Policy Resources

Explore the benefits of access to justice, including the impacts of improved and expanded provision of justice services—both formal and informal—on economies, societies, and the social contract.

Explore our list of recommendations for actions that parliaments can take to advance open government through legislation, oversight, opening up parliamentary institutions and processes, and fostering dialogue. Legislative action Adopt, or review and amend legislation to strengthen the legal frameworks…

Now is the time for governments to invest in reforms that can accelerate and improve how they deliver quality education, healthcare, water and sanitation, and supportive infrastructure.

Having served as a national researcher for Georgia from 2013 to 2019 for OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism, I have developed a particular interest in implementing the values of openness and accountability in local governments. From 2014-2015, Georgia implemented a series…

Entre el 2013 y el 2019 me desempeñé como investigador nacional para el Mecanismo de Revisión Independiente en Georgia. Desde entonces, he tenido especial interés en implementar el valor de la apertura y la rendición de cuentas en los gobiernos…

Before the global pandemic, political scientists, policy experts, and public health scholars told us, democracies do better in pandemics. So then, why did Belgium lead the news for a long time with the highest death rates anywhere in the world?

This policy brief lays out the key issues to address for regulating online political advertising in Europe and proposes ideas for how to address them through policy action grounded by open government, fundamental rights, and democratic values.

OGP is convening an online conversation on the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility. The conversation will bring together representatives from the European Commission, national governments and expert civil society to discuss how - and why it is so important - to ensure openness of recovery spending.

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.