Open Gov Hub

🍷📚 This month’s Open Gov Hub Happy Hour teams up with PEN America for a Banned Books Week Literary Salon! Join us Oct 9, 5:30–7:30 PM at Open Gov Hub DC for drinks, snacks, and reflections on the freedom to read. RSVP via link in bio!

Started the week right with Muffin Monday - muffins, bagels, and good vibes all around.
Plus, a dose of inspiration from UFacilitate on proving that community is built in small, consistent moments.
Excited for what’s next… and our 13-year celebration on Oct 17! Stay tuned!

This Welcome Wednesday, we’re excited to highlight @policyengine, one of our new Hub members.

From driving forward new ideas to creating tools for change, they’re part of the diverse community making Open Gov Hub a space for innovation, collaboration, and impact.

✨ Happy Monday! How was your week?
We’re kicking things off at Open Gov Hub and already cooking up some exciting things coming your way soon 👀🚀

Closing out the 2nd week of Sept ✨ Thanks to Alba & Gyan for joining both events: the Sept 10th National Day of Catalonia celebration and the Sept 11th DC Nonprofit Club hosted by Community Boost, Social Currant & Public Interest Registry 🙌

🧘‍♀️ Find your calm with Live Meditation hosted by Witnessing Mind.
📅 Thu, Sept 4 | 12–1 pm
📍 Open Gov Hub, DC

Join Nilu Rimal for breath, gentle movement & mindfulness to ease anxiety and recharge. Open to all 🌿

🔗: www.eventbrite.com/e/live-medit...

Hello September 👋 We’re back, and so are the events you’ve been waiting for: Back to the Hub

This Wednesday we’re proud to highlight one of our amazing member organizations, the Center for Civil Society and Democracy (CCSD).

Based in Syria, CCSD champions democracy, human rights, women’s rights, and transparency.
Learn more about their work here: www.ccsd.ngo

Last Friday, June 13th, we had the pleasure of hosting an engaging Round Table at the Hub in collaboration with OGH Albania!

Join us for an event on maximising evidence for ocean, climate and poverty programming 🪸

Using insights from the UK Government's Blue Planet Fund, we ask: how to generate evidence for more impactful programming?

👉 Details and to register: bit.ly/4dzNG3S

#UNOC3 #BlueEconomy #UNOceanConference

Thank you to Transparency and Accountability Initiative for hosting such a great Happy Hour at Open Gov Hub!
It was a pleasure to share the space with you and connect with such an inspiring group of guests.
Looking forward to more moments of collaboration and community building.

🥳 We’re thrilled to welcome Gyan Mishra as our new intern through the incredible Atlas Corps. 🥳
Gyan joins us from India! His passion and global perspective will significantly benefit our community, and we’re excited to learn and grow alongside him.

#ProfessionalDevelopment #Community #Internship

We laughed, we cried, and we all supported one another!
Thank you to everyone who attended the Hub's Spring Open House on April 11th. #community #usaid #NED #transparency @dgateway.bsky.social @accountlab.bsky.social

ACE Seminar Series: Illicit Financial Flows, Sanctions Evasion & State Capture

Join us on 14 April, 1–2PM BST for a discussion with Tihomira Kostova @csdbuildbridges.bsky.social on how illicit networks & captured states drive sanctions evasion & geopolitical instability.

🔗 bit.ly/aceseminar7

We'd like to thank the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Policy for hosting their annual Democratic Values conference with us last week. Learn more about CAIDP and their new sourcebook: www.caidp.org/resources/ai... and register for their AI Policy Clinic: www.caidp.org/global-acade...
#ai

Join the Open Gov Hub for our Annual Spring Open House, Thursday, April 10th at 430p.
🎈Celebrate our Members and community
🎟️ Please RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/open-gov-h...
🥂 Drinks and hors d ' oeuvres will be served.
If your sector has been recently impacted, please use the promo code: COMMUNITY

@internationalidea.bsky.social - We're excited!

Just announced! We're welcoming our friends at International IDEA back as members of the Hub. They'll be giving a lightning talk at our Annual Spring Open House. Now through Friday, use the promo code: IDEA for a BOGO deal! Please show your support and RSVP today! www.eventbrite.com/e/open-gov-h...

The Open Gov Hub is hosting a special professional development event on Friday with our friends from Contempus Leadership LLC and Spencer Campbell Talent Agency. It's free and all are welcome.
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-practica...

Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of cancer-related deaths. However, effective tobacco control requires a dynamic, multi-stakeholder approach. This #CancerPreventionWeek, DG/ #CSEA's Tobacco Control Data Initiative (TCDI) provides insights on tobacco cessation practices in African countries.

Careers – Development Gateway: An IREX Venture – Data and digital solutions for international development. We are creative thinkers and doers dedicated to finding practical solutions to complex development challenges. Headquartered in DC, we are a global team with colleagues based in 10+ countries. We offe...

🚨 JOBS ALERT! 🚨

We are currently hiring for two positions:

🔹 Short-term Legal Consultant (Philippines) - National Models for Women’s Safety Online (NMWSO)
🔹Full-time Country Lead (Tanzania) - Soil Nutrition Roadmap (SNR)

Apply here!
developmentgateway.org/careers/

#Hiring #JobAlert #Development

This mobile app forms part of our ‘a Livestock Information Vision for Ethiopia’ (aLIVE) program, supporting Ethiopia’s MoA to digitize livestock traceability, ensuring greater efficiency and data-driven decision-making in a country with the largest livestock population in Africa.

Enhancing Livestock Traceability in Ethiopia with Mobile Tech – Development Gateway: An IREX Venture – Data and digital solutions for international development. To support the effective management of this vast sector, Development Gateway (DG), through the aLIVE program, is working to enhance key livestock information systems for Ethiopia’s Ministry of Agricul...

Real-time, accessible data is essential for effective livestock management. We're working with Ethiopia's Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) to achieve this by developing the Ethiopia Livestock Identification and Traceability System (ET-LITS) mobile app, enabling real-time animal registration/tracking.

Aspiring L.A. based writers! Apply now for the opportunity to join the summer or winter session of PEN America’s Emerging Voices Workshop. Applications open now until April 1st! pen.org/emerging-voi... #writers #writing #workshop #emergingvoices

Please join the Open Gov Hub on March 7th as we host a special Professional Development event for our friends and colleagues in the social sector

@accountlab.bsky.social

#USAID #internationaldevelopment #nonprofit

Big thank you to @rootchange and @accountlab.bsky.social for hosting a community Happy Hour yesterday here in our Hub Café!

#CoworkingVibes
#WorkYourWay
#CollaborationOverCompetition

The Open Gov Hub is happy to announce Nicole Armstrong one of our newest members at The Climate & Clean Energy Equity Fund

#CoworkingCommunity

#WorkTogether

#SharedWorkspace

#CollaborationIsKey

#FlexibilityAtWork

#InnovativeWorkspaces

Why you need to join Muffin Monday?

Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....

This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.

www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites The data, which disappeared from Agriculture Department sites in recent weeks, was useful to farmers for business planning, the lawsuit said.

Breaking: We’re suing the Trump admin for removing climate change focused information from the USDA website. The move cuts off farmers, researchers, and advocates from accessing critical resources and funding.