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    This piece originally appeared on the World Resources Institute blog. Nearly a year ago at the United Nations, world leaders endorsed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at putting the world economy on a sustainable track. In July,…

A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world. This week, OGP was featured in stories on all continents, though coverage was strongest in Europe, Africa and Latin America. With regard to…

Madrid City Government, which is a member of the Open Government Partnership Sub-National Pilot scheme, in July adopted a Transparency Ordinance that shows just how much can be achieved where there is a serious political commitment to greater transparency. On…

Country: The PhilippinesCommitment: Citizen Participatory AuditsNational Action Plan: 2013-2015 Following public outcry over the misuse of priority development assistance funds, and faced with the daunting task of monitoring the transactions of over 161,000 government units with fewer than 7,000 state…

Want to read this blog in English? Una vez un hombre se miró frente a un espejo de cuerpo completo. Podría estar mejor, pensó, pensando en todo lo que había sufrido. Algunas partes todavía se ve bien, pero tenía algunos…

¿Quieres leer este blog en español? There was a man who, one fine day, stood in front of a full length mirror. Could be better, he thought, considering everything he had been through. Some parts still look good, but clearly…

¿Quieres leer este blog en español? In this round-up, we look back at press coverage of the Open Government Partnership for all of July, highlighting some of the main storylines from the month’s more-detailed news recaps (from the weeks of…

Want to read this blog in English? Aquí presentamos una mirada retrospectiva a la cobertura de OGP en los medios en el mes de julio, resaltando algunas de las historias más importantes de las recapitulaciones más detalladas del mes (para…