In January 18, 2017, the next meeting of the Government-Civil Society Dialogue Platform on Open Government Partnership Initiatives took place in Azerbaijan. It is reported that members of the NGOs, Azerbaijan coordinator of the Open Government Partnership, MP Vusal Huseynov, Rahim Rahimov, head of the legal entities and citizenship status office under the Ministry of […]
Month: February 2017
Coordinator of the Platform Alimammad Nuriyev: ‘The problems concerning NGOs are being solved’
Coordinator of the Government and Civil Society Dialogue Platform on Open Government Partnership Initiatives, Alimammad Nuriyev made a statement about the decree of the Cabinet of Ministers ‘to make amendments to the registration procedures of the grant agreements (decrees)’. According to the statement, this decree particularly simplifies the registration of grants from foreign donors stipulated […]
Government – Civil Society Dialogue Platform discussed the problems of NGOs and made a statement
Today, the Government- Civil Society Dialogue Platform on Open Government Initiative had a meeting.
Public Discussion was organized on Action Plans on Fight against Corruption
On 14 March 2016, another discussion on the draft Action Plans on Open Government Promotion and Anti-Corruption was held by the Commission on Combatting Corruption in co-operation with the Council of Europe under the project on ‘Strengthening capacities to fight and prevent corruption in Azerbaijan’ and Council of State Support to NGOs under the President of […]
OGP’s 4th Global Summit in Paris- New Ideas and Challenges
On December 7-9, 2016, France will host the 4th Open Government Partnership Global Summit in Paris More than 3000 people from 70 countries have participated in the summit. The Summit was opened by French President François Hollande. US President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sent congratulatory messages. Summit participants discussed transparency, fighting […]
What will be carried out on the establishment of “Open Government” in Georgia?
On November 11, in Georgia “Open Government Action Plan 2016-2017” was approved. The Plan was presented by Minister of Justice Tea Chulukiani. Action Plan envisages 24 commitments and as executive agencies 24 state institutions and municipalities have been identified. One of the most important innovations in the development of the Action Plan is involvement of […]
UK will pay for the establishment of the “Open Government” in 3 CIS countries
The Department for International Development of the UK will provide £100 million to launch “Open Government” in Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia and Bosnia. These funds will also be used for implementation measures to combat corruption in those countries. It was mentioned in the security strategy report of the British government. According to the Prime Minister’s […]
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Initial discussion on drafting process of new Action Plans on fight against corruption was held.
İnitial discussion on preparation of new drafts of Action Plans on promoting Open Government and Combating Corruption was held on 27thNovember 2015 with the represenvatives of non-governmental organizations. Event was organized by Cooperation and Information Network of non-governmental organizations in fight against corruption and majority of Network were present. Proposed suggestions for integrating to Action […]
Another round of public discussion on draft Action Plans in the field of anti-corruption was held.
Next round of public discussion of draft Action Plans on Open Government and Fight Against Corruption was held by Anti-Corruption NGOs Coalition on 11th February 2016. Most members of Coalition, representatives of Council of Europe Office and Embassy of USA in Azerbaijan and other officials participated in the event. Participants have expressed their views, comments […]