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Michelle Volpin works as Citizenry & Government Institutions Coordinator for Directorio Legislativo, an independent, non-profit organization working to strengthen democracy and make law- and policy-making in Latin America more transparent, representative and participatory. She works coordinating, designing and implementing projects…

Victoria Welborn is a Program Manager at the National Democratic Institute where she works on global topics that land at the intersection of open government and civic technology. Victoria spends most of her days trying to find creative ways to…

Emilie Lemieux is responsible for ParlAmericas' Open Parliament and Sustainable Development programming, which supports parliaments from the Americas and the Caribbean dedicated to increasing transparency and access to information, accountability, public participation and ethical standards in their institutions, as well…

Nikhil Dutta is a Legal Advisor on Global Programs at ICNL. He advises on multilateral engagement, including through United Nations processes and activities under the Open Government Partnership, and conducts research on issues of global scope affecting the legal environment…

Matthew joined OGP's Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) in March 2017. In his capacity as a Research Officer, he conducts research and oversees quality control for IRM assessments of OGP action plans. He holds an MA in International Peace and Conflict…

Paula Perez joined the Open Government Partnership in July 2019 working in the Americas Country Support team and is currently a Senior Program Officer in the Thematic Policy Areas team. Paula supports efforts to mobilize cross-country coalitions, strengthen partnerships and…

Natalia Norori is a Research Associate at the Open Data Charter for an ongoing project aimed to create an Open COVID-19 Data Taxonomy. She is a healthcare researcher focused on implementing open data practices to measure key social determinants of…

Ruth-Marie Henckes is the Advocacy and Communications Coordinator at the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD). Ruth has worked on democracy support for the past 3 years after graduating in Comparative Politics from Leuven University and International Studies at Leiden University.…

Oluseun Onigbinde is the co-founder and Director of BudgIT. BudgIT is Nigeria's leading fiscal transparency group that uses creative design and technology to improve access to public budgets and related fiscal data. Oluseun Onigbinde is a recipient of the Ashoka…

Anabel Cruz is originally from Uruguay and has three decades of experience in civil society promotion, research and training in various countries in Latin America, and in the regional and global context. She has been working for the respect of…