Africa and the Middle East

Hayat Center es una organización no gubernamental establecida en 2006 por un grupo de jóvenes activistas de Jordania. A través de su programa de monitoreo de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto RASED, Hayat Center-RASED trabaja en el monitoreo del…

Hayat Center is a non-governmental organization established by a group of young Jordanian activists in 2006. Through its RASED for Open Government Partnership Monitoring Program, Hayat Center-RASED works on monitoring the Jordanian government’s performance in selected open government commitments through the lens…

Three African regional governments converged in Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya on May 2 to share experiences and successes of efforts made in making their governments more transparent and accountable to citizens. It was the first time the local governments were…

In 2018, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the report for the first Elgeyo Marakwet County action plan. The report covers the full action plan implementation period of January 2017 through December 2017. Ruth Kendagor, the IRM researcher in the…

An ambitious second national action plan illustrates Kenya’s intent and provides impetus for its future progress in opening government. The release of Kenya’s Progress Report by the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) reviews the implementation of its second Open Government Partnership…

One of the most difficult challenges to sustainable implementation of policy reforms is the inability to adequately identify and engage with relevant stakeholders. Controversies abound on the meaning of stakeholder. Although it is a very useful word, its flexibility also…

Uno de los retos más difíciles que enfrenta la implementación de reformas es la falta de capacidad de identificar e involucrar a actores relevantes. Existen muchas controversias sobre el significado de la palabra actor. Aunque es una palabra muy útil,…