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We recently added a new resource page on local government to the Open Government Guide to reflect the importance of local government action for transparency, accountability and participation.  From  participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre to social audits in Andra Pradesh to tracking snow ploughs…

Opening up government and tackling corruption are two sides of the same coin that help governments become more accountable and more transparent and help increase citizen participation in government. The Open Government Partnership and the United Nations Convention against Corruption,…

This post originally appeared on opendataresearch.org The opening plenary of the second day (7 May) of the first OGP Asia Pacific Regional Conference held in Bali, Indonesia was probably the most inspiring session in the whole conference. It is a…

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Screenshot of the African Voices series. Watch the videos at the links provided throughout the blog.[/caption]Rakesh Rajani, head of Twaweza, was interviewed by CNN and appeared on this week’s African Voices show. A civil society co-chair…

The OGP Europe Regional Meeting takes place May 8-9 in Dublin.  For those of you unable to be in Ireland, some sessions can be watched live. Access details can be found below. We also welcome your input in real time via…

Bali summit.jpg This post originally appeared on the Open Data Research Network and has been republished with permission from the author.  The plenary room of Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center was jam-packed at 845 in the morning, with representatives from…

The role of the OGP Steering Committee - consisting of 9 representatives from government and 9 from civil society - is "to develop, promote and safeguard the values, principles and interests of the OGP. It also establishes the core ideas,…

31 countries will participate in the first Open Government Partnership Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on May 6-7, hosted by the Government of Indonesia in Bali. For a region with over 60% of the world’s population, the conference is a tremendous opportunity…

At the beginning of next week Indonesia will host the first OGP Steering Committee Meeting of 2014. This ministerial level meeting will take place on the days before the Asia Pacific Regional Meeting and has a packed agenda. What should…

Dublin page.jpg   Open government advocates sometimes struggle to offer a compelling vision of what they stand for. Too often the esoteric jargon around the issues obscures the fundamentals of an open society, in which civil society has space to…