Open government partnership

Abstract

In 2009, Iberoamerican countries signed the Charter of Citizen Participation in Public Administration. Well in advance in 2003, the Argentinean Government issued a decree ensuring freedom of information. Based on such decree and fulfilling the commitments assumed when subscribing the Charter, Argentina recently developed an Open Government Action Plan. This paper presents the background of the work carried out by multi-sectoral actors, including government agencies, universities, non-government organizations and citizens, for the development of such plan, as well as examples of the initiatives defined by the plan.

Reengineering the open government concept: An empirical support for a proposed model

“…Such requirement might call governments to use open standards and architecture (Fishenden & Thompson, 2013). Open government also means enabling citizens to play new roles in their relationship with the government; moving towards democracy that implies the right for citizens to collectively and individually participate in governance (Janices & Aguerre, 2013). This progression from opening data to engaging citizens more in the communication or collaboration with government is emphasized as researchers disputed the status of open government (Evans & Campos, 2013).…”

The use of open government data to citizen empowerment: an empirical validation of a proposed model

“…Open Government is also defined as publishing public sector information in an interoperable and standard format to enhance people’s access to data (Abu-Shanab, 2015). Open government also means enabling citizens to play new roles in their relationship with the government, and moving toward democracy that implies the right for citizens to collectively and individually participate in governance (Janices and Aguerre, 2013). The Obama administration defined the major three pillars of open government, namely, transparency, participation and collaboration (Obama, 2009).…”