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HEDA Partners with AMAC to Promote Open Government Partnership in Nigeria

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has partnered with Abuja Municipal Area Council to engage stakeholders towards Open Government Partnership (OGP), as part of its ongoing efforts to enhance governance and combat corruption in Nigeria. The workshop organised by AMAC with support of HEDA and MacArthur foundation was aimed at raising awareness about the OGP and to develop an action plan to ensure the implementation of the Abuja Municipal Area Council’s (AMAC) OGP commitment. The Open Government Partnership is a multinational initiative aimed at securing tangible commitments from national and sub-national governments to foster open government practices, [...]

2023-05-30T06:41:42+00:0030th May 2023|

Consultarán apertura en gobiernos

Como parte del Plan de Acción Local de Gobierno Abierto, será realizada una consulta pública para la definición de temas que deberán ser transparentados por el Gobierno y municipio, informó ayer la Coalición "Nuevo León Abierto". La consulta está disponible desde ayer y su cierre está programado el 15 de septiembre. De acuerdo con la plataforma, las propuestas deberán ser ingresadas por los participantes en el portal nlabierto.org. "En el Plan se establecerán compromisos que los gobiernos, en conjunto con la sociedad civil, impulsarán para garantizar que los principios de rendición de cuentas, innovación y transparencia, permeen en las acciones [...]

2022-11-20T22:21:51+00:002nd September 2022|

Coalición NL Abierto lanza consulta pública para cocrear el Plan de Gobierno Abierto

Eduardo Mendieta San Pedro Garza García La Coalición Nuevo León Abierto, conformado, entre otros, por el Gobierno del Estado y los municipios de San Pedro, construirá el Primer Plan de Acción Local de Gobierno Abierto 2022-2024, para impulsar la rendición de cuentas y la transparencia. Da Ivonne Álvarez informe de labores; presume gestión de voto electrónico para diputados Para ellos se lanzó una consulta pública que estará disponible del 1 al 15 de septiembre del 2022 en los diferentes canales oficiales de las instituciones que integran la coalición, así como en la plataforma web oficial de la coalición: nlabierto.org Durante el pasado mes de mayo se anunció [...]

2022-12-01T00:29:24+00:001st September 2022|

Apply to our OGP Nigeria Youth Network!

Accountability Lab Nigeria and OGP Nigeria are collaborating to establish the OGP Nigeria Youth Network, a network of young people working in the areas of accountability, open governance, and innovation. The network will include OGP Champions, Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), Women, and Youth-led organizations across the 36 States of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory (F.C.T) who will engage with the OGP Inclusion and Diversity working group in Nigeria to mainstream youth, women, and PWDs in all OGP thematic areas both at the state and the federal level. The network shall have a variety of youth engagement activities, some of [...]

2022-02-16T13:47:25+00:0016th February 2022|

Policy Pitching – OGP Virtual Bootcamp Day 3

This week, Accountability Lab and the Government of Korea are hosting a bootcamp for the 2021 Open Government Partnership Summit’s youth delegates. Catch the Day 2 recap here.  For the final day of the OGP bootcamp, the youth delegates took everything they had learned about open government processes and collaboration across diverse interests, to create policy recommendations. Split into three groups based on their backgrounds and expertise, the delegates developed draft proposals on: i) civic space and public participation; ii) inclusive digital innovation; and iii) anti-corruption.  While brainstorming in their policy groups, the delegates focused on a number of pertinent [...]

2021-12-02T08:34:38+00:002nd December 2021|

Introduction to the OGP Youth Toolkit – OGP Virtual Bootcamp Day 2

By Alawi Masud This week, Accountability Lab and the Government of Korea are hosting a bootcamp for the 2021 Open Government Partnership Summit’s youth delegates. Catch the Day 1 recap here.  By introducing the youth delegates to the OGP Youth Toolkit, a resource currently in development by Accountability Lab, today’s session focused on how policymakers can engage youth and develop policies that help them. This toolkit, designed in consultation with the Open Gov Youth Collective and OGP government point of contacts, guides youth organizations and government representatives on how to engage young people through OGP processes and plans. During the [...]

2021-12-01T08:01:43+00:001st December 2021|

Building Unlikely Networks – OGP Virtual Bootcamp Day 1

By Alawi Masud Accountability Lab and the Government of Korea are hosting a bootcamp for the 2021 Open Government Partnership Summit’s youth delegates. The purpose of this bootcamp is to prepare young people to develop new ideas around open governance, develop policy ideas that involve youth, and actively participate in conversations around open government during the upcoming Summit and in the future.  The first day of the bootcamp focused on building “unlikely networks.” Here are four key takeaways: Globalized Perspectives Dr. Cho Sangmyeong, the Director-General of Government Innovation Planning Bureau at the Ministry of the Interior and Safety in Korea, [...]

2021-11-30T08:00:38+00:0030th November 2021|

5 Tips for Selecting Awesome Program Participants: Lessons from the 2021 Open Government Partnership Summit’s International Youth Delegation

By Katie Fuhs How do you narrow hundreds of applications to a handful of finalists when there are so many things to consider i.e experience, inclusion, commitment, diversity, etc. While Accountability Lab has yet to find a magic formula for selecting program participants in our work, we recently  narrowed 291 spectacular applications to 15 finalists for the 2021 Open Government Partnership Summit’s Youth Delegation. Here are a few lessons we learned: First, targeted outreach: getting the right applications is much more important than the total number of applications. Before even posting the application, research places to share the opportunity that [...]

2021-12-02T09:15:52+00:0030th November 2021|

The OGP effect on new business

By Nida Qasim Khan Open Government Partnership (OGP): An overview  Since its inception in 2011, seventy-eight countries, a growing number of local governments and thousands of civil society organizations have become members of the OGP, a co-creation between both government and non-governmental organizations. The OGP serves the purpose of enabling open government for its citizens, whereby they are more accessible, responsive and accountable to its citizens. In OGP, governments and civil society co-create two-year action plans, with concrete commitments across a variety of issues. This model enables civil society organizations to help shape and provide government oversight. Seventy-five countries have [...]

2021-05-11T07:11:37+00:0014th April 2021|

Youth Power in Open Government

Young people now represent 41% of the global population, and the majority of the population in the 48 least developed countries. Yet, young people are rarely brought meaningfully into policy processes that affect their lives. The Open Gov Youth Collective is trying to change this within the open government field. This year, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) – with the help of Accountability Lab and Restless Development and thanks to the support of the Government of Canada – brought together a group of sixteen young open government activists as a part of their Break The Rolescampaign for the OGP Global Summit in Ottawa to discuss the role of young people [...]

2019-08-12T00:00:00+00:0012th August 2019|
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