Asia and the Pacific
Strengthening local participatory planning and budgeting: Revisiting focus and strategies of citizen groups
Even before the recent decision of the Philippine Supreme Court declaring the legislators’ pork barrel (also known as Priority Development Assistance Fund or PDAF) unconstitutional, public finance experts and good governance advocates in the country have raised possible alternatives to…
Indonesian CSO Calls on Governance Issue in Eighth Open Working Group Post 2015 Agenda
Governance and open government are prerequisites of development. The concept of such government allows all layers of the society to be able to enjoy the entire development process in order to achieve welfare and justice, which is the goal of the…
Case Study (2014): Creating a Single-Window Access to Public Services in Azerbaijan
In Azerbaijani, ASAN translates to “EASY” and was conceived as a one- stop shop where the services of various government agencies are provided.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B471ujVfgLNMZmM1WHk0RGJSdnM
Case Study (2014): Soliciting Citizen Feedback on Public Services in Indonesia
Using a variety of media such as the LAPOR! website, text messaging and mobile applications, citizens can report on anything from bribe requesting public of cials to damaged bridges and teacher absenteeism. The website allows users to even upload pictures…
Langkah Maju Menuju Reformasi Tata Kelola
1280px-Jakarta_Panorama.jpg Laporan IRM OGP Indonesia untuk mendapatkan komentar publik telah diterbitkan. Sebagai negara yang sedang bertumbuh (emerging country), Indonesia menaruh rencana aksi yang cukup ambisius, meski hanya 5 dari action plan yang selesai sesuai kerangka waktu, dengan 7 lainnya sedang…
Step Forward to Governance Reform
1280px-Jakarta_Panorama.jpg Indonesia’s OGP IRM report to obtain public comments has been publishing. As an emerging country, Indonesia drafted a pretty ambitious action plan, although only 5 of 12 actions were completed within the time frame, while the other 7 commitments…
Comments and observations on Philippines Open Government Partnership report under the 2012 action plan (for Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism)
Manila.jpg Preliminaries The objectives of the Open Government Partnership are noteworthy: together with their citizens and key agencies, to fully realize the commitments of governments (the Philippines, in a group of eight founding countries) to promote transparency, empowering citizens, fight…
IRM releases Indonesia report for public comment
Jakarta_Skyline_Part_2.jpg The Open Government Partnership’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) has launched its seventh of eight progress reports for public comment; this one is on Indonesia and can be found below. IRM progress reports are carried out by an independent researcher…
IRM releases Philippine report for public comment
Mt.Mayon_tam3rd.jpg The Open Government Partnership’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) has launched its fifth of eight reports; this one is on the Philippines and can be found below. IRM progress reports are carried out by an independent researcher under the guidance of…