In late 2025, the Government of Spain will host the 2025 Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The Summit will bring together more than 2,000 high-level representatives of governments, civil society leaders, and policy-makers from around the world to exchange experiences, best practices, and progress on open government initiatives and implementation on key issues.
At the 2025 OGP Global Summit, we will recognize the most promising and impactful reforms submitted to the Open Gov Challenge through the Open Gov Awards, celebrating innovation and progress in open government.
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9th International Conference: Shrinking Civic Space in Asia
Asia Centre’s 9th Annual International Conference will revolve around stories of resistance and pushback in defense of civic space in Asia. This topic is pressing and timely given the widespread contraction of civic spaces in the region, which poses a threat to the future of democratic societies. Registration is open to all presenters and participants from academic institutions, media outlets and journalist associations, businesses, national and regional civil society organizations, international NGOs, political parties, parliaments, government agencies, and intergovernmental organizations to facilitate knowledge sharing and networking. Researchers and practitioners wishing to present papers or share their experiences are invited to submit a title and abstract of 300–340 words in English, together with a biographical paragraph of 100 words, here. For those submitting papers, full papers should be 5,000 words (Please refer to the Style Sheet Guidelines). Following the international conference, the Asia Centre will publish the Conference Proceedings. Guidelines for the Conference Proceedings can be found here. Please contact us at contact@asiacentre.org Register here
Tech Salon #7: Creating video content
This is the 7th time that Tech Salon will have a discussion on the topic \"Creating video content difficult, right?\" What tools or equipment are right for recording and cutting video? What kind of content do you need to include in your content? Monthly Tech Salon invites speakers from civil society organizations and experts to share experiences related to the use of institutional technology to learn from each other and enhance the use of ICT for social work. Speaker: Mao Chandy, Content Creator ចាន់ឌី - Chandy and Consultant of KAWSANG Speaker: Sak Serey Vuth, Content Creator of ដុំហ្វីល - Film Reel Coordinator: ជី សុផាត - Sophat Chy, KAWSANG Team Pre-register: https://forms.gle/NYorKQscMfLjcj836
Conference on Southeast Asia’s Economic Research and Development
The conference intends to discuss the history of economic thought, economic research and development in Southeast Asia. This conference aims to provide an opportunity to PhD students, young scholars, and researchers in the field of economics and social science to share their research and exchange knowledge in different study agendas and backgrounds, as well as to receive feedback on their work from senior researchers and practitioners. Important Dates The last date for abstract submission: 31st August 2023 Notification for selected abstract: 15th September 2023 The last date for submission of the full paper: 15th October 2023 Notification for selected full papers/paper presenters: 30th October 2023 Conferenced date: 16-17th December 2023 Registration: https://fs8.formsite.com/CNZLjX/rule2023/index For more information: https://rb.gy/w9n5q