The principles of transparency, public participation and accountability are recognized as key to water and sanitation policies, as OECD’s Principles on Water Governance demonstrate. A number of international financial institutions have supported this work, including the Inter-American Development Bank (IABD)…

When OGP was founded back in 2011, Indonesia understood that by adopting open government initiatives that encourage governments to be more open and accountable, citizens would renew their trust in government institutions, making it more inclusive and responsive to its people.

“Youth Power... Youth Power... Youth Power...”, the group chanted, the voices of youth participants resonating around the conference room. The organizing team enthusiastically joined in, while I focused the camera to record the zeal on their faces, the enthusiasm in…

In Honduras, control and regulation of the water and sanitation sector is complex due to several factors, including the large amount of service providers that exists and the fact that they are geographically dispersed, as well as the conditions in which the population lives and its ethnic diversity.

We are excited to invite the open government community and general public to the consultations on strategic policy areas for the first-ever “State of Open Government Report.” This flagship report will synthesize OGP’s data and findings to (1) provide thought…

As the Open Government Partnership is gaining momentum around the globe, more and more areas of policy are being incorporated through action plan commitments. Public procurement is one such area. While there very few star commitments related to public procurement…

This blog was written by Emily Fung and Allison Merchant of Open Heroines and originally posted on Medium. “The Future is Open” is this year’s IODC theme, with the conference focusing on innovative solutions and opportunities for collaboration to inspire real progress…

Roughly a quarter of the Netherlands – what’s in a name? - lies below sea level. In the 13th century, as the population grew and land was increasingly drained for agriculture, managing water levels became a priority. At first, people…

Cerca de la cuarta parte de los Países Bajos se ubica por debajo del nivel del mar (de ahí su nombre). En el siglo XIII, debido al crecimiento de la población y la necesidad de utilizar agua para la agricultura,…

At the core of the relationship between citizens and the state are decisions about how public resources are raised and spent. Budgets are the most important economic policy tool available to governments to promote inclusion and redress inequality. The availability…

English version. Tenemos el gusto de anunciar que la inscripción y la convocatoria para desarrollar la agenda del Encuentro Regional de Asia Pacífico de OGP de 2018 ya están abiertas. La reunión se llevará a cabo en Seúl, República de…

English version. La reciente ola global de transiciones políticas ha debilitado los avances hacia la apertura en los países miembros de OGP. Siete años después de su creación, muchos activistas de la sociedad civil y reformadores de gobiernos están encontrando…