Stories

Discrimination against the Roma community has been an ongoing problem in North Macedonia. When Denis was denied entry at a public pool, he turned to a local people-centered justice organization for support.

Having served as a national researcher for Georgia from 2013 to 2019 for OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism, I have developed a particular interest in implementing the values of openness and accountability in local governments. From 2014-2015, Georgia implemented a series…

Entre el 2013 y el 2019 me desempeñé como investigador nacional para el Mecanismo de Revisión Independiente en Georgia. Desde entonces, he tenido especial interés en implementar el valor de la apertura y la rendición de cuentas en los gobiernos…

Before the global pandemic, political scientists, policy experts, and public health scholars told us, democracies do better in pandemics. So then, why did Belgium lead the news for a long time with the highest death rates anywhere in the world?

The Director of the State Chancellery of the Republic of Latvia on public administration policy issues Inita Pauloviča shares her views on Open Latvia, a platform created to help Latvia in its co-creation process.

Actualmente, Inita Pauloviča es asesora del director de la cancillería del Estado de Letonia sobre asuntos de administración pública. Antes de ocupar ese puesto, fue subdirectora de la cancillería del Estado y fue clave para el desarrollo de una plataforma…

In this Voices of Open Government episode, Patrick Harvie, member of the Scottish Parliament, explains how open, participative, and deliberative approaches to decision-making helps turn voices of citizens into concrete actions.

In South Africa, public budget data was static, unintegrated, and inaccessible to citizens. Zuki Kota shares how the Vulekamali platform is addressing these issues.

In this episode, learn how Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya applied open government principles to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of recognizing the people behind the reforms in government and civil society.

This year, OGP will also develop a new strategy for the growing Partnership. It is a singular opportunity to apply the lessons learned over the past ten years. We must collectively contribute to tackling the major challenges facing our societies from declining democracy and civic space, to equitable pandemic recovery.

Nuestro periodo como copresidentes de OGP llega en un momento clave de la alianza y del gobierno abierto en general. El año pasado celebramos el décimo aniversario de OGP, oportunidad que se aprovechó para evaluar los logros de la primera…

OGP civil society co-chair Aidan Eyakuze shares some of the work he and his counterparts in Italy hope to achieve this year and his hopes for the future of the open government community. 

En diciembre, Aidan Eyakuze y el Gobierno de Italia se convirtieron en los copresidentes del Comité Directivo de OGP, trabajando en una agenda conjunta para atender los retos que representa este año. Aidan platicó con OGP para compartir el trabajo…

At the 7th Global OGP Summit in December 2021, OGP Local shared exciting news for 2022 and hosted three main sessions alongside members and partners. Here are a few things you may have missed. 1. We formalized a new partnership…