The 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.

About the Challenge

Learn more about the Open Gov Challenge, eligibility criteria, timelines, and more.

Challenge Areas

Explore the 10 open government areas covered in the Open Gov Challenge.

Challenge Tracker

Discover initiatives successfully submitted to the Challenge by OGP members and beyond.

Take the Challenge

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

Open Gov Guide

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

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!

Featured Commitment Profiles

As part of the Open Gov Challenge, the OGP Support Unit would like to recognize some of the
most inspiring commitments made by participants to date.

Read more about these exciting reforms below.

Access to Information

Senegal

Adopt the Access to Information Bill

Senegal does not yet have a law that would ensure access to information. At the time of writing, a bill to protect this right is in the validation stage. After the law’s validation, the government committed to conducting public outreach to support its adoption and creating an independent agency to implement its requirements.

Anti-Corruption

Honduras

Increase Citizen Monitoring of Public Infrastructure

There is limited access to reliable, complete and comparable data on contracts and infrastructure projects in Honduras. This commitment will make this data more accessible by publishing information on the entire project cycle. The government also aims to raise public awareness of this data to promote citizen monitoring and control of public infrastructure projects.

Anti-Corruption

Chile

Implement the National Public Integrity Strategy (ENIP)

The need for greater transparency and trust are key issues for Chileans, especially following recent high-profile corruption cases. The government will implement a co-created, national public integrity strategy that focuses on over 200 measures to promote beneficial ownership transparency, public participation, open contracting, and budget transparency.

Gender and Inclusion

Guatemala

National Mechanisms to Reduce Gender Violence

Gender-based violence is the most reported crime in the country, with roots in social and economic inequalities. In this commitment, the government will strengthen its institutional processes to better prevent and address violence against women.

Anti-Corruption

Armenia

Digital Gift Declaration Register for Public Officials

Armenia recently created comprehensive rules to regulate the acceptance of gifts by public officials. The government plans to create a unified, public register for the automatic declaration of gifts, which will be checked for compliance.

Climate and Environment

Quintana Roo, México

Co-Create an Environmental Governance Plan

Quintana Roo does not currently have territorial or ecological planning programs, which make it more difficult to implement a plan for sustainable development in the state. To fill this gap, the government will co-create an environmental governance plan with citizens as part of its long-term sustainable development strategy.

Public Participation

Moldova

Increase Public Participation in Decision-Making

Moldova wants to increase the quality of consultations with the public, especially civil society representatives, by institutionalizing public participation in policy-making. The government committed to establishing and enhancing permanent consultation spaces for the public to provide feedback on issues in the public interest and revamp the e-consultation portal.

Public Participation

United States of America

Framework for Public Participation and Community Engagement

Currently, there is no federal framework for public participation and community engagement in the United States. Looking ahead, the government will create a new framework to strengthen current public participation activities led by the federal government and to provide support for agencies.

Anti-Corruption

Brazil

Open Contracting for Federal Infrastructure Projects

This commitment will address the lack of transparency and enhance CSO collaboration in the public procurement of federal infrastructure projects in Brazil. The government will apply open contracting principles to federal infrastructure projects by improving the public procurement portal and disclosing information for all projects.

Anti-Corruption

Malawi

Open Contracting and Beneficial Ownership Transparency

Legal loopholes make public procurement vulnerable to corruption. To address this, Malawi has begun to strengthen its legal frameworks on public procurement and beneficial ownership and create an online procurement system that uses beneficial ownership data.

Anti-Corruption

Ukraine

Implement a Whole-of-Government Anti-Corruption Strategy

Ukraine's 2021-2025 Anti-Corruption Strategy identifies 15 priority areas with a high risk of corruption. This commitment will tackle 73 identified problems across the priority areas. A crucial tool for success is a new monitoring platform.

Justice

Colombia

Open, Accessible, and Inclusive Court Rulings

This commitment aims to ensure the public can understand what the Constitutional Court does and how its rulings can help protect their rights. Thus, the Judiciary aims to increase the public’s understanding of the court’s work, especially for youth and Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities.

Justice

Costa Rica

Strategy to Reduce the Judicial Backlog

There are delays in judicial processes in Costa Rica, which has led to a backlog of court cases. To address this, the Judiciary committed to reducing the backlog by publishing all court case data on a centralized platform. This will allow the public to monitor progress.

Public Participation

Finland

Strengthen National Dialogues

In Finland, more work is needed to increase trust through expanding the number of participants in national policy-making discussions. Under this commitment, government and civil society will collaborate to increase participation in national dialogues and make it easier to shape policies based on public input.

Civic Space

Dominican Republic

National Strategy for Civic Space

To date, there has not been a national-level strategy to protect and expand civic space. To fill this gap, the government will create a national strategy for civic space to guarantee the rights to assembly, association, and expression.

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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Senegal

Open Gov Challenge: Senegal

Learn more about Senegal's Open Gov Challenge commitment on access to information.

13th January 2025

Guatemala – Public Procurement Suppliers and Beneficial Ownership Transparency

3rd December 2024

Open Gov Challenge

About the Challenge

Challenge Areas

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Open Gov Guide

Frequently Asked Questions