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Featured Commitment – Brazil

Country: Brazil Commitment: Participatory Audits on the Constructions of Brazilian Host Cities for the 2014 FIFA World Cup National Action Plan: 2013-15 !n 2013, in response to widespread social movements and protests, Brazil made a commitment on public integrity in…

Thom Townsend

Faces of Open Government: Thom Townsend

How important is open government to you? It's what makes a democracy work. Democracy shouldn't, and isn't, just about voting every few years, it's about everyday participation and you need an open government to make that feasible. In my day…

ONE’s Follow the Money Website: Showcasing Open Data Success Stories

Central to OGP is the belief that "good ideas come from everywhere" and we at ONE could not agree more. Our Follow the Money website provides a centralized place to highlight stories about how citizens are successfully using open data…

Looking Back: Why some OGP commitments don’t get implemented

¿Quieres leer este blog en español?Here in the open government community, we talk a lot about "failing forward" or "learning from failure." This is part of what makes working for OGP so great. Governments and civil society can admit momentary…

Making the Case for OGP’s Subnational Push

At the recent Open Government Partnership summit in Mexico City, the OGP steering committee endorsed a new pilot program to bring subnational governments into the Partnership via an experimental two-year pilot program. As OGP steering committee members Manish Bapna, the…

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