Points of View

Ann Allan – Why I’m Going To Malone House… | Vixens With Convictions!

25th October 2014

From the Vixens With Convictions! blog: “On Wednesday 5th November I’m off to Malone House to the launch of the Northern Ireland Open Government Network. I have been involved for the last few months in helping to get the launch up and running and I’m looking forward to seeing how it will evolve.” Visit the…


Open Government Partnership in NI – What’s the Next step? | Slugger O’Toole

9th June 2014

From the Slugger O’Toole blog: “Off the back of the hugely successful Open Government Partnership seminar held in Belfast at the end of May, the Building Change Trust are hosting a follow-up discussion this Thursday to see where we can go next with bringing this International Initiative to Northern Ireland.” Visit the site



Open Government Partnership: How to start the ball rolling… | Slugger O’Toole

15th May 2014

From the Slugger O’Toole blog: “After Tuesday’s #DigitalLunch on Open Government Partnership and ahead of Friday’s event in Belfast, for those of you thinking of how you might roll up your sleeves and get involved in making government smarter and more open, here’s your Survival Guide to OGP in Six Memos.” Visit the site






Immediate reflections on the UK National Action Plan for open government | Simon Burall, Involve

31st October 2013

In a couple of hours David Cameron will be up on stage at the Open Government Partnership international Summit launching the UK’s National Action Plan for Open Government [http://data.gov.uk/sites/default/files/library/20131031_ogp_uknationalactionplan.pdf]. The development of this plan has taken nine months of intense work for both Government and organisations in the UK civil society network. Our role has…


Analysis of the UK IRM Report | Simon Burall, Involve

27th September 2013

This article was originally posted on the Open Government Partnership blog: http://blog.opengovpartnership.org/2013/09/analysis-of-the-uk-irm-report-2/  [line] The UK is now deep into the detail of developing the commitments which will form its second National Action Plan. This will be published at the Annual Summit at the end of October.  The release of the IRM report on the first Plan is…