A Quest to Open Up Budget Data
In South Africa, public budget data was static, unintegrated, and inaccessible to citizens. Zuki Kota shares how the Vulekamali platform is addressing these issues.
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Focus on the Reform. And the Reformer!
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.
Looking Ahead for OGP: From a Mechanism to a Movement
El futuro de OGP: de mecanismo a movimiento
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…
Faces of Open Government: Aidan Eyakuze
Rostros del gobierno abierto: Aidan Eyakuze
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…
Four Highlights from OGP Local at the OGP Summit
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…
Part 1: Building Political Will for Beneficial Ownership Transparency in Nigeria
Learn how Nigeria is achieving key milestones in beneficial ownership transparency through their engagement in OGP – from gaining political will within key institutions to navigating conversations between government, businesses, and civil society.
Open Contracting for Better Goods and Services in Kenya
Learn how Kenya is making progress on open contracting reforms through strong civil society-government collaboration and ambitious OGP commitments.
Planting the Seeds for a Better Environmental Future in Ecuador
Learn how Ecuador is advancing environmental democracy by applying open government approaches to their implementation of the Escazu Agreement.
Building the Ladder of Citizen Engagement
In this Voices of Open Government episode, we learn how the local government in Austin, Texas has taken steps to level the playing field and include historically marginalized groups, including people experiencing homelessness, in open government and policy processes.
Building Citizen Trust in South Cotabato, Philippines
How are local leaders responding to the pandemic through #OpenGov principles? Learn South Cotabato responding to the COVID-19 pandemic through open gov principles while placing citizens at the heart of policy-making to rebuild trust in government.