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 Is access to open public data a service, like education, or a right, like free speech? Services are optional Governments collect taxes and use the money to provide services to their citizens. Because tax revenue is finite, no government can…

The Open Government Partnership initiative is truly popular and completely necessary worldwide, but when it comes to the post-Soviet space, its importance is hard to overestimate. The reason is probably obvious – though the Soviet Union fell more than 20…

The government of the Philippines has made a big step forward in terms of openness and transparency. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has fulfilled its promise of “full transparency in operations” by providing regular updates to society…

gov.uk Francis Maude, the UK Government's Cabinet Office Minister gave a speech for the first anniversary of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) at a conference this morning organised by the think tank Reform. Using its status as the lead chair of the Partnership,…

  Slinn1.jpg David Slinn, UK Ambassador in Croatia, speaking at the Second European Outreach and Support Meeting in Dubrovnik The second European Outreach and Support Meeting of the Open Government Initiative (OGP) was held on October 4-5, in Dubrovnik. Meeting…

  OGP participating government, Montenegro launched an e-petitions platform this week (9 Oct), which will enable citizens to submit e-petitions to the Government. The website, which is yet to be launched will be known as “Citizens Voice – e-Petitions.” Initiated…

OGP: From Commitment to Action As the UK meets today to discuss OGP One Year On, Mark Robinson of the UK's Department for International Development offers his view on the challenges facing participating countries for the year ahead. One year on…

Barometer perspective by RangiferOnTheRoof (via Flickr) Up until now, in Romania, we were familiar with the national development plans that the EU demands according to the Cohesion Policy. These national plans indicate the economic and social development discrepancies from within…

Making All Voices Count: A Grand Challenge for Development (MAVC) brings together the Department for International Development (DFID), US Agency for International Development (USAID), Omidyar Network (ON) and other funders to create a Fund in the region of US$30-35 million, to…

The events of the past two years – from Occupy movements to civil unrest and revolutions – have served to reinforce the knowledge that global governance has new paramount actors. The primacy of regular people has never been so clear,…