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¿Quieres leer este blog en español? On January of 2016, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will go into effect. For 193 Member States of the United Nations this date marks the beginning of a 15 year challenge to effectively…

 PRESS RELEASE  Open Government Partnership Open Government Partnership Declaration in Support of 2030 Agenda New York, September 27, 2015 - At today’s ministerial-level meeting of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), members of its Steering Committee adopted the “Open Government for…

In the run-up to next month’s Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit in Mexico City, ADB and the OGP support unit recently co-organized an Asia-Pacific regional workshop for representatives from governments, civil society, and multilateral organizations to share what works,…

Washington DC, September 21, 2015 - At the Western Balkans OGP Dialogue 2015 conference held in Tirana, Albania earlier this month, government and civil society members of the Open Government Partnership issued a declaration calling upon "governments and civil society…

The civil society members of the OGP steering committee are proud to announce the inaugural OGP Government Champion Award! Now is the time to consider nominating OGP government offices, departments, or teams you feel are going “above and beyond” the…

A few weeks ago on 28 August Mozambican journalist and publisher Paulo Machava was shot dead while jogging.   Machava was involved in a campaign supporting an economist and two reporters who are facing national security and defamation charges. Their…

The World Bank Group sees the pillars of a more open and citizen centric government--transparency, citizen participation, and collaboration--as strategic priorities in its work on governance because they suggest concrete ways to promote shared prosperity. Having made significant strides to increasing…

We, young people from around the world, gathered here in Rovinj, Croatia, on 2nd September 2015 at the Open Data Youth Camp, to express our commitment to the principles of open, transparent, participative and accountable government, which provides efficient services…

On behalf of the Open Government Partnership (OGP)’s Legislative Openness Working Group (LOWG), co-chaired by the Congress of Chile and the National Democratic Institute, we are excited to announce that this year's OGP Global Summit, being held in Mexico City…

There is an undeniable trend of reforms and innovations that include fiscal transparency, accountability and public participation as ways to achieve better governance results. Within this framework, both civil society and governments have been pushing for more fiscal openness commitments…