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#OGPArgentina: Translating People’s Rights into Actions
Do citizens need to understand what open government is to benefit from it?#OGPArgentina has just ended, which means that civil society representatives, government officials, and activists in-between from the Americas have returned home with fresh ideas and possibly, partnerships. For…
Civic space in Europe – declining but defendable?
What’s common in an Irish web designer marrying his same-sex partner, an Estonian pensioner designing options of her own elderly care, and a group of Macedonian activists voicing their plans for better civil society funding? Besides the fact they are…
Advancing collective action on beneficial ownership – OGP and EITI
When a country first joins OGP, and we speak with civil society and government for the first time, they are often surprised when they hear how many governments have included EITI commitments in their OGP action plans. Countries…