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Corruption continues to undermine democratic institutions worldwide. Without strong commitments focused on political integrity, achieving OGP’s partnership-wide goals of economic recovery, tackling systemic inequalities, safeguarding threats to democracy, and having a more citizen-centered democracy will be even more difficult.

Innovation and the use of digital technologies have always been an integral part of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in advancing open government reforms.

Enhancing and protecting civic space is vital to achieving OGP’s bold goals of accelerating economic recovery, tackling systemic inequalities, and building resilient and citizen-centered democracies.

Malick Lingani tells us how organizations and international partners are helping French-speaking OGP members strengthen their open government efforts and other countries in the region get closer to joining OGP.

Malick Lingani nos cuenta cómo organizaciones y socios internacionales están ayudando a los miembros francófonos de OGP a fortalecer sus esfuerzos de gobierno abierto y a otros países en la región a unirse a OGP.

The AI Now Institute, Ada Lovelace Institute, and OGP are partnering to launch the first global study evaluating the initial wave of algorithmic accountability policy.

[related_sidebar] This example was featured in the OGP 2020 Annual Report. Read the full report here. Colombia has included two commitments in its most recent action plan that place transparency, accountability and participation at the center of their efforts to…

[related_sidebar] This example was featured in the OGP 2020 Annual Report. Read the full report here. Several OGP members including France, Netherlands, and New Zealand are using their OGP action plans to advance transparency, participation, and accountability of government algorithms.…

In August 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria signed the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), putting in place a new registry that will enhance corporate accountability and transparency by disclosing persons with significant control of companies...

As part of its 2017-2019 Action Plan, Argentina created a public database of audit recommendations and compliance information from the Federal Prison Service.

Croatia has been working on increasing transparency of political party and election financing through commitments in their second and third action plans. Using the information provided in ...