Making Access Easier: Responsible Right to Information Simplification
We seem to be in a moment of regulatory simplification. Can the right to information (RTI) benefit from simplification too?
This series explores inspiring reforms by OGP members around the world, from tackling corruption through open contracting reform to addressing the challenges posed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
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El futuro del Acuerdo de París es incierto. El Presidente Donald Trump prometió anunciar una “decisión importante” sobre el acuerdo en las próximas dos semanas. Algunos periodistas han reportado que sus asesores se encuentran divididos sobre el asunto, mientras que…
La implementación exitosa del Acuerdo de París depende de un cambio de paradigma en cuanto a la producción de energía. Los combustibles fósiles de los que depende la energía del mundo producen más de la tercera parte de las emisiones…
El cambio climático y la corrupción son dos grandes retos que la humanidad enfrenta en la actualidad y ambos temas se encuentran estrechamente vinculados, ya que la corrupción representa una amenaza a la lucha contra el cambio climático. La medida…
The future of the Paris Agreement remains unclear. President Donald Trump promised to announce a “big decision” on the accord within the next two weeks. Journalists report that his advisors are fiercely divided on the issue, arguing either to withdraw…
A successful Paris Agreement depends on a paradigm shift in how energy is produced. The fossil fuels that power electricity generation around the world produce more than a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Many countries have already pledged to…
Climate change and corruption are the two biggest challenges humanity faces today, and they are inextricably linked. Corruption is a threat to the success of the fight against climate change. The ways in which we tackle these two issues now…
Pakistan is a country of 200 million people, spread across mountain, desert, coastal, arid, and semi-arid eco-systems. Climate change is a relatively new thematic area within the overall governance framework, and is gaining prominence in public discourse. About 28 percent…
The response to global climate change may be the biggest opportunity for the foreseeable future to direct public funds to poor and vulnerable communities. In December 2015, 195 countries joined the Paris Agreement under the UN Framework Convention on Climate…
The Environmental Justice Atlas currently has registers of 2,089 cases of socio-environmental conflict due to mining, and oil and gas extraction. This is yet another of the many striking figures that we see everyday about unemployment; malnutrition; displaced, migrant and…
The statistics are frightening: According to the 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer, trust in media stands at 43% - an all time low in 17 countries. Gallup reported in September that Americans' trust and confidence in the mass media "to report…
One of the positive outcomes of the OGP Subnational Pilot Program is that it creates relationships among like-minded cities and governments. These relationships result in exchanges of knowledge, practices, and experiences. Buenos Aires Elige (BA Elige), a platform through which…
Originally posted on the B-Team blog. Metro Cash & Carry is one of the world’s leading self-service wholesale companies – selling food and non-food products to businesses and governments. In the past, MC&C’s Ukrainian branch would turn down potential business…
We seem to be in a moment of regulatory simplification. Can the right to information (RTI) benefit from simplification too?
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