Open Government is about more than just transparency through technology. We need think about what we want to achieve in making government more open, which is not an end in itself. Open government is about empowering people to take part in complicated political processes and to be engaged in political decision making processes that impact our societies. This was previously not possible to the extent it is today. We have to consider these new opportunities to cope with global challenges together with the wisdom and flexibility of crowds. Geo-services, wiki-based collaboration or open data give us tools for decentralized societal value creation on a worldwide basis for everyone all over the world independent of nationality, culture and religion one belongs to. The recently launched Open Government Partnership is one initiative that tries to bring a global perspective into open government efforts and at the same time establishes a model for community-public partnerships the world over.