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. On April 17, 2012, Brazil hosted the first High-Level Conference of the Open Government Partnership (OGP)—a partnership that grew in a mere
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
As Latin American governments and their civil society partners meet in Santiago to discuss the Open Government Partnership, we consider their OGP commitments. Of the 58 countries that make OGP, 15 are of Latin America and the Caribbean. 11 of the 15 countries – Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic
Chile is hosting a Regional Outreach Meeting of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) for Latin America on the 10th and 11th January 2013. It will be opened by Cristián Larroulet, Minister Secretary-General of the Chilean Presidency, who commented: The fact that Chile is hosting a meeting of such magnitude is a major example of the
With more than 500 million people or 86 per cent of Latin America’s total population residing in OGP participating countries already, Latin America is becoming a world leader in open government, with rich experiences to share both within and beyond the region. In the infographic (below) we take a look at some of the open
Source: Skyline Santiago City, Chile, Victorddt *An English version of this post can be found following the Spanish version El mapa político de América Latina ha cambiado radicalmente en las últimas tres décadas. Donde antes había gobiernos de facto emanados de golpes de estado, sin visos de legitimidad constitucional, hoy tenemos gobernantes electos mediante el voto