Perspective

The UK leads the way with a pioneering beneficial ownership register, in an effort to stem corruption and strengthen measures against money laundering and tax evasion.

Learn about the transparent, elaborate and highly competitive selection process for the Civil Society Steering Committee.

Descubre el proceso de selección de los nuevos miembros del Comité Directivo de sociedad civil de OGP.

Italy’s online platform OpenCoesione publishes both budgets and expenditures of European Union Cohesion Funds and Italian National Funds for territorial development to make public spending more transparent for its citizens.

In France, the Digital Republic Law requires that all algorithms used by the government be made open and accessible to the public. Etalab has produced guidance for government agencies on the legal framework and how to publish this information, and is working on practical guidance to build public registers of algorithms. Through this work, France’s citizens can start to see how the government uses algorithms to make decisions that may impact them, laying the groundwork for greater accountability.

Ecuador forges a path to environmental justice by ratifying and starting to implement a historic agreement to protect the environment and give democratic power to its people.

New Zealand gathers all of its laws into one user-friendly website, improving access to legal information for the public.

To change a longtime problem of secrecy between businesses and the public in Kenya, the government created a registry of businesses to create open records of transactions.

Platforms in Ukraine make the public procurement process more transparent and allow citizens to monitor it.

OGP Local is now more flexible, sustainable, inclusive and innovative than ever before. Since welcoming 56 new local members in...

Hoy, OGP Local es más flexible, sostenible, incluyente e innovador que nunca. Desde la incorporación de 56 miembros nuevos en 2020, hemos recibido 30 nuevos planes de acción que incluyen más de 100 compromisos. Debido a la pandemia del COVID-19,…

France implemented new open data clauses in government contracts, increasing competition between firms when applying for these contracts – eventually leading to better quality services for citizens.