Open Government Partnership Global Summit 2016 As co-chair of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), France will host its fourth OGP Global Summit 2016 in Paris from December 7 to December 9. The Partnership gathers today 70 member countries and hundreds of civil society organizations that promote transparency, citizen participation and democratic innovation. The OGP summit will involve 3000 representatives from 70 countries: Heads of State and governments, ministers, public servants, members of parliament, local authorities, civil society representatives, start-ups and digital innovators, civic techs, developers, researchers, journalists will gather in Paris to share their experiences and push forward the open government agenda in light of the global challenges. On April 2016, a process of co-construction of the program for the OPG summit was launched, in order to build an agenda that reflects the priorities of the participants.
Blockchain revolution: open source democracy for the 99% “The Pitchforks Are Coming ... For Us Plutocrats”! This is how self-proclaimed unapologetic capitalist Nick Hanauer addressed the explosion of global economic inequality. In the wake of OccupyWallStreet in 2011, America heard the rumbling of citizens, similar to the discontent that made president Franklin Roosevelt pass the New Deal, Jimmy Carter sign progressive legislation and made corporate executives afraid of Ralph Nader during the 60’s. Though most people are not aware of it, the revolution is now underway with blockchain based cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin first appeared in 2009. Much of the corporate media has fixated on what is perceived as volatility. In the article "Why Don’t Economists Like Bitcoin"? So what is Bitcoin really? Co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, Mark Andreessen described how this technology’s powerful promise is not at first so apparent. Design of Digital Scarcity First, what makes something capable of becoming currency? Network Effect
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