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OGP’s 2023-2028 Strategy

Launching OGP's 2023-2028 Strategy
OGP’s 2023-2028 strategy is now available. With over 1,000 contributions, the open government community helped to identify emerging strategic directions. Following the draft strategy and public-comment period, feedback across these stages is now reflected in this final version.

Visit our website, and read the full PDF here. (Available in English, Spanish and French)

The Future of Open Government
OGP reformers in government and civil society launched the Partnership’s strategy for the next five years to better serve the community of reformers worldwide and tackle today's challenges. Watch the strategy launch event here.

Open Gov Week 2023

This year’s Open Gov Week brought the launch of OGP’s new Strategy and more than 1000 events in over 60 different countries. We hope the activities from this week contribute greatly to building more open & stronger democracies.

See how others celebrated Open Gov Week here, and share your photos with us.

Road to #OGPEstonia

Less than one week to register for the 2023 OGP Global Summit
There is only less than one week to register for this year’s OGP Global Summit taking place in Estonia on September 6-7. Registrations close on May 28, 2023. Register now.

Thank you for shaping the OGP Global Summit agenda with us!
Members of the open government community shared their feedback on the preliminary program for the Summit. This included comments on sessions, missing topics, suggested examples, contributors, and speakers. The Support Unit and Summit Advisory Board will now review the feedback provided to refine the program.

2023 Open Government Awards
The Summit Advisory Board has received all submitted applications and will start reviewing them over the next few weeks. For more information, visit here.

Faces of Open Government: Isabel Moya Pérez

Isabel Moya Pérez, Deputy Director General of Open Government of Spain

In our latest Faces of Open Government spotlight, Isabel Moya Pérez, Deputy Director General of Open Government of Spain, shares what her country did during its OGW and how the new OGP strategy can help foster more open and accountable democracies. Read more here.

Insights + Events

Launching the OGP 2023-2028 Strategy: A Letter From the OGP Co-Chairs

By Anabel Cruz and Taimar Peterkop

Hear from the Co-Chairs of the OGP Steering Committee, Taimar Peterkop and Anabel Cruz as they share OGP’s new strategy for the next five years and invite the open government community to contribute to its implementation. Read more here.

The Secret to the Future of Open Gov? Civil Society

By Aidan Eyakuze

“That civil society organizations are the secret and effective antidote in the struggle for shared dignity and prosperity for all is a truth hidden in plain sight.” Read Aidan Eyakuze’s latest blog on the role civil society can play in implementing OGP’s strategy here.

OGP Local Takes The Wheel of OGP’s Newest Strategy

By Shreya Basu and Rudi Borrmann

Shreya Basu and Rudi Borrmann share five ways OGP will be doubling down on OGP Local as a part of the new strategy. Read more here.

Canada’s Open Government Strategy

By Peter Ferguson

Governments at the national and local levels will play a pivotal role in implementing OGP’s 2023-2028 strategy. Read how Canada is planning to do so and what they are already doing to strengthen in a new blog by Peter Ferguson here.

Why Civic Space is A Priority for OGP

By Luben Panov

Luben Panov from the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law Stichting (ECNL), explain why the new OGP Strategy 2023-2028 has highlighted that there can be no open government without free civil society and what OGP and its community of reformers can do to protect and expand it to ensure safe spaces to hold governments accountable. Read more here.

Investing in Openness: Business Engagement in Open Government Reforms

By Joseph Foti, Paula Pérez, Christina Socci, and Dieter Zinnbauer. In collaboration with The B Team.

Though businesses have engaged in active debate with other policy actors working with OGP, they increasingly play a key role in catalyzing open government reforms. Read these bite-sized case studies on how business worldwide is involved in reforms that make government more effective and open and are finding new ways for collaboration.

OGP Local

Watch highlights from Local OGW Events here!

💻 Blog

Why Cities are at the Forefront of Openness

By Clora Romo, OGP

At the first Cities Summit of the Americas, heads of government at the local level and civil society gathered to exchange ideas and experiences to tackle the most pressing issues facing cities in the region. Read some insights from the Summit here.

Local Collaboration and Implementation in Tunisia and Morocco

By Jose Maria Marin, OGP and Cole Speidel, NDI

Read the lessons learned and recommendations for how open governance processes can help stakeholders advance democratic governance reforms at the local level, based on the experience of two OGP Local members: Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Morocco, and El Kef, Tunisia.

🌏 Local roundup

#OpenGovWeek from OGP Local

🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina, held the second meeting of the OGP Local Circle on Climate Action and presented the Declaration of Buenos Aires with the other signing cities. Watch a summary of Buenos Aires’ Open Gov Week activities.

🇨🇴 Bogotá, Colombia, shared lessons learned and challenges from their action plan as part of their agenda for the Open Gov Week.

🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia, organized a flash mob to encourage citizens to participate in public discussions, express their opinions, make proposals, and be informed.

🇸🇰 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, held a conference to discuss how to involve citizens in the design and implementation of territorial strategies in the context of EU cohesion policy.

🇲🇦 Beni Mellal Khenifra Region, Morocco, presented the results of public consultations focused on women, young people, people with special needs, the private sector, and cooperative rural organizations.

🇺🇦 The Council of Europe and the Association of Ukrainian Cities organized the Open Government Week Marathon, where Ukrainian local authorities presented good practices in open government on themes like youth participation for sustainable recovery and non-discriminatory practices applied at the local level through the facilitation of civic hubs.

For more Open Gov Week activities and other OGP Local updates, check our Slack channel!

Steering Committee Updates

The public consultation of 2023 Civil Society candidates for the OGP Steering Committee has ended.

The results of the shortlist will be public during the week of June 19. Read more on the selection process of Civil Society members to the Steering Committee here.

World of Open Gov

- See OGP’s highlight thread of Open Gov Week events from civil society, government, and citizens.

- OGP accompanied The Transparency Secretariat and the Open State Committee in the National Meeting on challenges and opportunities towards Colombia’s 5th action plan.

- This Open Gov Week, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) explored some of the most recent findings and results from the latest IRM Results Reports. Hear from reformers as they share best practices, commitments, open budgets, and more.

- OGP Steering Committee Members, government officials, and civil society weighed in during Open Gov Week with insights on the new strategy. Hear from Minister Zangrillo of the Department of Public Administration of Italy, the Executive Director of Accountability Lab, Blair Glencorse, Open Ownership's Director of Policy, Louise Russell-Prywata, and more as they voice their excitement for the future of OGP.

- Canada’s 2023-2026 Data Strategy for the Federal Public Service is now available. The strategy aims to position the federal public service of Canada to strengthen data-driven results and realize better outcomes for Canadians. Open annual reports on strategy implementation will be made available.

- Open Ownership is hiring for a (remote) consultancy with experience in Ruby on Rails and Python. Read more about the position here.

- The Open Contracting Partnership has just published its 2022 Annual Report. Read more here.

- CTAP (co-led by BudgIT, CODE, and Global Integrity) recently published the final report on their transparency and accountability journey, along with two guidance notes on health service delivery advocacy and transnational collaboration.

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