Open Gov Challenge: Mongolia
Online Platform to Publish Political Finance Data
What’s the issue? Mongolia needs to implement amendments to its political parties law, which focus on strengthening political financeProviding for transparency in the funding of campaigns, political parties, and democratic politics is an essential accountability mechanism for democratic government and is a growing focus area in OGP... More transparencyAccording to OGP’s Articles of Governance, transparency occurs when “government-held information (including on activities and decisions) is open, comprehensive, timely, freely available to the pub... More and oversight.
What’s the plan? Because the new law requires semi-annual reporting of political finances, the General Election Commission will develop an online platform to collect and publish these reports for efficient review and conduct training sessions to ensure all relevant actors can use the platform.
Why is this ambitious? The creation of an online platform for political finance reporting is critical to ensuring that government officials and members of the public can monitor such data and flag potential violations.
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