Published: 29 October 2025

We are pleased to announce that the Inception Report for the co-creation of the first Action Plan (2025–2028) of the City of Athens under the OGP Local initiative has been published and is now available for review.

Read more: The Inception Report for the 2025-2028 Action Plan is published

Published: 09 October 2025

Athens actively participates in the global Open Government Partnership (OGP) initiative, with the Mayor of Athens co-signing the Vitoria-Gasteiz Declaration, adopted ahead of the upcoming OGP Global Summit to be held in Vitoria-Gasteiz on October 6–10, 2025.

Read more: The City of Athens signs the Vitoria-Gasteiz Declaration on Open Government

Published: 31 July 2025

Athens, July 30, 2025 — The Municipal Council of the City of Athens has approved the city’s first Action Plan and Strategic Vision for participation in the global Open Government Partnership Local (OGP Local) initiative. With this milestone decision, Athens becomes the first and only municipality in Greece to actively embrace the principles of open government at the local level — fostering transparency, accountability, and meaningful citizen participation in the design and delivery of public policies.

Read more: Approval of the Action Plan and Strategic Vision of the City of Athens for OGP Local

Published: 21 May 2025

With the central goal of co-creating the first Action Plan of the Municipality of Athens under the OGP Local framework, the Municipality’s OGP Local Team organized four thematic workshops, which took place on 17 and 18 May 2025 at Serafio, Athens. Each workshop served as an open consultation forum, where citizens, representatives of civil society institutions, elected officials and municipal staff came together around four themes:

Read more: Report on the Thematic Workshops for the Municipality's action plan in OGP Local