5.45-8.00pm, Monday 27 January, Lighthouse Cuba
Month: January 2025
Whither Open Government in New Zealand?
At a U3A Wellington City session on 25 October 2024, Keitha Booth, a Trust Democracy member and international open government reviewer, explored how countries use their Open Government Partnership (OGP) memberships to systematically work with civil society to improve democratic participation, accountability and transparency, including through the use of technology. Now that the NZ Government has decided to remain in the OGP, she suggests ways to reinvigorate NZ’s open government programme based on her independent reviews of four OGP members and Taiwan, thus ensuring that open government in NZ does not continue to wither.
2 weeks into 2025, 2 submissions: What’s 2025 going to be like?
This post notes the frantic start to 2025 and provides summary highlights of Trust Democracy’s 2024.
Taiwan’s Open Government National Action Plan 2021-2024 Results Report
Following consultation, Keitha Booth, an experienced reviewer of Open Government Partnership national action plans and a Trust Democracy member, is pleased to publish the Independent Results Report for the Taiwan Open Government National Action Plan 2021-2024.