Stories

We’re excited to share a new phase for OGP Local! Learn about our vision to accelerate national-local integration, make membership requirements more flexible, and develop a collaborative hub for peer learning.

Amid uncertainty over the advance of COVID-19, the only thing for sure is that nothing, or very little, will stay the same.

Bajo el manto de incertidumbre que se cierne con el avance del COVID-19, la única certeza es que nada, o muy poco, podrá ser igual que antes. En el caso de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil que nos dedicamos…

Less than a month ago in Berlin, the OGP Steering Committee met and approved a new three-year implementation plan for the Partnership.

Hace menos de un mes, el Comité Directivo de OGP se reunió en Berlín. En esta reunión, se aprobó el nuevo plan de implementación a 3 años. Desde que iniciamos el proceso de planeación hace seis meses, el plan ha…

This blog was written by Abigail Bartlett, a fourth-year Communications and Media Studies major at Carleton University.  As a Canadian public servant for the last three years, Abigail has witnessed the benefits of open communication between government and the public. …

As all of our lives have quickly become dominated by the impact of COVID-19, I hope all are safe and healthy and adapting to our new reality.  During the last week in February, I had the pleasure of welcoming the…

As you scour those empty supermarket shelves, spare a thought for those buying for governments. Public procurement professionals across the world are under immense pressure as they shop around to meet the huge demand for medical equipment and supplies —…

We often talk about the role of politicians in fixing the trust deficit, but what can bureaucracies do?

Con frecuencia hablamos del papel que tienen los políticos para resolver el problema del déficit de confianza, pero ¿Qué pueden hacer las burocracias?

Every so often, simple ideas simply work. When Cabo Verde’s National Assembly set out to break down barriers to citizen engagement, they got out the sledgehammer.

De vez en cuando, las ideas sencillas pueden funcionar. Cuando la Asamblea Nacional de Cabo Verde se propuso eliminar las barreras que limitaban la participación ciudadana, lo hicieron con toda la fuerza.

Openness, engagement, and transparency, are key to bridging the gap between people and administrators.

On this International Women’s Day, we’re reflecting on what OGP has learned over the past year and where we hope to take inclusive open government in 2020.

En el marco del Día Internacional de la Mujer, reflexionamos sobre lo que OGP ha aprendido en el último año y hacia dónde queremos dirigir el movimiento del gobierno abierto en el 2020.