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Meaningful Citizen Engagement in Urban Planning

A key part of democracy at the local level is providing citizens with the opportunity to take action on the issues that are important to them. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the area of urban planning. When planning…

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Six Questions to Protect Your Transparency Portal from “Zombie” Status

Have you ever searched an online government transparency portal only to find that the vital information you hoped to find is not there or that the portal itself has disappeared? If so, you’re not alone. Over the last decade, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) has reviewed countless commitments that promise to deliver a transparency portal as the antidote to a wide range of governance challenges.

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Ingredients for Extractives Sector Reform

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…

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Three Factors to Effectively Implement Ambitious Open Procurement Reforms

Every year, governments across the world spend over USD $13 trillion (around 12% of global gross domestic product) through public procurement. Yet, various studies show that 10 to 25% of the value of a government contract can be lost to…

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The Future of Local Open Gov: Reflections from the UCLG Congress

On October 10-14, the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) held its 7th World Congress in Daejeon, Republic of Korea. The Congress brought together representatives from local, regional, and national governments, civil society, academia and the international community to reflect on the current context and the role of local and regional governments in facing the challenges affecting their communities.

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From Regional to Local: Local Governments in Europe

The European open government community met at the OGP Europe Regional Meeting in Rome, Italy at a critical time when democracy and open government are under threat externally from events such as the Russian invasion and internally from a growing lack of citizen trust.

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Open Justice is Moving Forward in the Americas

The International Open Justice Network (RIJA in Spanish) took part in Open Americas/America Abierta, a regional event co-hosted by OGP, ILDA and the Government of the Dominican Republic. We had the opportunity to learn from various initiatives focused on open…

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