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#1: The Shift from eGov to WeGov

Submitted by Aleem Walji on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 10:08

Our Top Ten Blog Posts by Readership in 2011


Originally published on July 20, 2011


Last week, more than 59 governments and 100 civil society groups joined the Government of Brazil and the United States to announce the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in Washington, DC. The initiative brings together nation states, civil society, and the private sector to address problems that Governments are unable to solve alone. Rather than seeing citizens and civil society groups as competitors, governments from the North and South asserted that private actors, commercial and non-profit, are essential partners in solving complex social problems. And this requires a new social contract, a shift from eGov to WeGov.