy is based on the integration of the principles of transparency, access to information and the effective participation of citizens in the State’s operating…