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A number of Indonesian and international civil society organizations have held a “People Summit on Alternative Development” meeting in response to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Meeting, held from Oct. 12 to 14 in Bali. The People Summit aimed to consolidate voices of national and international civil society in order to determine patterns of development that are useful for the community.
A direct result from the People Summit, was a communique signed by multiple civil society organisations. Read the full text of the communique in the article.

The Government of the Republic of Korea will host the Open Government Partnership Regional Meeting in Seoul, South Korea on November 5-6, 2018. Open contracting is high on the agenda and the Open Up Contracting program will be co-hosting a session. Are you interested to learn more about citizen engagement and data use within the open contracting framework? Join our session on 6 November!

Nearly 400,000 contracts from UN, World Bank and NATO made public October 25, 2018 For the first time, it has become visible which countries benefit the most from multilateral organizations such as the United Nations, NATO and the World Bank. Remarkable cash flows have become public and available for research through the website OpenMultilaterals.org. Through […]

From 31 October – 1 November 2018, the fourth edition of the International Off-grid Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition (IOREC) takes place in Singapore. The conference, organized by the International Renewable Energy Agency, is the global platform for sharing experience and best practices on off-grid energy systems and brings together experts from governments, private sector, […]

Data for good! October 18, 2018 Reflections from the International Open Data Conference Blog by Sally Akinyi, October 18, 2018   The future is open! This was the main message at the 4th International Open Data Conference. On 27- 28 September 2018, 1500 participants from the data community came together in Buenos Aires. Participants from […]

Hivos congratulates the winners of the NOthing about us, Without Us! (NOW-Us!) Awards at the annual Partos Innovation Festival in Amsterdam. Three initiatives that work to empower marginalized groups were selected and awarded 25,000 euros (first place), 15,000 euros (second place) and 10,000 euros (third place). The NOW-Us! Awards recognize projects that support thus far […]