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Growing the Family of #OpenGov: Introducing the New OGP Local Participants!

Reproductive health in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Women-led data collection in Bojonegoro, Indonesia. Inequality in Austin, Texas. Water service expenses and quality in Kigoma, Tanzania. Lobbying reforms in Madrid, Spain.   These are just a few of the issues that were…

Achieving Compliance Despite the Shifting Political Tides

The Philippines is one of the most mineralized countries in the world. In a 2013 and 2016 survey, the Philippines ranked in the top 10 in terms of mineral potential out of 112 countries (Taylor & Green, 2017). Mainstream paradigm…

Austin’s Equity Assessment Tool: Leveling the Playing Field

From the Austin City Government:    The City of Austin Equity Office was established through a City Council resolution in 2015, and officially opened with the hiring of the first Chief Equity Officer, Brion Oaks, in 2016. Unlike the many Equity…

Open Data about femicide in Brazil

  Femicide is recognized globally as one of the harshests manifestations of violence against women - and Brazil is one of the countries with the highest prevalence of that crime. According to ‘Mapa da Violência’, a study published by FLACSO…

A new era for OGP: Launching an independent entity

When the Open Government Partnership (OGP) was founded in 2011, the OGP Support Unit and Independent Reporting Mechanism had a skeleton staff and a huge mandate. This has now expanded beyond all expectations, with the team playing a vital role…

CrowdLaw as a tool for open governance

Originally posted on in GovLab Blog. On March 13-17, 2018 The GovLab brought together two dozen crowdlaw experts from around the world to collaborate on developing new ways to include more and more diverse opinions and expertise at every stage of the…

Open Government – A Citizen’s Perspective

A Government Open to the People, for the People, by the PeopleThis blog is adapted from remarks made by OGP CEO Sanjay Pradhan at the OpenON event in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on March 26th, 2018.Let me begin with a story…

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