Open Government Partnerships and Civil Society

South Africa is one of the 8 founding partners of the Open Government initiative. Probably just as well considering the number of illicit business – government partnerships that have occurred!

Collusion, corruption and ‘chancers’ aside, an open government does create boundless opportunities for civil society organisation participation. The infographic below demonstrates the open government commitments countries in Latin America, a world leader in open governance, have made.

OGP infographic Latin America