Political Finance Transparency Policy Brief
Transparency in the funding of campaigns, political parties and democratic politics is at the heart of the international anti-corruption agenda.
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Star Reforms in the Open Government Partnership (Second Edition, 2018)
This guide showcases a selection of twelve commitments from action plans that the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) awarded “star” status in its latest cycle of reports.
Opening Justice
This collaborative guide is a collection of resources for reformers interested in advancing open government and expanding justice. It lays out model commitments, provides a state of play on the growth of the topic in OGP, and collects resources (partners,…
Is Transparency the Best Disinfectant?
A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Transparency on Government Corruption by Can Chen, Ph.D. and Sukumar Ganapati, Ph.D. Transparency is widely recognized as an anti-corruption strategy. Research on the link between transparency and corruption has burgeoned since the 1990s.…
The Guide to Opening Government: An Enabling Environment for Civil Society Organizations
A guide on commitments to improve the enabling environment for civil society organizations, published by the International Center for Not-For-Profit Law.
Parliaments as Partners for Open Government Reform
An analysis on where OGP has successfully partnered with parliaments to date and how such partnerships could be deepened to develop and implement more ambitious open government reforms
Parliamentary Engagement Policy Guidance (Previous Edition)
Recognizing the benefits of regularizing parliamentary engagement in OGP, the OGP Steering Committee adopted this Policy Guidance to facilitate and encourage parliamentary engagement within OGP.
What’s in the OGP Subnational Action Plans (2017)
The development and implementation of Action Plans is at the core of the OGP model. The 15 subnational pioneers submitted their first Action Plans in December 2016 containing over 70 commitments. Given that government and civil society co-create each action…
Improving Public Services: Guidance for developing OGP commitments
Good quality public services are critical to the lives of citizens, and ensuring their provision is an essential function of government. But governments are not alone in this; experience and evidence built up over a number of decades has shown…