Europe
How Participatory Budgeting Shapes Communities in Lithuania
As you think about where your tax payers‘ money go, spare a thought whether you have a say in it. One of the ways to do so is participatory budgeting. For over thirty years now, participatory budgeting has been used…
Stand Up for Democracy: Lessons from Estonia
In this episode, Taimar Peterkop shares the history of Estonia's resilience against authoritarianism and its plan to drive open government initiatives at the OGP Global Summit.
Estonia Action Plan Review 2022-2024
This product consists of an IRM review of the Estonia 2022–2024 action plan. The action plan comprises five activities that the government has clustered into two commitments. This review emphasizes its analysis on the strength of the action plan to…
Estonia Action Plan Review 2022-2024 – For Public Comment
In 2023, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the Action Plan Review for Estonia's sixth action plan. The report provides a technical review of the action plan’s characteristics and the strengths and challenges the IRM identifies to inform a stronger…
Open Data Euskadi: Five Lessons in 12 Years Opening Data
Open Data Euskadi: 5 lecciones en 12 años abriendo datos públicos
In April 2010, the Government of Euskadi (Basque Country) Spain launched an open data initiative called Open Data Euskadi. It soon became a reference for many public administrations that were beginning to consider opening their data. Since then a lot…
En abril de 2010, el gobierno de Euskadi (País Vasco) puso en marcha una iniciativa de datos abiertos llamada Open Data Euskadi. Pronto se convirtió en una referencia para muchas administraciones públicas que comenzaban a plantearse la apertura de sus…