We all have a story about how democracy has affected our lives, our families and friends, our communities, our countries, and the world at large.

Uruguay is implementing commitments from its fifth open government action plan, engaging a wide range of stakeholders including government agencies, civil society organizations...

[lazy_youtube url="https://youtu.be/qQ1GMNoCwO0?feature=shared" title="Pushing for Transparency in Pandemic Procurement"]   For years, Positive Initiative has been advocating for better access to healthcare for Moldovans, pushing for more transparency and efficiency in the medical procurement process to lower costs. When the COVID-19…

Having served as a national researcher for Georgia from 2013 to 2019 for OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism, I have developed a particular interest in implementing the values of openness and accountability in local governments. From 2014-2015, Georgia implemented a series…

Before the global pandemic, political scientists, policy experts, and public health scholars told us, democracies do better in pandemics. So then, why did Belgium lead the news for a long time with the highest death rates anywhere in the world?

The Director of the State Chancellery of the Republic of Latvia on public administration policy issues Inita Pauloviča shares her views on Open Latvia, a platform created to help Latvia in its co-creation process.

This year, OGP will also develop a new strategy for the growing Partnership. It is a singular opportunity to apply the lessons learned over the past ten years. We must collectively contribute to tackling the major challenges facing our societies from declining democracy and civic space, to equitable pandemic recovery.

OGP civil society co-chair Aidan Eyakuze shares some of the work he and his counterparts in Italy hope to achieve this year and his hopes for the future of the open government community. 

How are local leaders responding to the pandemic through #OpenGov principles? Learn South Cotabato responding to the COVID-19 pandemic through open gov principles while placing citizens at the heart of policy-making to rebuild trust in government.

Discover highlights of the 2021 OGP Academy, and see what's in store for continued collaboration on open government research.

On December 9-10, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden convened the first of two Summits for Democracy. Leaders from government, civil society, and the private sector agreed to a Year of Action by reviving democracy at home and abroad and advancing democratic reform. But is this Summit capable of tackling democracy’s challenges?

As her term as Civil Society Co-Chair of the OGP Steering Committee comes to an end, Maria Baron reflects on the initiatives she advance in collaboration with the Republic of Korea.