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This paper is an OGP Support Unit/Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) collaboration authored by Tonusree Basu, OGP Thematic Partnerships Manager, and Denisse Miranda, IRM Research Manager. Open Government Partnership (OGP) was founded on the idea that public policy reform is better when…

by Graciela Beatriz Rodríguez Murano This study analyzes the policies implemented by the Government of San Luis (Argentina) in the period 2006-2013, as regards the Huarpe Guanacache San Luis and Ranquel People indigenous communities, from the theoretical perspective of open government…

by Marina Lacalle One of the greatest challenges that governments face during the decision-making process is reaching consensus. It is challenging because it involves the participation of many stakeholders. One of the government’s main flaws has been its inability to reconcile…

by María Soledad Gattoni In the past few years, Argentina has gone through a cyclical process in terms of State openness public policies. The path traveled since the enactment of decree 1172/2003 on access to public information, its joining the…

by Jorge Umaña Cubillo Costa Rica’s administration from 2014 to 2018 included open government as one of three pillars of the National Development Plan: “Open government at the forefront of the fight against corruption”. The Government co-created the National Open Government…

by Marco Konopacki, Debora Albu, Fabro Steibel, and Victor Vicente Brazil’s Democratic Constitution of 1988 instituted six modes of participation in political life: direct suffrage, referendum, plebiscite, popular prosecution, policy councils and citizens' initiative draft bills. The latter mode allows the proposition of…