Rwanda’s Ambassador to the United States H.E Amb.James Kimonyo, joined the US-India strategic dialogue on Open Government Platform (OGPL) to express the Government of Rwanda interest in the OGPL initiative.
The OGPL is a software platform which aims at providing enhanced public access to government data and documents, and encourage citizen engagement and interface with the Government.
This initiative will provide a platform data sharing to improve governance, enhance accountability and generate greater collaborations between member countries.
The OGPL was jointly developed by the US and India and Rwanda’s participation was announced today during the US-India strategic dialogues.
It was attended by US Deputy chief technology officer for government innovation in the White House Office, the Science and Technology Policy, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs – Robert O. Blake, OSTP Director Dr. John Holdren, India’s, Minister of External Affairs, Hon. J/S Jawed Ashraf, advisor to the PM, Sam Pitroda, and NIC Director General Dr. BK Gairola.
The OGPL is a result of the collaboration announced between India and the US as part of President Obama’s visit in November, 2010.
The purpose of the platform is to enhance access and use of government data to foster innovation; improve delivery of government services for interested countries and cities around the world; and promote government transparency, accountability, and public participation.
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