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As a part of its commitment to government transparency, the Government of Indonesia (represented by the President’s Delivery Unit for Development Monitoring and Oversight), National Secretariat of FITRA (The Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency, a CSO concerned with budget transparency…

El pasado diciembre, tuve el placer de moderar una mesa redonda, como académico y miembro de  DATA , sobre la situación del gobierno abierto en Uruguay.  Servidores públicos, organizaciones internacionales, desarrolladores, investigadores y activistas, discutieron que significa (al menos en…

Entendiendo el gobierno abierto: Una experiencia Uruguaya Last December 2012, I had the pleasure to chair in my academic capacity and as a member of DATA  a round table about open government in Uruguay where government officials, civil society advocates,…

The digital revolution is here and governments are running out of places to hide. Policy Exchange wants your help to understand the challenges and opportunities ahead A couple of months ago it was time to renew my driving licence. This…

On Wednesday 13 March 2013 in Kampala, Development Research and Training (DRT) in collaboration with Development Initiatives – Africa Hub organized an Africacounts Roundtable Forum on Open Development. The ‘Africacounts’ round tables are multi-stakeholder forums designed to stimulate constructive dialogue…

In my previous post, I spoke about the importance of creating a democracy barometer, which would measure the level of democracy across countries to make comparisons easier. Instead of just identifying the need for this barometer, I wanted to explore…

The Interamerican Development Bank shares the view that the concept of open government is a platform for rethinking public management and the way governments engage with civil society. Open Government Partnership (OGP) is not just another transparency initiative, but rather…

Before Brazil’s first OGP action plan even had its one year anniversary, preparations for a new action plan and consultation process were already underway. In fact, conversations around a new action plan and a more robust consultation process started back…

Originally posted on Bernard Sabiti's blog 'Ugandan English' on 7th March 2013. The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a new international initiative aimed at securing concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, increase civic participation, fight corruption, and harness new…

The term “Open Government” (OG, hereafter) has been used since the 70s to refer to the effort to reduce bureaucratic opacity and open up governments to public scrutiny. Current notions of GA are thus the result of more than four…