The following post is one of nine articles published for a special supplement, Innovating Government on a Global Stage, produced for the Open Government Partnership in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR). To view the original post, please visit the SSIR website. This post was co-authored by Caroline Mauldin. On September 20, 2011, 46 world leaders, including US President Barack Obama and
This is an exciting week for the Open Government Partnership as more countries present their action plans to their international partners and representatives of civil society in a major step toward full participation. From their commitments we eagerly anticipate more action to establish transparency, civic participation, and accountability. At the OGP Ministerial Steering Committee meeting
AGA ha cumplido un primer ciclo en México. El periodo de implementación del primer Plan de Acción ha concluido con el año 2012, al mismo tiempo que la administración del Presidente Felipe Calderón, quien formalizó su adhesión a la iniciativa en el año 2011. El 14 de diciembre de 2012 el Grupo Promotor en
So what our discussion has focused on is, number one, how do we continue to build on strong democracies; how do we continue to build on transparency and accountability. Because what we’ve learned over the last several decades is that when you’ve got good governance — when you have democracies that work, sound management of
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 Uruguay) Gobierno Abierto. Y de hecho algunas respuestas pueden encontrarse en este reporte. Sin embargo
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, international organizations, developers and researchers discussed what do we mean, in Uruguay at least, by
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 an opportunity to recast the traditional agenda on this field. By moving toward a pro-integrity
In February 12 and 13 Costa Rica’s Digital Government Secretariat conducted outreach activities aimed at disseminating the Open Government Partnership’s (OGP) mission among civil society and government officials. The Secretariat also presented its draft action plan to the public. Costa Rica joined OGP in January 2012 and is planning to present its first action plan