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In joining the Open Government Partnership (OGP), governments have been going on record in support of more open, participatory and accountable public institutions. To date, 55 governments have agreed to develop national action plans, with civil society input and monitoring, that commit them to this agenda.
Although the quality of commitments made and intensity of civil society engagement may vary by country, OGP has stimulated a valuable discussion about the importance of citizen engagement in the political and governance processes—one that the international community of parliamentary monitoring organizations (PMOs) is advancing in the legislative realm through the Declaration on Parliamentary Openness.