Nathaniel Heller, former OGP Co-Chair, visited Austin in 2015 and made predictions for 2020. Here is his follow-up.
Council calls on OGP Commitment collaborators to provide guidance
In these unprecedented times, Austin City Council is carefully balancing both the immediate, urgent efforts of Covid-19 response and future efforts that will employ our community and strengthen our city's infrastructure.
On April 23, Council discussed the regional Project Connect transportation project and our ongoing responsibility for addressing any known potential risk…
Blog posts related to Action Plan 2's Commitment 8 are linked below:
Preventing Transportation Investment-Related Displacement |
Progress, challenges, and opportunities ahead!
On March 13th, GAVA and the City of Austin Office of Sustainability convened an online update on GAVA's commitment progress, the Kresge grant GAVA received to support their work, and the city's OGP 'Community Climate Resilience Pilot' commitment.
Fifteen cities around…
OGP Events Postponed
From OGP Chief Executive Officer, Sanjay Pradhan:
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Dear OGP Community:
Open government thrives when people come together in dialogue and work to co-create and implement reforms that bring governments closer to their people. Sadly, in the current context, it is not possible to have gatherings in many of our member countries. Coronavirus is now present in over 100 countries and the virus has impacted more than 1…
The 2019 Report Summarizes Impact and Next Steps
OGP released its first comprehensive assessment of the state of open government. This report provides a thorough and honest review of progress made by OGP member countries in the first eight years of the partnership.
In determining its findings, the report examine…
OGP's Patrick Kazyak Connects With City and Civil Society Leaders
The Open Government Parntership's Patrick Kazyak visited Austin this month, spending quality time with city government and civil society participants working on each of Austin's current OGP Action Plan projects. Austin's projects focus on housing displacement, community sustainability, public safety data, and…
Blog posts related to Action Plan 2's Commitment 9 are linked below:
Webinar on Increasing Justice Access |
https://www.austintexas.gov/blog/webinar-increasing-justice-access |
Austin's Public Safety Data… |
Blog posts related to Action Plan 2's Commitment 6 are linked below:
Action Plan 2 Reflections: Displacement Mitigation |
Justice is an emerging area in open government. Thanks to increased global activity around access to justice, there is growing interest by many governments and civil society organizations to better link justice with open government, and to use the OGP platform as a mechanism for making progress towards global goals such as SDG16+.
The OGP webinar held on December 6 discussed access to justice reforms…