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IRM Open Gov Week Blog Series

As part of OGP’s annual Open Gov Week in 2021, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) wrote a series of blogs across a variety of timely open gov topics, from whistleblower protections to the environment. Find the full series below.

Maricela in RIBCA, Costa Rica

Bridging the Gap to Protect Environmental Rights

OGP can serve as a space to ensure that efforts to enhance information, participation, and accountability translate into concrete outcomes to address the issues that environmental defenders are facing.

Georgia

A Decade Towards Open Governance: The Latest OGP Results from the Eastern Partnership Countries

Armenia, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine - joined OGP in 2011. Though different in many ways, these countries shared a strong incentive to use their participation in OGP to address Soviet legacies of opaque and highly centralized governance.

Whistleblower Employee

Open Government Reforms Need to Protect Whistleblowers

At its heart, whistleblowing is about speaking up against wrongdoing and corruption. See what OGP members have done to protect whistleblowers.

OGP Local IRM Blog – Unsplash

Closer to the People: OGP Local Results

See the progress OGP Local members have made over the years and explore lessons learned as we head into a new season of co-creation.

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