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As We Face New Challenges, Open Gov Champions Step Up

In early 2020, OGP started looking for new candidates to fill three seats in the OGP Civil Society Steering Committee. The list of candidates this year was particularly strong and we are grateful to the impressive civil society leadership OGP can rely on.

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Making Trillion Dollar Stimulus and Safety Nets Work for All: The Essential Steps We Can Take Now

OGP CEO Sanjay Pradhan calls on governments, citizens, civil society, businesses and others to join together to shape COVID-19 stimulus and safety nets and follow the money to save millions of lives and livelihoods.

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Open Response + Open Recovery: Conversations with Europe’s Open Gov Community

Read how Europe's open government community is leveraging the OGP platform during the pandemic and tackling the challenges it poses to civic space.

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Behavioral Change for a Successful Open Government Agenda in Jalisco, Mexico

An open government action plan has two expectations: an institutionalized open government and the possibility of solving a social problem previously identified through a co-creation process with society. The objectives of implementing an action plan are to practice the open…

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Mobadarat.ma: Countering COVID-19 with Open Innovation

A time of crisis can shine a spotlight on the quality of services offered by governments. As is the case during the COVID-19 pandemic, some governments are faced with unprecedented challenges that are hard to address due to unpreparedness and…

Democracy Beyond the Ballot Box 2019 Year in Review

Looking Back, Moving Forward

As for many organizations, the global impact of COVID-19 has altered the way the Open Government Partnership (OGP) will achieve its mission. To ensure the fundamental values of accountability, transparency, inclusivity, and responsiveness are at the forefront of how governments…

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How Can Extractive Sector Laws and Policies Contribute to Gender Equality?

What do governments and international organizations mean when they say that they aim to advance gender equity in the context of natural resource governance? 

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“Following the Money” During a Pandemic is Tough but OGP Could be the Game-Changer

Since the return to democracy in 1999, nothing exposed Nigeria’s negligence, unpreparedness and unwillingness to deliver quality healthcare more than COVID-19. During the military dictatorship, Nigeria had earned notorious labels as irredeemably corrupt, and hopeless by the international community. So,…

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An Open Government Approach to Facing the Pandemic in Latin America: What We Heard

As part of the regional discussions around the Open Response + Open Recovery, the Latin American community got together a month ago, convinced that the solutions to the pandemic must rely on openness, and exploring ways to better articulate our…

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Ready to Act: Open Gov, Service Delivery & COVID-19

COVID-19 shocked our lives. More than 7 million people worldwide have tested positive for the virus, with frontline workers, health systems, and vulnerable populations suffering the most. COVID is disrupting our working routines and changing our plans and strategic priorities.…

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