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Poland.png Among the new member countries which have joined the EU since 2004, Poland and Slovenia are the only ones that have not joined the Open Government Partnership (OGP) yet.  For Poland, this is surprising as the country had met…

PledgeNoBribe.png India is an increasingly relevant example when making a case for open data in governance in developing countries. The passage of the Right to Information Act (RTI) in 2005 is a milestone in the changing face of the citizen-government…

This post was co-written with Gilbert Sendugwa, Coordinator and Head of Secretariat for the Africa Freedom of Information Centre, and was originally published on the World Resources Institute's website. The Open Government Partnership (OGP) boasts some pretty lofty and much-needed goals. The global initiative aims to secure…

Last month’s post on how open data is a major factor of economic growth was an important analysis of the wider debate on the impact open data has on governance. Worldwide, businesses and public bodies are unfortunately facing a lack of quality…

This strategy [PDF] sets out how the Open Government Partnership intends to build on the momentum that in year one has seen it it has grow to include 57 participating countries who embrace the OGP Declaration of Principles and commit to develop, implement…

  Last week we looked at open data policies in the EU. The Open agenda however goes beyond open data; it also includes transparency and civic participation. This week, we take a look at the mechanisms that the EU has…

The European Union’s institutions have been criticised from the early days for the “democratic deficit”, namely the lack of those mechanisms that give legitimacy to national governments. Increasingly though, the debate is shifting towards a different and yet related criticism…

The OGP has quickly become the leading global movement for promoting government openness. So it might seem odd to ask whether something as central to openness as the right to information (RTI or freedom of information) is being taken seriously…

TreeMendelBlog.png President Obama launched his term with grand hopes and big initiatives. Of the many promises that he campaigned on, one of them was, of course, that of delivering an unprecedented level of government communication and openness to the American…

Since Croatia applied to join the OGP in 2011 when the then government was more focused on parliamentary elections than on plans for the future, OGP related activities were run by enthusiasts from civil society organisations (CSOs, e.g. GONG ),…