Perspective

After years of distrust, the Costa Rican courts established a collaborative process for the public to determine how the judiciary should be reformed.

By building a website that allowed citizens to understand the government budgets and report concerns, Georgia empowered its citizens to keep the government accountable.

By building stronger ties with its Indigenous populations, and including them in policy development, Costa Rica is better able to serve all of its diverse citizens.

In Paraguay, Municipal Development Councils give citizens a greater say in projects that impact their local communities.

Uruguay’s citizens were not able to fully understand the healthcare system and the choices it provided them. To fix this, an easy-to-use website empowered citizens in their decisions.

To deal with a justice system that was complicated, Colombia’s Ministry of Justice developed the mobile application LegalApp, providing free legal knowledge and access to its public, presented in accessible language.

By creating a beneficial ownership register, which makes information on company owners more accessible and transparent to the public, Armenia makes serious advances in its efforts to eradicate political and corporate corruption.

Following massive protests against gender-based violence in the region, Argentina commits to providing an overview of all funding dedicated to combatting violence against women.

Through the Treasury, the South African government has invested in opening up budget information at the national and provincial levels. This has seen South Africa becoming a global leader in the Open Budget Survey.

The unchecked use of violence and intimidation by the Nigerian police is a serious threat to the functioning of its civic space. By including commitments to rebuild civic space and introduce police oversight processes, the Nigerian government shows that it is working to strengthen the ties to its public.