12th July 2024 –
The Rt Hon. Keir Starmer MP Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party Sent by email 9th July 2024 Dear Prime Minister Re: Open government can rebuild trust, support reforms, and drive efficiency. Our heartfelt congratulations on your appointment as Prime Minister. Your leadership comes at a pivotal time. We, as civil society…
11th July 2024 – News, United Kingdom
The Rt Hon. Keir Starmer MP Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party Sent by email 9th July 2024 Dear Prime Minister Re: Open government can rebuild trust, support reforms, and drive efficiency. Our heartfelt congratulations on your appointment as Prime Minister. Your leadership comes at a pivotal time. We, as civil…
8th March 2024 – News, Points of View, United Kingdom
From one point of view, the UK has been through an openness revolution. We take all this data for granted in 2024 but it’s important to remember what a difference it makes. If you wanted to find out, it was quite difficult. To take a very basic measure of democracy, if you wanted to find…
31st October 2023 – event
I‘ve been providing support to the UK Open Government Network for almost half a year now. And yet, such is the breadth of open government, that I still feel like a relative newcomer. Attending the Open Government Partnership (OGP)’s 2023 Global Summit changed this, so I’m keen to share what I discovered. The summit…
4th September 2023 –
Alex Blandford Alex is Specialist in digital transformation and using qualitative research to help businesses focus on developing products that users want and need.You can see more on Alex on his Linkedin page. Ben Worthy Ben is a senior lecturer in Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London. He has written extensively on issues…
19th July 2023 – event, Meeting notes, NAP5, NAP6, News, Scotland, Uncategorised, United Kingdom, Wales
The Multi-Stakeholder Forum is a regular meeting which takes place between between government and civil society. It leads the open government process within a country. The read out (produced by government) is below and the accompanying slide deck can be downloaded here. Aim of the meeting The aim of this Multi-Stakeholder Forum (MSF) was to…
6th March 2023 – event, Meeting notes, News, Uncategorised, United Kingdom
UK Multi-Stakeholder Forum Read-out for publication Wednesday 18th January 2023 Aim of the meeting The aim of this Multi-Stakeholder Forum (MSF) was to discuss lessons learnt from the past to shape future planning, and to discuss plans for future MSFs and the co-creation process for the Sixth National Action Plan on Open Government (NAP6). This…
3rd November 2022 –
The below is as published on the UK government website here. Ministerial foreword Open government in the digital age is of vital importance to drive transparency, enhance accountability and enable informed decision making for the benefit of society. As the digital landscape continuously evolves, it is essential that we build a future where data increasingly…
19th August 2020 –
We are a coalition of active citizens and civil society organisations, working across the UK, committed to ensuring governments, at all levels, work with and for citizens. We believe that governments work better when they: release information about how they operate and spend money, make it easy for citizens to hold them to account, work…
30th April 2020 – Northern Ireland, Points of View
From the Board of the Northern Ireland Open Government Network Part 1 – Transparency in a Time of Crisis What is the role of Open Government while we face an unprecedented crisis? The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our normal way of life; it is placing substantial strain on the fabric of government, public services and…