“And when we gather back here next year, we should bring specific commitments to promote transparency; to fight corruption; to energize civic engagement; and to leverage new technologies so that we strengthen the foundation of freedom in our own countries, while living up to ideals that can light the world.”
--- President Barack Obama
United Nations General Assembly, 2010
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a new international initiative aimed at securing concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, increase civic participation, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to make government more open, effective, and accountable. A multi-stakeholder International Steering Committee, co-chaired by the United States and Brazil in its inaugural year, is comprised of government and civil society representatives from around the world. Together with partner nations and leading civil society organizations, OGP is a vehicle to further advance President Obama and Secretary Clinton's goals of strengthening democracy and human rights, fighting corruption, and harnessing technology and innovation to transform governance in the 21st century. The United States is pleased to host the first High-level meeting of the Open Government Partnership at the State Department on July 12, 2011. Agenda»
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For more information on the July 12th meeting, please contact ogp@state.gov. For media inquiries click here.
Watch Secretary Clinton's announcement of the Open Government Partnership. Transcript»
Watch Under Secretary Otero's conversation with with Warren Krafchik, Director of the International Budget Partnership (IBP), on the Open Government Partnership. Transcript»
