Joseph Foti

Principal Advisor, Emerging Issues

Joseph Foti is the Principal Advisor, Emerging Issues for OGP. In this role, he leads collaboration and research on new areas of interest to OGP members. Topics include anti-corruption, climate change, civil liberties, and new technologies. He has nearly two decades experience leading research and accountability efforts across a range of sustainable development issues. Prior to this role, he was OGP’s Chief Research Officer of the Open Government Partnership and leader of the Analytics and Insights Team and before that, he was the founding director of OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism. Prior to his work at OGP, he was a Senior Associate for the Access Initiative, a network led by the World Resources Institute (WRI), and a public servant.

Joseph can be reached at Joseph.Foti@opengovpartnership.org

Authored Content

The Courage to Ask the Difficult Questions

This is an adapted version of a talk to be given at the Academic Days alongside the OGP Global Summit in Paris, December 7-9. In times of fake news, referendums, and so-called “post-truth politics” the Open Government Partnership (OGP) community,…

2nd December 2016

Aligning Supply and Demand for Better Governance: Open Data in the Open Government Partnership

The Independent Reporting Mechanism of OGP is one of the initiative’s key accountability components. IRM national researchers in OGP countries assess the ambition and completion of OGP commitments. But the IRM does not only carry out assessment, it also synthesizes…

27th May 2015

OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism releases a beta version of data from first 43 IRM assessments

OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism is proud to release a beta version of the data from the first 43 IRM assessments. The release comes on the eve of the OGP Steering Committee Meeting (in Bali, Indonesia), the OGP Asia Regional Meeting…

30th April 2014