Next week, the IATI Technical Advisory Group (TAG) will meet in Montreal. The name is somewhat misleading though, as the TAG includes everyone active in the IATI community – both policy AND technical staff. The last TAG was almost two years ago, and the next one might not be for a while, so we’re keen […]
Earlier this month, the U.S. released a new plan detailing the commitments and priorities for the next two years under the Open Government Partnership (OGP). The updated National Action Plan is not only more ambitious than we anticipated; it also shows a significant improvement from an earlier draft version released at the OGP summit in […]
Guest post by Kersti Wissenbach, Open Knowledge Foundation – originally posted here. We are moving beyond the hype of “open development”. At OKCON and online, questions about what “open development” is, how it affects change and what ethical issues arise when talking about open in development have continued to come up. At the Open Development Camp (ODC13), the […]
In the aftermath of the devastating Typhoon Yolanda on 8th November, there have been calls to ensure that aid is effectively coordinated, learning lessons from the way humanitarian relief and reconstruction efforts were delivered following the Haiti earthquake and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Donors are already publishing large amounts of information about their traditional […]
The Open Government Partnership Summit was held in London last week. It brought together participants from all around the world – government officials to civil society organisations – all of which share a common interest in increased accountability and transparency. Publish What You Fund was out in force, and we used the summit as an […]
As part of the international summit being held in London this week, the Open Government Partnership has launched an Open Government Guide. The guide, which is primarily aimed at activists and civil servants working in the field of government transparency, highlights practical, measurable, specific and actionable steps that governments are taking across a range of cross-cutting […]
