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Carleton University Student Blog Series: Refueling the Journalism Industry with Open Government Data
Carleton University undergraduate students in Ottawa, Canada, are studying the link between communication and open government. In the class, the students examine how communication can be used to improve governance and to foster a more collaborative relationship between governments and…
Carleton University Student Blog Series: Intersectional Feminism and Open Government
Carleton University undergraduate students in Ottawa, Canada, are studying the link between communication and open government. In the class, the students examine how communication can be used to improve governance and to foster a more collaborative relationship between governments and…
Dominican Republic End-of-Term Report 2016- 2018
En 2019, el Mecanismo de Revisión Independiente (MRI) publicó el informe de fin de término para el segundo plan de acción de República Dominicana. Este informe cubre la totalidad del periodo de implementación del plan de acción desde Junio 2016…
Carleton University Student Blog Series: Enabling the Participation of Immigrants
Carleton University undergraduate students in Ottawa, Canada, are studying the link between communication and open government. In the class, the students examine how communication can be used to improve governance and to foster a more collaborative relationship between governments and…
Carleton University Student Blog Series: Engaged Youth? Let’s Talk
Carleton University undergraduate students in Ottawa, Canada, are studying the link between communication and open government. In the class, the students examine how communication can be used to improve governance and to foster a more collaborative relationship between governments and…
Canada End-Term Report 2016-2018
In 2019 the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the end of term report for Canada’s third action plan. The report covers the full action plan implementation period of 1 July 2016 through 30 June 2018. In Canada, the IRM researcher…
Engaging Citizens Can Be a ‘Win-Win’ Approach
La Participación Ciudadana como una Herramienta para “Ganar-Ganar”: Recomendaciones del MRI sobre Cocreacion
It is never easy to set the limits of citizens’ engagement in participatory policymaking. The sky is usually too high, but a useful approach is: “consult early, consult often”. But how early is early, and how often is often –…
No es fácil establecer los umbrales de la participación ciudadana en el diseño participativo de políticas. La meta puede ser demasiado alta, pero la recomendación es “la consulta temprana y constante”. ¿Pero qué tan temprano es temprano y qué tan…