From December 7 - 9, Paris will host a worldwide gathering of government reformers and civil society organizations in the Open Government Partnership Summit. The attendees have all pledged to work together in genuine dialogue and collaboration in support of…

Entre les Panama Papers, les Bahamas leaks, le procès Luxleaks et sa condamnation des lanceurs d’alertes, l’année 2016 aura eu son lot de crises et de révélations qui auront permis d’identifier encore un peu plus clairement l'ampleur des transactions secrètes,…

English Version » Exposer la corruption a toujours été un travail dangereux. Dernièrement, il est devenu encore plus dangereux, surtout pour ceux d'entre nous qui visent l'une des industries les plus corrompues - celle de l’exploitation du pétrole, du gaz…

This post originally appeared on LinkedIn. New research from Thomson Reuters and Transparency International UK has shone the spotlight on politically exposed persons (PEPs) owning land and property in London, with the focus on companies that are registered overseas.  Risk landscape …

My mother: “It is already winter in Paris. If you think whatever you are going there to do is not valuable, please don’t go”. Me: “It is valuable. OGP is the place where countries who want to do better for…

This post originally appeared on the Sunlight Foundation blog. The dominant political binary of the 21st century won’t be left versus right, but open versus closed. That’s the observation that author Alec Ross shared more than six years ago, while he was still serving…

And so the year begins to close with much to reflect upon. Did we expect all these “crises” we’re now facing – and if not, why? What caused them? How do we engage with them now? Personally, I was surprised…

      Thousands are gathered in Paris this week for the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit. The meeting takes place as alarming trends impact the transparency movement, threatening progress and underscoring the need for action.   We are…

Version Française » Exposing corruption has always been a dangerous job. It’s about to become even more dangerous, especially for those of us targeting one of the most corrupt industries - oil, gas and mining. A high-stakes sector, it is…

“The people are revolting”, goes the classic gag in Mel Brook’s History of the World Part I. Well, they are certainly angry, distrustful and fed up. When the Open Government Partnership was founded five years ago, it seemed that a…

Are we on the cusp of a global age of authoritarianism?  You could be forgiven for thinking so. The election of Donald Trump in the US, the rising popularity of the Front National in France, Brexit - the major political…

We are the known as the Pearl of the Orient - a proud nation of 100 million people, 7,107 islands, 16 billion metric tons of metallic minerals, 66 billion metric tons of nonmetallic minerals, and about a million and a…