Looking Ahead: Justice in OGP
2019 was the ‘year of justice’ and that trend is not slowing down in 2020. Read about the Justice For All strategy – a collaboration among justice partners – and the future of OGP's work in justice.
Stories
Opening Debate: Challenges for Practicing Feminist Open Government in Brazil
When Brazilian civil society organizations, including Article 19 Brasil, started being part of regional and international conferences and conversations on open government, they felt that a Brazilian approach was necessary. These organizations needed a national space for sharing experiences and…
Faces of Open Government: Jen Bretaña
Meet Jen Bretaña, the OGP Government Point of Contact for South Cotabato, Philippines, and learn how the province is improving public procurement, increasing access to information, and bringing citizens closer to their government.
Extractive Industries, Transparency and Procurement – Increasing Alignment
The movement for greater transparency in extractive industry governance and government procurement continues to march along at an inspiring pace.
Bringing New Voices into OGP Action Plans: Stories from the Field
In this new series, OGP Multi-Donor Trust Fund recipients share their challenges and successes in making OGP co-creation processes more collaborative and inclusive.
Every Voice Counts: Towards a More Inclusive OGP Co-Creation Process – Sekondi-Takoradi
“Initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership open new and improved communication channels between government and citizens, and enable local government to have better information and be more accountable to the needs of their citizens,” declared Mayor Anthony K.K. Sam.…
Living with Tension and Learning from Different Perspectives – São Paulo, Brazil
In 2019, after following the city’s work on open government for a year, I began representing WRI Brasil (the Brazilian office of the World Resources Institute) in the Fórum de Gestão Compartilhada (Shared Management Forum) of the Municipality of São…
The OGP story in Kenya: Building Political Will for Open Government
Since joining the Open Government Partnership in 2011, Kenya has been on a meandering journey. The process of co-creating and implementing Kenya’s OGP Action Plans has been marked by a multitude of challenges, from political transitions to limited civil society…
Why Citizen Ownership Matters – Elgeyo Marakwet County
“I’ve liked the discussion today,” commented Alan Kipchumba, an Elgeyo Marakwet County-based contractor, “because the approach used was inclusive, thus participants represented various sectors and segments of society and gave opinions and discussed issues reflective of real-life experiences and not…
Bringing Democracy to the People, One Municipality at a Time – Tunisia
"You know, since the revolution, no one has taken the initiative to listen to us. It was only shortly after the uprising that we lost hope that things would change for the better. Today, for the first time since then,…