Evidence of OGP Results

As you think about where your tax payers‘ money go, spare a thought whether you have a say in it. One of the ways to do so is participatory budgeting. For over thirty years now, participatory budgeting has been used…

Civil society plays an essential role in democratic societies, leading to more ambition, stronger policies, and better results. See five important insights from a Democratic Freedoms Learning Network webinar on the importance of civic space.

In this blog series, we highlight the experiences of several open parliaments around the world. These are institutions that foster transparency, participation, and accountability throughout the legislative process. The Legislature of the Córdoba Province in Argentina is a unicameral legislative…

In April 2010, the Government of Euskadi (Basque Country) Spain launched an open data initiative called Open Data Euskadi. It soon became a reference for many public administrations that were beginning to consider opening their data. Since then a lot…

En abril de 2010, el gobierno de Euskadi (País Vasco) puso en marcha una iniciativa de datos abiertos llamada Open Data Euskadi. Pronto se convirtió en una referencia para muchas administraciones públicas que comenzaban a plantearse la apertura de sus…

The Autonomous Republic of Ajara is a political-administrative region of Georgia. Its Supreme Council is made up of 21 congresspeople who represent about 350,000 citizens. While the Autonomous Republic of Ajara is not a member of OGP Local, its legislative body, the Supreme Council, has played a significant role in promoting open government values.

En esta serie de blogs sobre parlamentos abiertos, mostramos las experiencias de diversos parlamentos abiertos de diversas partes del mundo. Los parlamentos abiertos son instituciones que promueven la transparencia, participación y rendición de cuentas en el proceso legislativo.  La República…

Learn about Argentina's efforts to integrate gender and diversity perspectives into Argentina’s fourth open government national action plan as a tool for mainstreaming into future open government commitments.

Esta publicación de blog explora los aspectos más destacados del informe de Argentina, Incorporación de la Perspectiva de géneros y diversidad en el Cuarto Plan de Acción Nacional de Gobierno Abierto. Encuentre el resumen ejecutivo disponible en inglés y español…

English and Spanish versions of the executive summary are available as web text and PDFs below. The full document is available in Spanish on Government of Argentina's website here. Annex: Mainstreaming the Gender and Diversity Perspective Into the Fourth Open…

Over the last decade, OGP members have made 159 commitments to make the governance of gas, oil, and mineral extraction more open to the public. Extractive sector reforms are notoriously politically and financially fraught. Yet these commitments achieve stronger early…

Durante la última década, los miembros de OGP han hecho 159 compromisos enfocados en lograr que la gobernanza de la extracción de gas, petróleo y minerales sea más abierta al público. Las reformas del sector extractivo son notoriamente complicadas desde…

Explore Nigeria’s next chapter in advancing beneficial ownership transparency, from their engagement in OGP to a recent visit from the OGP Support Unit to discuss the sustainability of reforms ahead of elections.

Italy joined the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in September 2011. The third largest country in the European Union (EU) by population and economy, Italy had one of the highest rates of corruption perception in the EU, while its access to…