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 – DFP/NIOGN Collaborative Workshop Minutes – 19th November 2015

19th November 2015
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NI Open Government Network – Exploring the Idea of Participatory Budgeting for Northern Ireland – November 2015

17th November 2015
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Meeting of the Open Government Network, with Paul Maassen

2nd November 2015
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Citizen Perspective on the Value and Importance of Freedom of Information

1st November 2015
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NI Open Government Network meeting with the Department of Finance and Personnel – 22nd October 2015

22nd October 2015
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Transparency is Secrecy. Accountability is Costly. Openness is Optional.

15th October 2015
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NI Open Government Network e-Bulletin – September 2015

1st October 2015
The September 2015 issue of the NIOGN e-Bulletin can be viewed here.
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NI Open Government Network – Discussion Paper: Draft NI Commitments for inclusion in the UK National Action Plan – September 2015

1st October 2015
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UK National Action Plan 2016 consultation launched

26th September 2015
The UK Government has formally launched the consultation for the UK’s 2016-2018 OGP National Action Plan. The Open Government Partnership (OGP) was established in 2011. It provides an international platform for reformers committed to making their governments more open, accountable, and responsive to citizens. Each country in the OGP must develop a biennial national action plan to advance transparency,…
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The Open Government Partnership: How far have we come?

25th September 2015
The UK’s 2013-15 OGP Progress Report was published on Wednesday. Here Ben Worthy, the UK’s Independent Reporting Mechanism researcher, reflects on progress since the publication of the UK’s second National Action Plan. The UK government is now nearing the end of its Second National Action Plan created as part of the Open Government Partnership process.…
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