Over drinks in Tallinn, I had the chance to briefly reflect with Alex Howard on OGP Summits past. One notable feature of early summits were the national or regional sessions. Slots on the agenda to share what had made it onto the open government National Action Plans of different states, and, crucially, where governments and civil society shared the room and stage in talking about them. These have dropped from the agenda in recent years. And with that, a critical moment around which to structure other conversations in the run up to, and follow up from, a summit

Toch lijkt het enthousiasme van Nederland voor OGP beperkt. Waar andere landen delegaties van tientallen leden stuurden en sommige landen ministers afvaardigden, stak Nederland mager af met een officiële delegatie van drie mensen (inclusief Open State Foundation).