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This post originally appeared on the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency blog and is the third in a short series that GIFT is running to provide ideas for countries preparing their next Action Plans. The first two blogs looked at…

ENGLISH En septiembre de este año se cumple el quinto aniversario de OGP. En solo cinco años, hemos pasado de ser una pequeña iniciativa a ser una alianza de 70 países miembros y más de 2500 organizaciones de la sociedad…

A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world. This week, as OGP continued to receive National Action Plans from around the world, numerous OGP news items discussed the reception of the…

This post originally appeared on the WaterAid blog. Social accountability is an essential part of efforts to achieve universal access to water and sanitation. Louisa Gosling, WaterAid’s Quality Programmes Manager, reports on key lessons heard at the Global Partnership for…

ESPAÑOL This September marks OGP’s fifth year anniversary. In just five short years, we’ve grown from being a start-up initiative to a partnership of 70 participating governments and over 2,500 civil society organizations. To celebrate the milestone, we are making…

President John Pombe Magufuli has surprised and delighted many people in Tanzania and beyond, by some of the actions he has taken in his first few months as president. Together with his Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, the President swept through…

A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world. This week, a diverse array of open government articles surfaced across Europe. Following the “Brexit” vote of June 23, a significant piece came…

Country: Mongolia Commitment: Improving Environmental Information Access for Citizens National Action Plan: 2014-2016 While Mongolia is a compliant country in the Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI), many agreements and contracts related to natural resources extraction remain closed and inaccessible to…

¿Quieres leer este blog en español? OGP is a global movement of reformers, trying to catalyze innovative ideas to create meaningful reforms. An integral part of this movement is the learning process, where governments, civil society actors, and citizens can…

OGP es un movimiento global de reformadores que intentan generar ideas innovadoras que resulten en reformas de alto impacto. Un componente clave de este movimiento es el aprendizaje, en el que actores de gobierno, la sociedad civil y la ciudadanía…

Dear friends, colleagues and members of the greater OGP community, I began serving as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Open Government Partnership on May 6. It’s been quite a wonderful whirlwind of activity -- these first few weeks have…

Estimados amigos, colegas y miembros de la comunidad de OGP, A partir del 6 de mayo he ocupado el cargo de Director Ejecutivo de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (OGP por sus siglas en inglés). Ha sido un torbellino…