Open government for sustainable development

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Open Government Partnership (OGP) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangkok Regional Hub, supported by IBM Philippines, co-organized the 2016 OGP Asia-Pacific Regional Dialogue, hosted by the Asian Development Bank in Manila, Philippines, on 21-22 July 2016.

More than 100 civil society group representatives, civil servants, and champions of open governance gathered to exchange knowledge, challenges, and perspectives on how to ensure transparent and efficient institutions, delivering high quality public services for their citizens.

Recently UNDP and OGP mapped out open government initiatives that are contributing to or have the potential to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Asia-Pacific region (“Transforming our world through open government”).

Initiatives from 15 countries are implemented to achieve open government, enhance transparency and accountability, improve service delivery.

The top three initiatives (Check My Service – Mongolia; Community Initiative for Common Understanding – Nepal; Citizen Satisfaction Index – Pakistan), selected for their innovative approach to enhance transparency, accountability and citizen engagement and for their focus on “leaving no one behind”, were presented at the dialogue.

Visit the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub website for more information.

URL of links in this post:

2016 OGP Asia-Pacific Regional Dialogue - http://www.asia-pacific.undp.org/content/rbap/en/home/presscenter/articles/2016/07/27/top-open-government-initiatives-from-asia-pacific-showcased-at-regional-dialogue.html

"Transforming our world through open government" - http://www.opengovpartnership.org/blog/liviana-zorzi/2016/05/17/mapping-open-government-initiatives-are-helping-contribute-sdgs-asia

Initiatives from 15 countries - http://issuu.com/undpasiapacific/docs/ogp_transforming_our_world_initiati/1

UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub website - http://www.asia-pacific.undp.org/content/rbap/en/home/ourwork/democratic-governance-and-peacebuilding/responsive-and-accountable-institutions/open-government-for-sustainable-development/

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