Lessons from Reformers: Nigeria Enshrines Beneficial Ownership Transparency in Federal Law
Read how reformers in Nigeria are working to end illicit financial flows through beneficial ownership transparency.
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Lessons from Reformers: Burkina Faso Works to Meet the EITI Standard
Read how reformers in Burkina Faso are strengthening mining sector governance through EITI.
Lessons from Reformers: South Africa Empowers Citizens with Budget Data
Read how a user-friendly open budget portal in South Africa empowers citizens to advance social change.
First Steps Towards a Future of Open Government for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s complex, decentralized and asymmetrical political system impairs reform. Yet the OGP process has demonstrated that even in contexts as complex as this, stakeholders can overcome political deadlock to make commitments in important areas of governance.
Open Government Reforms and Increased Civic Space are Key to EU Membership for the Western Balkans
This blog is part of IRM Week: A Year in Review. Throughout the week, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) will share findings and analysis from recent reports through a series of events, report launches blogs, and fact sheets. Learn more here. …
Environmental Democracy: Where Open Government and the Escazu Agreement Meet
Democracia ambiental: un punto de encuentro entre gobierno abierto y el Acuerdo Escazú
In 2018, 22 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean reached a historical milestone in environmental democracy by signing the Escazu Agreement. In 2020, 20 countries have ratified the treaty and one more ratification is missing to make this a reality...
En 2018, 22 países de América Latina y el Caribe marcaron un hito histórico en la democracia ambiental con la firma del Acuerdo Escazú. En 2020, 10 países han ratificado el tratado y sólo una ratificación más se interpone entre la aspiración y la acción.
Civic Space as a Key Prerequisite of Open Government Reforms in the MENA Region
Since joining OGP, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia have made over 129 commitments. These have included strong commitments on improving access to public information and open data, but when it comes to implementing commitments both Jordan and Tunisia fall behind other OGP members, and the results of Morocco’s first OGP action plan have yet to be assessed by the IRM...
Leveraging OGP for a Transparent COVID-19 Response in Africa
Like governments around the world, African countries have shifted enormous resources to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Given such massive spending, fiscal transparency is more important than ever to minimize financial mismanagement and corruption.
An Extraordinary Gathering to Build Back Better
Una reunión extraordinaria para reconstruir mejor
We witnessed an extraordinary gathering on September 24, 2020. In the midst of the pandemic, amidst global protests against inequality and systemic racism, amidst an unprecedented rise in authoritarian leaders attacking democracy and civic freedoms, a coalition of world leaders ...
El 24 de septiembre de 2020 fuimos testigos de una reunión extraordinaria. En medio de la pandemia, de protestas globales contra la desigualdad y el racismo sistémico y de un alza sin precedentes en el autoritarismo por parte de líderes…
Data Readiness, Response, Recovery and Reform
COVID-19 has brought to light how gaps in public health-related data hinder pandemic readiness, response, and recovery. These gaps, along with the pre-existing inequalities exacerbated by them, have increased the urgency to shift to demand-driven publication of data and identification of data types needed across different regions and contexts.