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Open Gov Challenge


All around the world, we’re facing a host of crises. But it’s through these hard times that we see the power and potential of democracy and open governance. We know that when government and civil society work together, we see more ambitious and impactful reforms transform our communities.

We need the open government community to rise up. It’s our time to meet the moment. That’s why OGP launched the Open Gov Challenge.

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About the Challenge

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Challenge Areas

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Take the Challenge

Submit standalone commitments or nominate commitments in new and current action plans to the Challenge.
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Open Gov Guide

Discover model reforms, examples from across the Partnership, stories, and guidance on Challenge topics.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Need more clarification? Dive into the Challenge FAQs!

The OGP Steering Committee is calling on the open government community to channel their ideas and energy into lasting policy change to tackle current and future challenges in policy areas including:

  • Access to Information
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Civic Space
  • Climate and Environment
  • Digital Governance
  • Fiscal Openness
  • Gender and Inclusion
  • Justice
  • Media Freedom
  • Public Participation

Join hundreds of reformers around the world – in government and civil society – who are working to make their communities stronger, more open, participatory, inclusive, and accountable. Let us meet the moment and take on the Open Gov Challenge!

Submitted Commitments

Explore actions, reforms, and commitments submitted to address the 10 policy areas of the Open Gov Challenge.

Ukraine
Implement a Whole-of-Government Anti-Corruption Strategy
The government committed to implementing the new strategy in 15 priority areas, such as the lack of effective verification for beneficial ownership information. A key element will be monitoring the progress of implementation through a public platform.
This commitment can ensure that implementation of the whole-of-government anti-corruption strategy is done transparently, enabling public oversight and feedback on its progress.
Challenge Theme: Anti-Corruption
Learn more about this commitment here.
Brazil
Open Contracting for Federal Infrastructure Projects
The government committed to improving open contracting policies for infrastructure projects and increasing public engagement on project planning, implementation, and evaluation, such as by creating a permanent space for dialogue. The commitment will focus on increasing data interoperability and integration in the public procurement portal and disclosing information on all federal infrastructure projects. 
This commitment has the potential to increase public engagement in public infrastructure contracts throughout the entire project cycle. It also uses a whole-of-government approach by coordinating reform with key sectoral ministries through the Comptroller’s Office. 
Challenge Theme: Anti-Corruption
Colombia
Open, Accessible, and Inclusive Court Rulings
The government committed to increasing the public’s understanding of the Constitutional Court’s work, with a focus on youth and various Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities. This includes consulting the public on which judicial decisions to translate to plain language, publishing children’s books on their constitutional rights, translating court decisions on ethnic group protections into native languages, and publishing court rulings online for public scrutiny. 
This commitment uses open justice approaches to increase understanding of what the Constitutional Court does, especially among vulnerable groups, and to encourage the use of data related to the court’s rulings.
Challenge Theme: Justice
Costa Rica
Reduce the Backlog of Court Cases
The government committed to reducing the backlog by publishing all court case data on its centralized Continuous Improvement Model platform, which will allow the public to monitor progress.
By opening case backlog data, this commitment can increase the public’s understanding of the judicial system and allow them to monitor progress, which are key elements to advancing open justice.
Challenge Theme: Justice
Learn more about this commitment here.
Finland
Strengthen National Dialogues
The government committed to increasing participation in national dialogues and simplifying the results to better shape public policy-making.
This commitment has the potential to expand this form of participation across a diverse set of government institutions.
Challenge Theme: Public Participation
Learn more about this commitment here.
Dominican Republic
National Strategy for Civic Space
The government committed to creating a national strategy for civic space to guarantee the rights to assembly, association, and expression. 
This commitment has the potential to create an enabling environment for civil society and civic action. 
Challenge Theme: Civic Space
Learn more about this commitment here.

Resources

You can also use this PowerPoint presentation (available in English, Spanish, and French) to spread the word about the Challenge and get your government to join hundreds of reformers who are taking action to meet the moment.

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