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As governments around the world implement massive stimulus packages to protect individuals’ economic and physical wellbeing in the midst of the pandemic, robust oversight mechanisms are essential to ensure these huge social programs reach intended recipients.

En medio de la pandemia, los gobiernos de todo el mundo están desplegando enormes paquetes de estímulos para proteger el bienestar económico y físico de las personas. Para asegurar que los beneficios de estos programas sean recibidos por los beneficiarios adecuados, es fundamental implementar mecanismos robustos de supervisión.

Meet Cesar Nicandro Cruz-Rubio, a policy researcher at GIGAPP and member of OGP’s International Experts Panel. Cesar explains what the IRM refresh means for the open gov community and how the IRM is adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  El Mecanismo de Revisión Independiente (IRM por sus siglas en inglés) de OGP está aplicando cambios en la forma en que opera para hacer que el IRM sea más simple, adecuado para el propósito, orientado a resultados y priorizado.…

National Digital ID programmes are being deployed worldwide to facilitate inclusion of marginalised communities, and ensure more effective and open governance through efficient delivery of government services and welfare measures, reduced corruption, and preservation of national security. In many national…

En todo el mundo, se están implementando programas nacionales de identificación digital para facilitar la inclusión de las comunidades marginadas y asegurar una gobernanza más efectiva y abierta a través de la provisión de servicios de gobierno y medidas sociales,…

South Africa particularly benefited from providing open access to legislation and set an example that other countries can follow.

New Zealand’s step-by-step approach to providing access to all legislation online serves as a model for other countries looking to integrate long-term ambitious reforms into the two-year OGP action plan cycle.

Learn how an independent verification body plays an important role in the United Kingdom's system of regulatory governance.

Explore Mexico’s journey to building one of the most transparent regulatory systems in the world, and see how they’re leveraging the regulatory system during COVID-19.

Learn about the European Parliament's Legislative Train, one of many initiatives by the European Commission aimed at making law-making processes more open and effective.

Learn how Estonia is opening up their regulatory processes to citizens through open government reforms.

Access to government legislation is an essential component of good governance. See how Albanian reformers transformed a fragmented and inefficient system for publishing government legislation into a more accessible and streamlined platform.