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Paraguay End-of-Term Report 2016-2018

Implementation of the third action plan focused on further understanding the law on access to public information, mechanisms for citizen complaints (like the platform to report corruption), and citizen participation for poverty alleviation. Moving forward, Paraguay should focus on creating…

Panama Design Report 2017-2019

Panama’s third action plan is focused on anticorruption and it was designed through open participatory workshops, with high influence from civil society. The plan was widely distributed through the media, but it did not include participation of organizations from beyond…

Costa Rica Design Report 2017-2019

Costa Rica’s third action plan addresses three Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and includes, for the first time, all three branches of the government. During the design phase, open workshops were held in several cities across the country, but the government…

Brazil End-of-Term Report 2016-2018

Two commitments in Brazil’s 2016–2018 action plan resulted in outstanding changes in government practices. These led to a cultural shift in the openness of educational resources and data (Commitment 6) and significantly increased civic participation in budgetary planning (Commitment 14).…

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Citizen Participation in Auditing: The Key to Open Response and Recovery

Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) are essential to identify and mitigate the risks associated with the use of power and ...

Uruguay End-of-Term Report 2016-2018

Uruguay made substantial progress in completing its commitments, half of which resulted in significant changes in access to public information. The implementation of the access to information law continued and the first National Water Plan was developed in a participatory…

El Salvador End-of-Term Report 2016-2018

During the implementation stage, El Salvador achieved better coordination between the civil society organizations that make up the Open Government Observatory (OGA in Spanish) and public agencies in charge of commitments. While most commitments were completely or substantially implemented, it…

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Open Response + Open Recovery: Secretary General of Transparency Beatriz Londoño

At the OGP Virtual Leaders Summit, the Secretary General of Transparency of Colombia, Beatriz Londoño Patiño shares the work her country is doing to ensure an open response and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Featured Commitment: Judicial Observatory

Read about Costa Rica's commitment to improve citizens' access to justice information through a public website. This commitment is featured in the "What's in the 2019 Action Plans" publication.

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Featured Commitment: Access to Justice for Environmental Matters

Read how Ecuador is expanding access to environmental information, opportunities to participate in environmental decision-making, and access to justice for environmental matters. This commitment is featured in the "What's in the 2019 Action Plans" publication.

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