24th September 2015 – News, United Kingdom
The Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) has released the UK’s second progress report covering the formation and first year of implementation of the second UK action plan. Ben Worthy, an academic based at Birkbeck College, University of London carried out the research: “The UK government wrote an ambitious action plan that involved civil society organisations closely in the process. The…
24th September 2015 – Meeting notes, Northern Ireland
22nd September 2015 – News, United Kingdom
140 media bodies, campaign groups and others [1], including members of the Open Government Network, have written to the Prime Minister expressing ‘serious concern’ at the government’s approach to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. The organisations are particularly concerned at the Commission on Freedom of Information, announced on July 17th this year. They say its terms…
8th September 2015 – News, United Kingdom
One of the central elements of the Open Government Partnership is the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM), which provides an annual independent assessment of each country’s progress on the OGP. In this post, the UK’s IRM Researcher, Ben Worthy, summarises some of the key findings from the UK’s new IRM report. How Did it Work? Across the CSOs I spoke…
4th September 2015 – Meeting notes, Northern Ireland
4th September 2015 – Meeting notes, Northern Ireland
2nd September 2015 – News, United Kingdom
The findings of research commissioned by Hivos and undertaken by three academics – Mary Francoli, Alina Ostling, and Fabro Steibel – on improving government-civil society interactions within OGP has just been published. Civic engagement is at the heart of the Open Government Partnership (OGP). In signing the Open Government Declaration, OGP members commit to engaging…
30th August 2015 – Northern Ireland, Points of View
14th August 2015 – News, United Kingdom
Members of the UK Open Government Network have written to Matthew Hancock, Minister for the Cabinet Office, to express concern at recent developments that threaten the Freedom of Information Act, including the terms of reference of the Government’s Freedom of Information Commission. The Open Government Network calls on the Government to ‘publish its reasons for limiting the…
13th August 2015 – News, United Kingdom
How subnational governments and civil society can be involved in the Open Government Partnership is an important question that we’re grappling with in the UK. It’s a particularly pressing issue in a country such as the UK, where significant powers are devolved to Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and increasingly to cities and regions. Nathaniel…