Trinidad and Tobago is the 53rd country to join the Open Government Partnership.
A Feb. 22 letter from Minister of Foreign Affairs and Communication Surujrattan Rambachan indicating a desire to join was added to the OGP website March 3.
With the latest addition, almost two-thirds of all 79 eligible countries have joined the multilateral effort in which government voluntarily commit to improve government transparency in multiple ways. OGP eligibility is determined by a scoring system that evaluates government openness based on factors: fiscal transparency, access to information, financial disclosure by public officials, and openness in policymaking.
Below is a list of countries that are eligible, who which have yet to join.
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
ECUADOR
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
HUNGARY
ICELAND
INDIA
IRELAND
JAMAICA
JAPAN
LUXEMBOURG
NEPAL
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
PAKISTAN
POLAND
PORTUGAL
RUSSIA
SLOVENIA
SWITZERLAND
THAILAND
UGANDA
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