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Even before the recent decision of the Philippine Supreme Court declaring the legislators’ pork barrel (also known as Priority Development Assistance Fund or PDAF) unconstitutional, public finance experts and good governance advocates in the country have raised possible alternatives to…

My name is Alonso Cerdán and I recently joined the OGP Support Unit as Program Manager for Direct Country Support. I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself and talk a little bit about the work that I will…

OGP IRM Local Researchers Call The Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) of the Open Government Partnership  is seeking individuals to carry out research at the national level in 33 countries to assess government progress on implementation of OGP Action Plans.  Background The…

Sunset in Dublin hdr.jpg Photo credit: Sunset in Dublin hdr by Edgaras via Flickr. The Europe Regional Conference for OGP will take place in Dublin May 8-9, hosted by the Irish Government.The planning committee for the conference are inviting ideas…

EPPlenaryvote.jpg This article originally appeared on Access Info Europe and has been republished with permission from the author.  Access Info Europe has welcomed the decision[1] by the European Parliament to bring greater transparency to its decision making by recording and publishing…

Recognising that good ideas come from everywhere, the Asia Pacific Regional Conference presents an opportunity to highlight innovative reforms in transparency, accountability and public participation that engance the state of open government across countries in the Asia region. Seven individuals…

Poland blog.png This piece was co-authored by Kalina Michocka.  In 2013 the Polish organization Jeden Świat and the Dutch Centre for Budget Monitoring and Citizen Participation started a project to introduce budget monitoring in the cities of Konin and Kalisz in…

Oscars.jpeg This post originally appeared on ONE.org and has been republished with permission from the author. The upcoming Academy Awards is a time to celebrate the best films, actors and behind-the-scenes players in Hollywood – so why not do the…

Data Days Feb 2014.jpg   Data Days 2014, a three-day global conference on Open Data, Open Innovation and Open Government just came to an end on Wednesday evening. Central to the event was the award ceremony for an App competition…

After a burst of activity around the time of the London Summit, I’m afraid it has been way too long since I’ve posted on the OGP blog. I now have a good excuse to check in.  Today we are publishing…