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The Open Government Partnership is just four years old, but already has the potential to help fight against restrictions on civil society space. It will only achieve that, however, if it helps countries develop  commitments that protect civil society and…

The mandate of the current Board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) will end in February 2016. The EITI Board is comprised of representatives from each Constituency engaged in the EITI – governments of supporting and implementing countries, extractive…

18 months ago we set out to develop a tool for civil society in OGP countries to assess how open and ambitious their governments were being in developing their National Action Plans. After countless drafts of questions and two rounds…

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is pleased to announce that Sanjay Pradhan has been selected to lead the organization starting mid 2016. The Open Government Partnership was launched by eight Heads of State at the UN General Assembly in 2011,…

Open Government Partnership (OGP) se complace en anunciar que Sanjay Pradhan ha sido seleccionado para dirigir a la organización a partir de mediados de 2016. Open Government Partnership fue creada por ocho jefes de Estado durante la Asamblea General de…

I am a huge fan of New Year’s Eve. It is not just the parties and the fireworks. It is the chance for honest and critical reflection on the past year. And the chance to get things right in the…

Country: UkraineCommitment: Regulating Access to Communist-era ArchivesNational Action Plan: 2014-15 Access to the files of the Soviet period secret services and law enforcement agencies remains a sensitive issue. Many of the archives remain closed for researchers or difficult to access.…

Public administration is evolving towards Open Government, a new paradigm that makes use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) but also changes the processes and information management within the public sector in order to bring the government closer to the…

Open Mapping is transforming how governments and citizens work together by allowing them to co-create and support critical government functions with geographic maps and data. The OGP Summit in Mexico City launched Open Mapping within the partnership with a series…

This call is now closed. For more information and future opportunities, please visit OGP Local. La Alianza para Gobierno Abierto (AGA o OGP, Open Government Partnership) lanza hoy un nuevo programa piloto emocionante para involucrar a los gobiernos sub-nacionales en…

This call is now closed. For more information and future opportunities, please visit OGP Local. The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is launching an exciting new pilot program designed to more proactively involve subnational governments in the initiative. OGP is a…