Meet Kai, the Executive Director of the Network of Estonian Nonprofit Organizations (NENO). Kai was a prominent voice at the 2023 OGP Global Summit in September 2023 and in this month’s Faces of Open Gov, she shares her views on…
OGP Local is the fastest-growing community within OGP, highlighting local governments' dedication to embracing open government practices. That is why OGP officially launched the OGP Local Assembly at the OGP Global Summit, bringing together more than 90 local heads of government and civil society leaders to showcase the thriving energy of open government initiatives at the local level.
There has been a welcome debate in recent years about how to shift power, decisions, and resources on economic and social development into the hands of the people closest to the problems that need solving. This shift to localisation includes…
Quintana Roo, Mexico recently experienced a period of rapid growth, but improvised planning left a trail of social inequality, corruption, and environmental impact. In its first OGP action plan in 2021, Quintana Roo made legal changes to set the stage…
The Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) recently published 23 Results Reports for 2019-2022 and 2020-2022 OGP action plans. These assessed 265 commitments from Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, the Americas, and Europe. 149 commitments led to early…
In 2024, sixty-five general elections will take place all over the world, including India, Mexico, Indonesia, and the United States. In past years, the underinvestment in safeguards by big tech companies could have contributed to allowing for misinformation and disinformation to run rampant and negatively impact democratic outcomes and human rights, with disproportionate harms in global majority countries.
How citizens of the city of Brussels, Blegium creatively leveraged institutional shortcomings to create a new space for political expression free from the usual partisan logics.
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) have much in common. These global multi-stakeholder initiatives both aim to deepen open governance and transparency and share a number of strategic and thematic objectives. With more than 30 shared member countries, they offer a powerful platform to drive positive governance outcomes.
In recent years, the open government agenda has taken on increasing relevance in mining public policy based on the implementation of reforms, regulations, and tools focused on transparency and participatory dialogue...
En los últimos años la agenda de gobierno abierto ha tomado una creciente relevancia en la política pública minera a partir de la implementación de reformas, normativas y herramientas centradas en la transparencia del sector y el diálogo participativo. Argentina…
In this month's Faces of Open Government feature, meet Liia Hänni, a trailblazer in open government and e-democracy.
La Semana de Gobierno Abierto (OGW por sus siglas en inglés) se celebra en mayo de cada año para reunir a los gobiernos y la sociedad civil y encontrar soluciones a los problemas más apremiantes que enfrentan las comunidades a…
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