Europe
Open Government Partnership Welcomes President-Elect Emmanuel Macron as Co-Chair
***For Immediate Release*** PARIS, FRANCE - May 8, 2017 - We welcome the election of President-Elect Emmanuel Macron, who will now chair the Open Government Partnership until September, and who has been an important voice on the virtues of openness…
Money, Decision-making, and Democracy: A New Experience from Buenos Aires
One of the positive outcomes of the OGP Subnational Pilot Program is that it creates relationships among like-minded cities and governments. These relationships result in exchanges of knowledge, practices, and experiences. Buenos Aires Elige (BA Elige), a platform through which…
Taking the Pain Out of Public Procurement
Originally posted on the B-Team blog. Metro Cash & Carry is one of the world’s leading self-service wholesale companies – selling food and non-food products to businesses and governments. In the past, MC&C’s Ukrainian branch would turn down potential business…
Global Legislative Openness Conference to explore parliaments, OGP, and trust in representative institutions
This spring, 30 Open Government Partnership (OGP) member countries will develop National Action Plans. With international momentum growing and new rules on parliamentary participation in place, this cycle presents an opportunity to advance the legislative openness agenda by developing meaningful…