31st October 2013 –
1. Foreword by the Minister for Cabinet Office and Paymaster General Transparency and open government are ideas whose time has come. People around the world are demanding much greater openness, democracy and accountability from their governments. Citizens are demanding that the state should be their servant, not their master, and that information that governments hold…
7th March 2013 – Meeting notes, United Kingdom
To widen consultation on the UK’s updated OGP National Action Plan a workshop will be taking place in Manchester on 20th March, open to all civil society organisations and representatives, to come and input into the important Open Government Partnership process. The announcement to be found on the booking website is below. The UK Government…
26th February 2013 – News, United Kingdom
Where: The Open Data Institute When: 15 February 2013 Introduction On Thursday, 15 February, the UK Open Government Partnership civil society network and Cabinet Office Transparency team met to discuss a narrative for the UK’s open government action plan. A number of working groups are currently working on developing particular commitments for the action plan,…
30th October 2012 –
Introduction On 11 October 2012, the UK Civil Society Network for the Open Government Partnership (OGP) met to discuss civil society priorities for open government. The network is an open and informal collection of organisations working across the breadth of open government at a national and international level. This document summarises our key priorities for…
14th June 2012 – Meeting notes, United Kingdom
As part of the OGP process, countries have to consult on their national action plans, and to “identify a forum to enable regular multi-stakeholder consultation on OGP implementation—this can be an existing entity or a new one”. The UK has not yet identified or established such a forum, but will need to do so over…
1st September 2011 –
ENHANCING PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY THROUGH OPEN GOVERNMENT “We want to be the most open and transparent government in the world”, Prime Minister David Cameron (2010) Open Data and Transparency may be the most powerful levers of 21st century public policy. They present multiple opportunities offering benefit to the public sector, individuals, businesses and the UK…