What is the Open Government Challenge and why was it launched? The Open Government Challenge is a call to action for all members to raise ambition in ten areas of open government to help strengthen our democracies and improve our…
By Joseph Foti, Paula Pérez, Christina Socci, and Dieter Zinnbauerin collaboration with The B Team Overview The Business Case for Open Government In 2011, reformers—including government ministers, mayors, parliamentarians, justices, journalists, and activists—launched the Open Government Partnership (OGP). Through the…
As we face challenges that affect our democracies the need to integrate a local perspective to identify innovative solutions to the most pressing issues cities face is more evident than ever.
A medida que hacemos frente a los retos que afectan a nuestras democracias, es más evidente que nunca la necesidad de integrar la perspectiva local para identificar soluciones innovadoras a los problemas más urgentes de las ciudades. La Cumbre...
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) represents an important platform for advancing the implementation of the Escazú Agreement, which aims to guarantee the rights of access to environmental information, public participation in environmental decision-making, access to justice in environmental affairs, and…
La Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (OGP, por sus siglas en inglés) constituye una plataforma importante para avanzar en la implementación del Acuerdo de Escazú...
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…
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