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.
24th September 2015
The Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) has released the UK’s second progress report covering the formation and first year of implementation of the second UK action plan. Ben Worthy, an academic based at Birkbeck College, University of London carried out the research: “The UK government wrote an ambitious action plan that involved civil society organisations closely in the process. The…
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24th September 2015
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17th September 2015
The Open Data Institute is hosting a lunchtime lecture with the UK’s OGP Independent Reporting Mechanism researcher, Ben Worthy. Come along to hear about the progress of the OGP in the UK. When: Friday 25 September 2015, 1:00pm – 1:50pm Where: Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street You bring your lunch, we provide tea and…
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8th September 2015
One of the central elements of the Open Government Partnership is the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM), which provides an annual independent assessment of each country’s progress on the OGP. In this post, the UK’s IRM Researcher, Ben Worthy, summarises some of the key findings from the UK’s new IRM report. How Did it Work? Across the CSOs I spoke…
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4th September 2015
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4th September 2015
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30th August 2015
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13th August 2015
How subnational governments and civil society can be involved in the Open Government Partnership is an important question that we’re grappling with in the UK. It’s a particularly pressing issue in a country such as the UK, where significant powers are devolved to Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and increasingly to cities and regions. Nathaniel…
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10th August 2015
Colm Burns and Paul Braithwaite from the Northern Ireland Open Government Network have written for the OGP blog on the importance of devolved governments and civil society being involved in OGP action plans: The Open Government Partnership has spread rapidly since its inception in 2011 and now boasts 65 member countries with more likely to…
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6th August 2015
The recently formed Northern Ireland Open Government Network is pushing for devolved regions to be included in the UK’s next national action plan. The Open Government Partnership has spread rapidly since its inception in 2011 and now boasts 65 member countries with more likely to come on-stream soon. However whilst this undoubtedly registers as a…
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