2nd March 2013
This months Stanford Social Innovation Review includes a supplement about the Open Government Partnership. The articles provide a concise overview of the history of the OGP, activities taking place in a number of countries, and some of the opportunities and challenges for the partnership coming up. The articles include an overview of the origins of…
26th February 2013
Where: The Open Data Institute When: 15 February 2013 Introduction On Thursday, 15 February, the UK Open Government Partnership civil society network and Cabinet Office Transparency team met to discuss a narrative for the UK’s open government action plan. A number of working groups are currently working on developing particular commitments for the action plan,…
12th February 2013
Open government – based on transparency, participation and responsiveness – is needed to enable greater accountability and better use of resources for development. This has already been recognised in the UK Government’s Co-chair vision for the OGP, which has as its first objective to ‘Show that transparency and participation drive economic growth, well-being and prosperity through…
31st January 2013
The Association of Commonwealth Universities, the International Records Management Trust and the Alliance for Permanent Access are holding a workshop on accessing and preserving credible data (details below). Please contact Anthea Seles ([email protected]) or Polly North ([email protected]) if you would like to attend.
31st January 2013
At the end of October I asked civil society to join me in a shared endeavour – to create the next UK National Action Plan for the OGP. We’re now three months in – our weekly sessions on Thursdays at the Open Data Institute are well established, we’ve got a rough narrative for the plan…
28th January 2013
Where: The Open Data Institute When: 24 January 2013 Introduction On 15 November, members of the Cabinet Office Transparency Team and the civil society network met to scope out the areas of the UK’s next open government National Action Plan. Four areas were identified based on the UK Government’s priorities and the civil society network’s…
21st January 2013
This Thursday (24 January), the UK OGP civil society network and Cabinet Office Transparency Team will be holding the fourth and final session in the series on the content of the UK’s next open government National Action Plan. The session will take place at the Open Data Institute and will be on the priority area of: “Moving forward the global…
11th January 2013
Where: The Open Data Institute When: 10 January 2013 Introduction On 15 November, members of the Cabinet Office Transparency Team and the civil society network met to scope out the areas of the UK’s next open government National Action Plan. Four areas were identified based on the UK Government’s priorities and the civil society network’s…
10th January 2013
The Prime Minister has recently written to G8 leaders on his plans for the G8 Presidency. His letter references several initiatives and policies relevant to the work of the UK Open Government Partnership and, significantly, signals a change in position on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Here is the full text taken from GOV.UK: “As the…
7th January 2013
This Thursday (10 January), the UK OGP civil society network and Cabinet Office Transparency Team will be holding the third session in the series on the content of the UK’s next open government National Action Plan. The session will take place at the (newly launched) Open Data Institute and will be on the priority area of: “Anti-corruption”. More details on…