At the beginning of the year, cities around the world in the C40 network (a climate leadership group) agreed that recovering from the pandemic requires a new commitment from cities to fight climate change...

Over the last few years, the way in which governments function has undergone a significant transformation, with more services being digitized for efficient and effective delivery.

From the COVID-19 pandemic to the heightening climate crisis to an increase in authoritarian overreach, 2020 has sorely tested the strength of democracies globally. Even while the world continues to reel from the effects of these multiple threats, at least…

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s complex, decentralized and asymmetrical political system impairs reform. Yet the OGP process has demonstrated that even in contexts as complex as this, stakeholders can overcome political deadlock to make commitments in important areas of governance.

This blog is part of IRM Week: A Year in Review. Throughout the week, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) will share findings and analysis from recent reports through a series of events, report launches blogs, and fact sheets. Learn more here.  …

In 2018, 22 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean reached a historical milestone in environmental democracy by signing the Escazu Agreement. In 2020, 20 countries have ratified the treaty and one more ratification is missing to make this a reality...

Since joining OGP, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia have made over 129 commitments. These have included strong commitments on improving access to public information and open data, but when it comes to implementing commitments both Jordan and Tunisia fall behind other OGP members, and the results of Morocco’s first OGP action plan have yet to be assessed by the IRM...

Like governments around the world, African countries have shifted enormous resources to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Given such massive spending, fiscal transparency is more important than ever to minimize financial mismanagement and corruption.

We witnessed an extraordinary gathering on September 24, 2020.  In the midst of the pandemic, amidst global protests against inequality and systemic racism, amidst an unprecedented rise in authoritarian leaders attacking democracy and civic freedoms, a coalition of world leaders ...

On October 1, 2020, María Baron and the Government of the Republic of Korea started their year as Co-Chairs of the OGP Steering Committee, providing guidance and support to the Partnership as it tackles ...

Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) are essential to identify and mitigate the risks associated with the use of power and ...

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) works to promote the principles of innovation, collaboration, transparency and accountability as a new model of multi-sectoral, collaborative and accountable governance. The OGP action plans, through which civil society and governments work to design and…