UK Open Gov
The UK Open Government Network (OGN) is a coalition of active citizens and civil society organisations committed to making government work better for people through increased transparency, participation and accountability. The OGN mobilises and coordinates civil society to effectively advocate for open government reforms, and works with government to identify, develop and implements the UK’s commitments under the global Open Government Partnership.
Minister Heather Wheeler > Chair of UK OGN
Dear Kevin, Re: Request for support / Open Government Multistakeholder Forum, 22nd June 2022 It was a pleasure to meet you last month and to co-chair the Open Government Multistakeholder Forum. As you rightly outline in your email, these are important issues and I’m pleased to note the good progress being made around commitments in…
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Chair of UK OGN > Minister Heather Wheeler
Dear Minister Re: Request for support / Open Government Multistakeholder Forum, 22nd June 2022 I am writing to thank you for co-chairing the Multistakeholder Forum (MSF) relating to the fifth UK National Action Plan (NAP) for Open Government, to update on subsequent progress, and to share concerns about a continuing failure to engage on a…
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UK Government backslides on commitments to open government in new National Action Plan
Government accused of ‘backsliding’ in new anti-corruption plan Last minute changes ‘watered down’ anti-corruption plan. Civil society calls for ‘public standards’ commitment ‘ignored’. Commitment on a register of overseas entities owning property in the UK removed. The UK risks being designated ‘inactive’ by an international anti-corruption partnership it set up. Civil society organisations have accused…
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LETTER: UK OGN > Minister Lopez: Public Standards Commitment in the UK’s 5th National Action Plan for Open Government.
Julia Lopez MP Parliamentary Secretary Cabinet Office 70 Whitehall London SW1A 2AS 7th September 2021 Dear Minister Re: Public Standards Commitment in the UK’s 5th National Action Plan for Open Government. We are writing to express our serious disappointment and real concern at the government’s decision to rule out a Public Standards commitment in the…
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NAP 5 – Natural Resource Transparency / Climate Change – Wk3 – Readout
As part of the co-creation process of the UK’s fifth National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP5), thematic areas agreed to during the Multistakeholder Forum in March 2021 have been turned into biweekly Working Groups. These Working Groups bring together government policy leads and civil society, and are charged with developing commitments for inclusion in…
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NAP 5 – Natural Resource Transparency / Climate Change – Wk2 – Readout
As part of the co-creation process of the UK’s fifth National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP5), thematic areas agreed to during the Multistakeholder Forum in March 2021 have been turned into biweekly Working Groups. These Working Groups bring together government policy leads and civil society, and are charged with developing commitments for inclusion in…
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NAP 5 – Open Justice – Wk4 – Readout
As part of the co-creation process of the UK’s fifth National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP5), thematic areas agreed to during the Multistakeholder Forum in March 2021 have been turned into biweekly Working Groups. These Working Groups bring together government policy leads and civil society, and are charged with developing commitments for inclusion in…
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NAP 5 – Open Contracting – Wk4 – Readout
As part of the co-creation process of the UK’s fifth National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP5), thematic areas agreed to during the Multistakeholder Forum in March 2021 have been turned into biweekly Working Groups. These Working Groups bring together government policy leads and civil society, and are charged with developing commitments for inclusion in…
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NAP 5 – Data Ethics (Algorithmic Transparency) – Wk4 – Readout
As part of the co-creation process of the UK’s fifth National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP5), thematic areas agreed to during the Multistakeholder Forum in March 2021 have been turned into biweekly Working Groups. These Working Groups bring together government policy leads and civil society, and are charged with developing commitments for inclusion in…
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NAP 5 – Natural Resource Transparency / Climate Change – Wk1 – Readout
As part of the co-creation process of the UK’s fifth National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP5), thematic areas agreed to during the Multistakeholder Forum in March 2021 have been turned into biweekly Working Groups. These Working Groups bring together government policy leads and civil society, and are charged with developing commitments for inclusion in…
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