Lessons from Reformers: Burkina Faso Works to Meet the EITI Standard
Read how reformers in Burkina Faso are strengthening mining sector governance through EITI.
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Lessons from Reformers: South Africa Empowers Citizens with Budget Data
Read how a user-friendly open budget portal in South Africa empowers citizens to advance social change.
Italy Design Report 2019-2021
Italy’s fourth action plan includes commitments on relevant national challenges like beneficial ownership transparency and lobbying regulation. It also builds on previous commitments on open data, and introduces measures to enhance civic participation and a culture of open government. Commitments…
Latvia Design Report 2019-2021
Latvia’s 2019-2021 action plan addresses relevant national issues on open data, public procurement transparency, and participation in local government. The co-creation process introduced a new multistakeholder forum and civil society and government officials collaborated closely on the development of commitments.…
Australia Design Report 2018-2020
Australia’s second OGP action plan builds on themes and policy areas from the first action plan. The eight commitments include efforts to improve access to information and civic participation, and also increase opportunities for state and territory governments to participate…
First Steps Towards a Future of Open Government for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s complex, decentralized and asymmetrical political system impairs reform. Yet the OGP process has demonstrated that even in contexts as complex as this, stakeholders can overcome political deadlock to make commitments in important areas of governance.
Spain Action Plan 2020-2024
Spain’s action plan for 2020-2024 is available in PDF below. For further information and corrections, please visit https://transparencia.gob.es/transparencia/transparencia_Home/index/Gobierno-abierto/planes-accion/documentos_IVPlan.html
Open Government Reforms and Increased Civic Space are Key to EU Membership for the Western Balkans
This blog is part of IRM Week: A Year in Review. Throughout the week, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) will share findings and analysis from recent reports through a series of events, report launches blogs, and fact sheets. Learn more here. …
IRM Regional Snapshot: Nordics
The Nordics enjoy high public trust and continue to perform well on open government issues like anti-corruption and transparency. Despite this high baseline, Nordic OGP action plans could benefit from focusing on commitments on lobbying transparency, public procurement and political financing.
Bosnia and Herzegovina Design Report 2019-2021 – For Public Comment
In 2020, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the Design Report for BiH's first action plan (2019-2021). The report covers the development of the action plan and the design of its commitments. In BiH, the IRM researcher's, Elma Demir, findings…