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.
13th May 2014
From the Slugger O’Toole blog: “The problems lie with making the institutions that they work on our behalf more open and more accountable to the wider electorate.” Visit the site
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9th May 2014
From the Slugger O’Toole blog: “There’s been a certain buzz around this Open Government conference (live streaming here), I’ll admit that I didn’t expect to find.” Visit the site
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1st May 2014
From the Slugger O’Toole blog: “One modern day illusion is that because we vote for an elected government to be in charge of what the writers of Yes Minister ryely termed ‘the real government’ (the Civil Service), we as citizens also assume they are in control of everything.” Visit the site
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17th April 2014
From the Building Change Trust blog: “In May, the Building Change Trust is hosting a seminar on the potential implementation of the Open Government Partnership in Northern Ireland. What would this mean for the local Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector? We answer your questions.” Visit the site
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30th October 2013
The Open Government Guide is a resource for people working to make their governments more transparent, responsive, accountable and effective. It is designed in particular to support the Open Government Partnership (OGP). The guide highlights practical, measurable, specific and actionable steps that governments can, and are taking across a range of cross-cutting and focused areas. The…
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