The international open government community is preparing for the IX Global Summit of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), which will take place in Vitoria-Gasteiz from October 7 to 9, 2025. For three days, representaGovernment officials, civil society leaders and policymakers from around the world will exchange experiences, good practices and progress in initiatives.
The choice of Vitoria-Gasteiz as the venue, a medium-sized city but a symbol of sustainability and good urban management, also reflects the commitment of the outgoing presidency of the Government of Spain in the OGP with the integration of open government at all levels of administration, from the municipal and regional levels to the state level.
A crucial meeting for the open government ecosystem
The 2025 OGP Global Summit comes at a time of complex global context. Democracy currently faces several significant threats, from disinformation to rising authoritarianism. That is why the Vitoria-Gasteiz Summit stands as a potential global catalyst to revitalize the momentum of open government in response to these challenges. It is an opportunity to bring together the international community and demonstrate once again that the transparència, participation and collaboration continue to be effective tools for strengthening democracies.
Since its founding in 2011, the OGP has grown rapidly and established itself as a far-reaching international alliance. Currently brings together about 75 countries and 150 local jurisdictions (representant more than 2.000 billion people), together with hundreds of civil society organizations, and accumulates more than 4.500 reform commitments embodied in around 300 national action plans during its first decade of life.
Catalonia is OGP member since October 2020, after Network of Open Governments of Catalonia, of which the AOC is part, promoted the candidacy, together with the Barcelona Open Data Initiative, and this was endorsed by the Citizen Observatory Against Corruption and fifteen other entities specialized in open government.
