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The South Africa IRM report captures well a reality which has been evident for a while. There is strong government commitment to accountability and responsiveness – but citizens are often excluded from decision-making and able to ensure that government does…

In the run up to the upcoming Open Government Partnership (OGP) Summit, in London on October 31, countries are at different stages in developing and updating their plans to improve their openness and accountability to citizens. The Opening Government Guide…

With the third Annual Open Government Partnership Summit fast approaching, current OGP member countries are in the process of developing their second Action Plans and future members are developing their initial commitments. In this light, we wondered how member governments…

The Open Government Partnership's Independent Reporting Mechanism releases the first in a series of reports looking at the initial cohort of eight countries that submitted OGP action plans. First up is the IRM report on South Africa, which can be found below.…

After joining the OGP in January 2012, Costa Rica took the decision to present its first National Action Plan at the OGP International Steering Committee meeting a year later in April 2013. ‘We didn’t want to rush the process. It…

The Georgian government agencies have not been very proactive in releasing relevant public information about their decisions and activities. Whenever a citizen, a journalist or a researcher wanted this information, one had to send a Freedom of Information (FOI) request…

Do you know the actual status of Open Government in Kosovo? Are you aware that in Albania the only existing Open Data platform was created by a non-governmental group? That is what, among other issues, we are exploring along our…

OGP’s unique review mechanism, the IRM, takes a proud step forward as it announces its new cohort of researchers for the countries joining OGP in 2012. The IRM tracks progress on development and implementation of OGP action plans on a…

Since  August,  2012,  BEMFAM  (Family  Welfare  in  Brazil),  a  Brazilian  NGO  focused  on  family planning,  sexual  and  reproductive  health  and  sexual  and  reproductive  rights,  has  been developing  a  project  in  partnership  with  IPPF  (International Planned Parenthood  Federation) on the Brazilian’s…

Open government principles were well entrenched within the Obama Administration by the time the Open Government Partnership was launched in September 2011. Since the first day of Obama’s presidency, in January 2009, the federal government has worked to make government…