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Urgent: Western Cape OGP Roundtable just announced
This morning ODAC received notification of an OGP Roundtable that will happen next week. The DPSA will host the meeting at the Lord Charles Hotel, Cape Town from 09:00am to 13:00 pm. To confirm your...
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Hold tight!
ODAC attended a very informative OGP roundtable on 16 April which has given us a detailed sense of ‘how far we are’ on the OGP commitments. South Africa will be tabling its self-assessment report, as...
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SA Self Assessment: A commentary
The South African government has submitted its Self Assessment of the OGP Commitments, which can be downloaded here: OGP Final Self-Assessment Report. Now that we have finally been given details about...
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OGP Rules of the Game (Martin Tisne)
Read an interesting insight from Martin Tisne at his blog on some strategic considerations in relation to the OGP: “I worry that civil society advocates working on Open Government Partnership are...
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IRM Process
Though things have been a bit quiet in relation to progress in the OGP commitments, we have been informed that the Independent Review Mechanism process for South Africa is now complete (you may...
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Civil Society Roundtable
The Department of Public Services and Administration have announced that they will be hosting a civil society round table in Cape Town on 11 September. The meeting precedes the OGP Conference in London...
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ODAC responds to the IRM Report
The Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC) endorsed the findings of the Independent Review Mechanism on the Open Government Partnership today. “We feel that the report correctly reflects the situation on...
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New action plan from South Africa
South Africa has released the new action plan in preparation for the OGP summit in London, November 2013. OPG booklet
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2014: Commitments new and old
By the end of last year, the excitement around the South African fulfillment of its Commitments had become quite reserved – with the Independent Review Mechanism echoing the concerns of South African...
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OGP Africa Recruitment
A full description of the job is available here, but the Open Government Partnership is looking for a suitable candidate for the position of Regional Civil Society Coordinator. Reporting to the global...
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