Europe

Independent local governments were re-established in Estonia in the early 1990s, when most of the legislation on local government and its finances were written. The Constitution of the Republic of Estonia (1992) states in paragraph 154 the right of local…

En Italia se llevaron a cabo elecciones la semana pasada para elegir al gobierno no. 65 desde la segunda guerra mundial. Ningún partido obtuvo la mayoría necesaria y aún hay incertidumbre sobre la posibilidad de creación de coaliciones de partidos…

Italians headed to the polls last week to elect what one hopes is the country’s 65th government since World War II. No single party won a majority to form a government, and there is still uncertainty about whether parties will…

    “Lo que estamos intentando es apoyar a la gente para que comprenda que permitirles formar parte de la toma de decisiones no es solamente algo que deberíamos hacer. Es un derecho absoluto”, fueron las palabras con las que…

  “What we are trying to do is to support people to understand that enabling them to be part of the decision-making is not just something that we should be doing, it’s an absolute right.” These are the words with…

Disclaimer: The following piece is written down from a deep love towards the tiny yet sturdy country called Estonia, also in firm belief that there is a lot of unused potential regarding further developments of the effective and flexible e-state…

Blog based on OGP CEO Sanjay Pradhan's opening remarks at the European Open Government Leaders’ Forum in Milan, Italy on February 5, 2018 I would like to suggest that the subject of the European Open Government Leaders’ Forum – participation…