NI Open Gov

The Northern Ireland Open Government Network is a loose alliance of individual citizens and representatives of voluntary/community organisations aiming to engage in dialogue with the NI Executive to campaign for a more open form of government. We want government to be more transparent, participatory and accountable to the people it serves.

We aim to use the international Open Government Partnership as a vehicle to achieve this objective and are making links with similar civil society networks in the UK and Ireland.



NI Open Government Network – OGP Summit Session Proposal

22nd August 2016
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Our new open Wiki to plan a programme for civil society capacity building

19th August 2016
Dear Open Government community, The civil society coordinators for UK, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are working together to strengthen and connect the Open Government civil society movements in the UK home nations. This project is being led by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Northern Ireland Environment Link, Wales Council for Voluntary Action and…
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Democracy Games: The Next Generation

18th August 2016
This is a party political broadcast by …the next generation As part of the Unusual Suspects Festival in October, the NI Open Government Network and the NEETs Forum have co-designed an event that will explore the political party process, policy making and democracy in Northern Ireland. Through a series of interactive democracy games, young people…
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Aarhus, TTIP and Environmental Protection post-Brexit

18th August 2016
To coincide with NI Environment Week, John Barry, Professor of Green Political Economy in the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy at Queens University Belfast, will explore the unknown landscape of a post Brexit UK. His presentation will attempt some informed ‘crystal ball gazing’ and present some ideas as to possible short and longer…
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GovCampConnect Ireland

18th August 2016
Community-centred unconferences have been key to the success of digital government in the UK. The purpose of the event is to: Bring the UKGovCamp unconference model to the digital government sector in Ireland Bring together the community which is currently split across silos, e.g., open source, open data, education, health, policy, etc. Promote cross-border knowledge…
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NI Open Government Network – Written Briefing for NI Assembly Committee for the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister – January 2016

18th August 2016
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The Democratic Society – Big ideas to transform the economy: participatory budgeting could be the answer

15th August 2016
(via The Democratic Society) The Democratic Society were invited by the Open Government Network NI to speak at the Festival of Economics in Northern Ireland, on the topic of participatory budgeting. The conference was framed around Big Ideas looking at innovative, challenging and disruptive ideas to transform the economy. Our Niamh Webster joined economists, experts…
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NI Open Government Network response to the NI Executive Draft Programme for Government Framework 2016-21

21st July 2016
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NI Open Government Network Annual Report 2015-2016

17th June 2016
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NI Open Government Network letter to the Finance Minister – 26th May 2016

26th May 2016
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