Perspective

Keynote Remarks at Open Contracting PartnershipAmsterdam, November 28, 2017 I want to share with you a story – my story of how open contracting has been inextricably interwoven as a thread running through my personal and professional life.   I…

This article originally appeared in The Citizen. The government of Tanzania’s recently announced, unilateral decision to withdraw from the Open Government Partnership (OGP) is disappointing, but not surprising. The recent evolution in the domestic political climate meant that it had…

The thirteenth annual Global Education Monitoring Report came out recently, and it synthesizes the state of the art of accountability in the education field. Sponsored by UNESCO, GEM Reports are editorially independent, and their mandate is to monitor progress towards…

OGP Buenos Aires Americas MeetingSanjay Pradhan, CEO, OGP First our tremendous gratitude to the Government and civil society of Argentina for hosting this important event, and our tremendous appreciation for your leadership on open government which is inspiring other countries…

Transparency is a binary matter. Either you are or you are not transparent. Uruguay has decided to be transparent, and based on that conviction, has conceived of and executed different initiatives that support its consolidation, particularly from the Planning and…

La transparencia es una cuestión binaria. Se es o no se es transparente. Uruguay ha decidido serlo y, con esa convicción, ha concebido y ejecutado distintas herramientas que aportan a su consolidación, particularmente dentro de la Oficina de Planeamiento y…

Todos sabemos que la implementación de los compromisos es el elemento central de la misión de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (OGP por sus siglas en inglés) de generar reformas transformadoras. Sin embargo, más de un tercio de los…

      Presentación       Desde el 2014, el Paraguay dio un gran paso sobre acceso ciudadano a la información pública con la promulgación de la Ley 5282/14 “De libre acceso ciudadano a la información pública y transparencia…

Since 2014, Paraguay has taken big steps toward access to information by enacting Act 5282/14 of “Access to public information and government transparency”, which came into effect in 2015. Rules of operation 3064/15 were published that same year. This regulatory…

How did you get involved in working in the transparency and accountability field? Was there a driving force behind your interest? I am originally from Sierra Leone, and as you know, this is a country that has been through a…

¿Por qué empezaste a trabajar en el tema de transparencia y rendición de cuentas? ¿Qué te llamó la atención? Yo nací en sierra Leona que, como sabes, es un país que ha sufrido mucho. Después de la guerra civil, me…

Everyone knows that implementation of commitments is at the core of the Open Government Partnership (OGP)’s mission for transformational reforms. However, more than a third of commitments reviewed to date by the Independent Reporting Mechanism have not been implemented. For…