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Greece End-of-Term Report 2016-2018

Country: Greece Action Plan: Greece Action Plan 2016-2018 Report Publication Year: 2019 Researcher: IRM staff with contributions from Alexandros Melidis, Athanasios Deligiannis, Athanasios Priftis - Openwise Greece’s third national action plan included commitments from several ministries, civil society organizations, subnational…

Finland Design Report 2017–2019

Daria Pritup, Independent Researcher Teemu Laulainen, Independent Researcher Finland’s third action plan focused on improved access to information and participation of vulnerable groups. Although the co-creation process involved significant levels of civil society consultation, commitments did not end up being…

Denmark Design Report 2017–2019

Cordelia Chesnutt Denmark’s third action plan had similar thematic foci as previous plans: increasing open data, improving transparency in the public sector, and promoting open government globally. Civil society provided input during the co-creation process. However, the final commitments were…

Municipal Budget and Spending Data for Water in the Netherlands

Lessons from Reformers: Starting in 2015, Dutch local governments began providing financial data through a web portal at www.openspending.nl...

Beautiful Riga old town panoramic view from above

Committing Funding to Build Civil Society in Latvia

Lessons from Reformers: As part of the Soviet Union, Latvia did not have a tradition of civil society organizations...

View from Tara mountain in Serbia, Europe. Drina river in the distance.

Fixing Past Problems with State Funding for CSOs

Lessons from Reformers: Serbia’s first OGP action plan (2014–2016) had an explicitly ambitious commitment on the transparent funding of CSOs...

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Ukraine’s National Beneficial Ownership Register Goes Global

Lessons from Reformers: The government of Ukraine committed to an open registry as part of its 2016–2018 OGP action plan...

Glasgow Royal Infirmary, designed by Robert and James Adam, Glasgow, Scotland

Trust, Privacy, and Openness in UK Health Reform

Lessons from Reformers: The National Health Service (NHS) remains an immensely popular part of the public welfare system in the UK, but most citizens also agree that it could be more effective and efficient.

ORANGEMEN PARADE TO THE SECURITY BARRIER AT DRUMCREE CHURCH.

Citizen Involvement in Parades in Northern Ireland

Lessons from Reformers: In Northern Ireland, parades, processions, carnivals, and commemorations are core to cultural, political, and religious traditions, but they have been marred by– and are sometimes the impetus for– sectarian violence.

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Shifting Protections and Culture about Whistleblowers

Lessons from Reformers: Whistleblowers serve a critical social function by flagging neglect or abuses in the public and private sector...

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