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OGP: Shaping an African agenda on open government reform

This piece originally appeared on the Huffington Post blog. The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a bold initiative between governments and civil society organizations that seeks to make governments more open, accountable and responsive to citizens. In less than five…

Featured Commitment – Sierra Leone

Country: Sierra Leone Commitment: Records Management & Archives National Action Plan: 2014-2016 Sierra Leone’s current archives law dates to its early independence and many of the national archives were destroyed during its decade-long civil war. Without records, however, many administrative…

MEDIA BRIEFING: Azerbaijan made inactive in Open Government Partnership

Cape Town, South Africa, May 4, 2016 - The Steering Committee of the Open Government Partnership today resolved that Azerbaijan will be regretfully designated as inactive in OGP, due to unresolved constraints on the operating environment for Non-Governmental Organizations. Azerbaijan…

Q&A with Rakesh Rajani “Government is Us”

You were very involved in bringing OGP to life. Are you surprised at how it’s developed? It’s all happened quickly. For several years a motley crew of us worked on the idea of open government, open budgets, open data –…

OGP en África: Compromisos notables

Want to read this blog in English? Están ocurriendo cosas importantes en los países africanos miembros de OGP. Sin embargo, en el reciente informe  de los “compromisos destacados de OGP” (las reformas más ambiciosas de OGP) no se incluyó ningún…

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