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The Next Frontier of Fiscal Openness Forging a Transformational GIFT-OGP Collaboration
Remarks at the GIFT Workshop, June 20, 2016 Fiscal transparency resides at the very core of open government. Forging a stronger collaboration between the Open Government Partnership (OGP) and the Global Initiative on Fiscal Transparency (GIFT), which leads the OGP…
Parlamento abierto en las Américas: Actualizaciones de Asunción y Montevideo
Lo siguiente fue escrito por Natalia Albañil, Coordinadora del Programa de Transparencia Legislativa Regional, NDI Colombia. Fue publicado originalmente en openingparliament.org. En las últimas semanas se llevaron a cabo dos importantes eventos regionales en materia de Parlamento Abierto. El 25…
Gobierno Abierto y Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible: La Oportunidad de los Planes de Acción para Implementar los Derechos Humanos al Agua y al Saneamiento
La Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (OGP, por sus siglas en inglés) ha fortalecido el diálogo y el trabajo conjunto entre los Estados y los actores no estatales- particularmente las organizaciones de la sociedad civil- para fortalecer el acceso a…
OGP in the News – Week of June 13, 2016
A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world. This week the main theme in OGP-related news and chatter from across the globe was one of OGP’s core values: freedom of information.…
Three simple steps to deliver better value infrastructure through your OGP National Action Plan
We all need better value infrastructure. From the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to the World Bank Group, it is generally estimated that USD$3.7 trillion global infrastructure investment is needed annually yet only around US$2.7 trillion is currently…
Learning to Open Government: New Evidence to Inform OGP’s Efforts to Make Change Happen
Global Integrity is excited to present the results of “Learning to Open Government,” a first of its kind examination of how the Open Government Partnership is playing out in practice in five countries: Albania, Costa Rica, Mexico, the Philippines, and…
Open Letter to World Bank President on Disbandment of ATI Unit
We, the undersigned organisations and campaigners working on freedom of information issues, are concerned by news that the World Bank has significantly downgraded its capacity to pursue a global right to information agenda at a time when the World Bank’s…