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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See how OGP members are working to better understand and address the gender-differentiated impacts of algorithms, reduce human biases, and create artificial intelligence programs that are trustworthy, ethical, and inclusive.
For Faces of Open Government, we sit down with two members of The Open Government Leadership Collaborative. See insights on their new year goals in open gov, and how the cohort has helped strengthen their leadership capacities.
The Autonomous Republic of Ajara is a political-administrative region of Georgia. Its Supreme Council is made up of 21 congresspeople who represent about 350,000 citizens. While the Autonomous Republic of Ajara is not a member of OGP Local, its legislative body, the Supreme Council, has played a significant role in promoting open government values.
Explore three ways advocates in Tijuana, Mexico, are engaging the community and using open justice and artistic approaches to allow citizens to more fully exercise their rights and improve relations between migrants and authorities.
A key part of democracy at the local level is providing citizens with the opportunity to take action on the issues that are important to them. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the area of urban planning. When planning…
Public participation is at the heart of OGP, so it was no surprise that it was a frequent topic across community conversations during the consultations for...
Have you ever searched an online government transparency portal only to find that the vital information you hoped to find is not there or that the portal itself has disappeared? If so, you’re not alone. Over the last decade, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) has reviewed countless commitments that promise to deliver a transparency portal as the antidote to a wide range of governance challenges.
Over the last decade, OGP members have made 159 commitments to make the governance of gas, oil, and mineral extraction more open to the public. Extractive sector reforms are notoriously politically and financially fraught. Yet these commitments achieve stronger early…
Every year, governments across the world spend over USD $13 trillion (around 12% of global gross domestic product) through public procurement. Yet, various studies show that 10 to 25% of the value of a government contract can be lost to…
Anabel reflects on her experience working with civil society and Latin America globally, and her vision for the partnership's next decade.
Discover practical tips from Georgian OGP Local members for more effective co-creation.
The International Open Justice Network (RIJA in Spanish) took part in Open Americas/America Abierta, a regional event co-hosted by OGP, ILDA and the Government of the Dominican Republic. We had the opportunity to learn from various initiatives focused on open…
We seem to be in a moment of regulatory simplification. Can the right to information (RTI) benefit from simplification too?
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