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“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…

My first recollection of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in Serbia is of a meeting held in late 2013 on the premises of what was then called the Ministry of State Administration (now the Ministry of Public Administration and Local…

"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,…

In November 2017, it was time to initiate the process of co-creating Paraguay’s fourth Open Government Action Plan (PAGA). The previous action plans had come together through collaboration between government agencies and a variety of NGOs, including our organization, Fundación…

Academia could be considered the link between society and policy makers, as scholars diagnose, analyze, and make recommendations for public policy. The academic world offers space to discover the truth underlying sociological and political forces and ideological dogma. More than…

“When will it finally be our turn to use water? I’ve seen my neighbor water his crops ten times by now, but the water distribution hasn’t reached us even once this month! I cannot understand this water register at all,”…

It was 2018, and Bojonegoro (a regency in East Java, Indonesia) was facing a Regional General Election for a new Regent. Those who had been involved in the Open Government Partnership (OGP) locally knew that a transition in leadership would…

Isaac shares his team's work to improve municipal services and infrastructure in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana through open government solutions.

La Asamblea Metropolitana de Sekondi-Takoradi (SMTA) se incorporó a OGP en 2016 con el fin de fortalecer la participación ciudadana, la transparencia fiscal y la rendición de cuentas. La ciudad está creciendo y, en ese contexto, la Asamblea busca implementar…

Despite being one of the key economic areas for Georgia, extractive industries generally lack sufficient levels of transparency and accountability. The recently published 2019 OGP Global Report demonstrates that improved transparency leads to better economic results, including increased foreign direct…

A pesar de ser un sector económico clave en Georgia, en general, las industrias extractivas no tienen suficiente transparencia y rendición de cuentas. El Informe Global de 2019 que OGP publicó recientemente demuestra que la transparencia genera resultados económicos, mayor…

Get the answers to the most popular questions that local governments and civil society ask when designing and implementing open contracting initiatives.

Una de las ventajas de las iniciativas de contratación abierta a nivel local es la cercanía que existe entre el gobierno y sus ciudadanos, pues permite una mayor participación de las personas en la gobernanza. Recientemente, los gobiernos locales que…