Case Studies and Stories

The Director of the State Chancellery of the Republic of Latvia on public administration policy issues Inita Pauloviča shares her views on Open Latvia, a platform created to help Latvia in its co-creation process.

Actualmente, Inita Pauloviča es asesora del director de la cancillería del Estado de Letonia sobre asuntos de administración pública. Antes de ocupar ese puesto, fue subdirectora de la cancillería del Estado y fue clave para el desarrollo de una plataforma…

In this Voices of Open Government episode, Patrick Harvie, member of the Scottish Parliament, explains how open, participative, and deliberative approaches to decision-making helps turn voices of citizens into concrete actions.

OGP civil society co-chair Aidan Eyakuze shares some of the work he and his counterparts in Italy hope to achieve this year and his hopes for the future of the open government community. 

En diciembre, Aidan Eyakuze y el Gobierno de Italia se convirtieron en los copresidentes del Comité Directivo de OGP, trabajando en una agenda conjunta para atender los retos que representa este año. Aidan platicó con OGP para compartir el trabajo…

Learn how Nigeria is achieving key milestones in beneficial ownership transparency through their engagement in OGP – from gaining political will within key institutions to navigating conversations between government, businesses, and civil society.

Learn how Kenya is making progress on open contracting reforms through strong civil society-government collaboration and ambitious OGP commitments.

Learn how Ecuador is advancing environmental democracy by applying open government approaches to their implementation of the Escazu Agreement.

In this Voices of Open Government episode, we learn how the local government in Austin, Texas has taken steps to level the playing field and include historically marginalized groups, including people experiencing homelessness, in open government and policy processes.

In 2019, OGP funders commissioned Oxford Policy Management (OPM) to undertake an independent evaluation of the OGP’s core institutions, and the efforts of the OGP Support Unit (SU) in particular. The evaluation was supported by the British Department for International…

How are local leaders responding to the pandemic through #OpenGov principles? Learn South Cotabato responding to the COVID-19 pandemic through open gov principles while placing citizens at the heart of policy-making to rebuild trust in government.

In this Voices of Open Government episode, we learn how reformers in Mexico are designing a national policy to reduce the gender inequality gap and position the right to care in the public agenda.