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Along side the OGP meetings April 17-18, we spent two days opening local geo data with OpenStreetMap. There's a lot of excitement in Brazil around OpenStreetMap, which you can see in its recent community growth. Members from Track Source, Transparency…

In Ukraine and throughout the nearby region, “facade democracy,” in which laws and governance appear to support and conform to universal democratic standards and reforms appear to take place yet repeatedly result in no real reform or change, is a…

I thought it would be helpful to note down some thoughts on Brasilia's meeting fast, whilst the memory is still fresh... The event:  Over 1200 attendees, 60 journalists registered with great news/TV coverage with O'Reilly Media's Alex Howard interviewing participants throughout the 2 days and…

More than just talking about open data at next week's OGP High-Level Conference in Brasilia, we will be making open data. This Sunday there will be an OpenStreetMap 'mapping party' where you can go out into town, map the area,…

Written by David Banisar and Alan Hudson. David is Senior Legal Counsel of ARTICLE 19, global campaign for free expression and information in London. Alan leads for ONE, the global campaigning organisation, on transparency and accountability. Opening governance on a global…

This past January, we put the Government of Israel in touch with five different NM “suppliers” – three conversations focused on aspects of public participation, and two dealt with citizen feedback mechanisms for improved public service delivery and more general…

Written by Matej Novak from International Research and Exchanges Board, Ukraine office. The Ukrainian OGP Action Plan, just like most other country OGP Action Plans, takes advantage of the power of the internet. It contains the creation of new online resources that will…

The following blog entry was written by Dr. Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer, an innovator in deliberative democracy, public administration, and organizational development. She is Founder and President of Global Voices and AmericaSpeaks, a nonprofit organization that works to engage citizens in public decisions that…

Sadly, I won't be able to join the hundreds of friends and colleagues attending the Open Government Partnership's high-level meeting later this month in Brasilia. My wife and I are expecting our second daughter on or around April 22nd, so…

We are building here mechanisms to strengthen democracy, new ways to engage with civil society and new partnerships to address old challenges of governance. Jorge Hage is Minister of State, Head of the Comptroller General's Office of Brazil. On behalf of Brazil,…