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Over the summer we received many questions on the content of the new OGP national action plans. The most common question was about how one could find commitments made in a particular issue area. To provide a useful response to this…

Latin America boasts the highest proportion of OGP participating countries, with 15 member countries committed to promoting official transparency. And they have been successful: The first round of National Action Plans (NAP) submitted by 14 of the countries led to…

Date: Tuesday, 11th November, 2014   The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Steering Committee* is deeply concerned about recent personal attacks on Ms. Vanja Calovic, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) researcher in Montenegro. Montenegro is a participating country in OGP, and…

In one week, the Americas Open Government Community will gather in San Jose, Costa Rica, to talk, learn, debate and work together during OGP’s Americas Regional Meeting. We will start out on November 17 with a civil society unconference, followed…

Open government is about enabling citizens to participate in the decisions that affect their lives, and making government more transparent, responsive and accountable.  The Open Government Partnership has emerged as a leading platform in realizing that ambition, with civil society…

In this section of the OGP newsletter, we feature open government champions both from government and civil society, and ask them about their OGP experiences. Here is what they have to say: How does open government make a difference in…

This post is adapted from OGP Executive Director Linda Frey’s November 2014 remarks, delivered as she joined OGP’s co-chairs to accept the Commitment to Development “Ideas in Action" Award. The Center for Global Development’s prize has been given annually since…

A bit more than a decade ago I worked at the Dutch development organization Hivos. This was at the time of the World Summits on the Information Society. Hivos was – and is - promoting the smart use of technology…

Part of the four "grand challenges" recognized by the Georgian government's 2014-15 Open Government Partnership action plan is increasing public integrity. One particular non-governmental organization is creating online solutions to put these words into practice. The Institute for Development of…

Recently, the Netherlands published its self-assessment report on its first National Action Plan (2014-2015). In the report, eight learning points and challenges are mentioned in order  to improve the impact of the open government activities in our country. Three of them relate…