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Ingredients for Extractives Sector Reform

Over the last decade, OGP members have made 159 commitments to make the governance of gas, oil, and mineral extraction more open to the public. Extractive sector reforms are notoriously politically and financially fraught. Yet these commitments achieve stronger early…

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Three Factors to Effectively Implement Ambitious Open Procurement Reforms

Every year, governments across the world spend over USD $13 trillion (around 12% of global gross domestic product) through public procurement. Yet, various studies show that 10 to 25% of the value of a government contract can be lost to…

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Georgia’s Journey to Accelerating Open Data Reforms

This publication was produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the Open Government Partnership and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union. Georgia’s open government reforms have encompassed…

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The Future of Local Open Gov: Reflections from the UCLG Congress

On October 10-14, the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) held its 7th World Congress in Daejeon, Republic of Korea. The Congress brought together representatives from local, regional, and national governments, civil society, academia and the international community to reflect on the current context and the role of local and regional governments in facing the challenges affecting their communities.

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From Regional to Local: Local Governments in Europe

The European open government community met at the OGP Europe Regional Meeting in Rome, Italy at a critical time when democracy and open government are under threat externally from events such as the Russian invasion and internally from a growing lack of citizen trust.

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Open Justice is Moving Forward in the Americas

The International Open Justice Network (RIJA in Spanish) took part in Open Americas/America Abierta, a regional event co-hosted by OGP, ILDA and the Government of the Dominican Republic. We had the opportunity to learn from various initiatives focused on open…

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Upholding Democratic Values Through Open Government: 12 Highlights from European Champions

Last month open government reformers from across Europe gathered for the OGP Europe Regional Meeting in Rome, Italy to build political support for open government and find solutions to tackle our common regional challenges. Across the two days, this is a summary of what we heard.

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Faces of Open Government: Ouiame El Moustamide

Ouiame el Moustamide sat down with us to share her insights on the progress Morocco has made so far in OGP and what she hopes the Regional Meeting can accomplish for the open government community in Africa and the Middle East.

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