Sekondi-Takoradi, Kaduna State, and other OGP Local members joined the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative (CoST), recognizing the pivotal role of local governments in infrastructure provision. These cities have embraced CoST’s core principles of multi-stakeholder collaboration, disclosure, assurance, and social accountability and have used their OGP action plan to improve infrastructure transparency. 

While there has been significant innovation in public participation worldwide in recent years—particularly with the creation of citizens’ assemblies in Europe and beyond—many of these innovations are designed as one-off or temporary projects. Current government-led participation initiatives often fail due…

Paul-Joël Kamtchang is a data journalist from Cameroon and is the Executive Secretary of ADISI-Cameroon.    On African Anti-Corruption Day, he offers insights on how open data enhances transparency and accountability in Central Africa’s governance and discusses the role of data journalism in uncovering corruption.

After 11 years I will shortly be standing down as Deputy CEO of the Open Government Partnership. I am a candidate in the UK General Election on July 4th, and hope...

In this month’s Faces of Open Government, Rueben Lifuka shares his experience as an environmental expert, anti-corruption advocate, and champion of open government in Zambia.