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…
21st December 2012
On 20 December 2012, Sophia Oliver and Ilaria Miller (Cabinet Office Transparency Team), and Simon Burall and Tim Hughes (Involve, coordinators of the civil society network), met to plan the next steps of the joint development of the UK’s open government National Action Plan. Developing the interim National Action Plan Our discussion primarily focused on…
17th December 2012
Where: The Open Data Institute When: 29 November 2012 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…
6th December 2012
On the 5th December 2012, the UK Government – in its role as co-chair of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) – organised a Peer Exchange meeting for representatives of participating countries. The opening panel saw government and civil society representatives from Indonesia (the other co-chair of OGP), Mexico, Tanzania and the UK share their stories…