Exactly 20 years ago, in the early months of 1998, I was a student living in Indonesia, witnessing in person my first and only revolution. What started as a small student protest turned in a couple of weeks into a…

As the government of the Republic of Korea welcomes open government champions from all over Asia-Pacific and beyond for this year’s Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting, here are a few things to expect. This year, eighty percent of OGP participating countries and…

Sobre la Evaluación del I Plan de Acción de Gobierno Abierto del Ayuntamiento de Madrid Acaba de completarse el ciclo del I Plan de Acción de Gobierno Abierto del Ayuntamiento de Madrid de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (OGP…

  A menos de un año del Encuentro Regional de las Américas de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto que organizamos en Buenos Aires a fines de 2017, nuevamente fuimos anfitriones de un evento a gran escala para discutir sobre…

En los últimos años hemos observado avances en contra de los abusos por parte de beneficiarios anónimos gracias a la transparencia en los beneficiarios reales, tanto por parte de organismos internacionales como la OCDE, el G20 y la Unión Europea…

Este texto es una adaptación del discurso que Kim Boo Kyum pronunció el mes pasado. Buenos días, sus Excelencias, distinguidos huéspedes, damas y caballeros. Mi nombre es Kim, Boo Kyum, Ministro del Interior y Seguridad.         Para mí es un…

This year has been a gruesome reminder of the high costs that come with unveiling corruption...

In recent years, we’ve seen significant progress on clamping down on the abuse of anonymous company ownership through beneficial ownership transparency, both from international bodies like the OECD, G20 and EU, and by leading governments such as the UK, Denmark,…

1) Why is it important for a country with low levels of corruption, like Denmark, to be part of an organization like OGP? Openness, anti-corruption and citizen engagement are all continuously important issues – even to countries with a long…

Less than a year after the Open Government Partnership 2017 Americas Regional Meeting of Buenos Aires, once again, we hosted a large-scale event to discuss global openness policies. By the slogan “The Future is Open”, on September 27-28 we hosted…

It all makes sense on paper – the cycle of action and accountability one hopes that international summits and forums will trigger. A government commits to making a change, sets out timelines, appoints somebody responsible and explains the steps they…

Two years ago, at the London anti-corruption summit, the former UK Prime Minister described Nigeria as a ‘fantastically corrupt country’. To which Muhhamadu Buhari, the Nigerian president, replied that corruption was indeed an issue while also making the important point…