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The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) is a key means by which all stakeholders can track OGP progress in participating countries. The IRM produces independent progress reports on action plan commitments for each country participating in OGP.…

In Azerbaijani, ASAN translates to “EASY” and was conceived as a one- stop shop where the services of various government agencies are provided.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B471ujVfgLNMZmM1WHk0RGJSdnM

In keeping with the spirit of transparency and accountability, Brazil became one of the founding members of OGP, and promoting corporate accountability is one of the more unique features in its first Action plan. To encourage the private sector to…

The government draws its revenues from multiple sources including domestic taxes and fees, natural resource extraction, foreign aid and loans, which it then spends on delivering services to the public. These revenues and expenditures make up the national budget, which…

‘Innovation is bottom-up, decentralized and unpredictable’, explains the Spaceapps team at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In what turned out to be the largest hackathon in history, the international Spaceapps challenge brought together space agencies and citizen technologists, scientists…

Transparency in the flow of money in politics means a more informed voting public, which consequently strengthens the democratic process. Croatia’s legislative framework is deemed to be one of the best among the Balkan countries. Political parties are required to…

Using a variety of media such as the LAPOR! website, text messaging and mobile applications, citizens can report on anything from bribe requesting public of cials to damaged bridges and teacher absenteeism. The website allows users to even upload pictures…

For a service that is offered for over one million stops in 800 cities, Sonny ben- Shimon, software engineer at Google Israel, thought it odd that Google Transit was still not available in his country. The thought quickly materialized into…

Mexico set itself a challenge in its 2011 OGP action plan, to make sure its citizens could find out, as easily as possible, what happens to their tax money. This would involve the open, continuously-updated publication of information about the…

In April 2011, Moldova became one of the rst countries within Eastern Europe to launch an Open Data portal. The portal, www.date.gov.md brings together disparate and disconnected datasets published by various Ministries and central administration of CES, under a single…