Extractive Industries, Transparency and Procurement – Increasing Alignment
The movement for greater transparency in extractive industry governance and government procurement continues to march along at an inspiring pace.
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Bringing New Voices into OGP Action Plans: Stories from the Field
In this new series, OGP Multi-Donor Trust Fund recipients share their challenges and successes in making OGP co-creation processes more collaborative and inclusive.
The OGP story in Kenya: Building Political Will for Open Government
Since joining the Open Government Partnership in 2011, Kenya has been on a meandering journey. The process of co-creating and implementing Kenya’s OGP Action Plans has been marked by a multitude of challenges, from political transitions to limited civil society…
Bringing Democracy to the People, One Municipality at a Time – Tunisia
"You know, since the revolution, no one has taken the initiative to listen to us. It was only shortly after the uprising that we lost hope that things would change for the better. Today, for the first time since then,…
OGP Goes Local with a Push from CSOs – Serbia
My first recollection of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in Serbia is of a meeting held in late 2013 on the premises of what was then called the Ministry of State Administration (now the Ministry of Public Administration and Local…
When Art Makes the Invisible Visible – Paraguay
In November 2017, it was time to initiate the process of co-creating Paraguay’s fourth Open Government Action Plan (PAGA). The previous action plans had come together through collaboration between government agencies and a variety of NGOs, including our organization, Fundación…
Building a Democratic Process in Our University – Tunisia
Academia could be considered the link between society and policy makers, as scholars diagnose, analyze, and make recommendations for public policy. The academic world offers space to discover the truth underlying sociological and political forces and ideological dogma. More than…
Chasing after Collective Intelligence: Crowdsourcing Widely and Wisely – Armenia
“When will it finally be our turn to use water? I’ve seen my neighbor water his crops ten times by now, but the water distribution hasn’t reached us even once this month! I cannot understand this water register at all,”…
Why EITI-OGP Synergy Matters for Georgia
La importancia de las sinergias entre la EITI y OGP en Georgia
Despite being one of the key economic areas for Georgia, extractive industries generally lack sufficient levels of transparency and accountability. The recently published 2019 OGP Global Report demonstrates that improved transparency leads to better economic results, including increased foreign direct…
A pesar de ser un sector económico clave en Georgia, en general, las industrias extractivas no tienen suficiente transparencia y rendición de cuentas. El Informe Global de 2019 que OGP publicó recientemente demuestra que la transparencia genera resultados económicos, mayor…
What’s Next for Open Government in the Nordics
Siguientes Pasos para el Gobierno Abierto en los Países Nórdicos
The Nordics top the rankings on good governance, showing strong institutions, rule of law, and high levels of public trust See what they're doing in OGP.
Los cuatro países nórdicos, Dinamarca, Noruega, Suecia y Finlandia, se incorporaron a Open Government Partnership (OGP) con una línea base de apertura y transparencia muy alta. Estos países ocupan los primeros lugares en las clasificaciones de buena gobernanza, instituciones sólidas,…