2018 has been - and remains - a watershed year for the Open Government Partnership (OGP). With five new local participants, OGP’s membership has now grown to ninety-six national and local governments, along with thousands of civil society…

Over the last few years, the Support Unit has tried to provide as much information as possible on OGP Steering Committee (SC) decisions that affect the larger community. We have provided more accessible resources, such as the new format for…

  ¿Qué te hizo trabajar en los temas de transparencia y rendición de cuentas? Cuéntanos tu historia y cómo te hiciste Mediadora Europeo De cierta manera, siempre he trabajado en temas de transparencia y rendición de cuentas. Primero como periodista,…

  El feminicidio es reconocido a nivel global como una de las manifestaciones más severas de la violencia en contra de las mujeres y Brasil es uno de los países con mayor prevalencia de este crimen. Según “Mapa da Violência”,…

      Muchas veces decimos: “Menos es más”. Sin embargo, a veces simplemente más es más. En OGP, hay demasiado pocos compromisos de alto impacto. En cuanto a la ambición de los planes de acción, más es más. Nuestro…

 Inspired by the motivating 2nd World Congress on Open Education Resources in Ljubljana last September, we at the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Government for the Development of the Civil Society (henceforth The Office of the Plenipotentiary) decided…

What compelled you to work in the transparency and accountability space? Tell us a little bit about your path to becoming European Ombudsman. In a sense I have been active on transparency and accountability issues all my working life, first as…

Reproductive health in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Women-led data collection in Bojonegoro, Indonesia. Inequality in Austin, Texas. Water service expenses and quality in Kigoma, Tanzania. Lobbying reforms in Madrid, Spain.   These are just a few of the issues that were…

    We often say that, “Less is more.” Yet there are times when we simply need more of a certain thing-when more is more. In the OGP, there are too few high-impact commitments. In the case of action plan…

The Philippines is one of the most mineralized countries in the world. In a 2013 and 2016 survey, the Philippines ranked in the top 10 in terms of mineral potential out of 112 countries (Taylor & Green, 2017). Mainstream paradigm…

From the Austin City Government:    The City of Austin Equity Office was established through a City Council resolution in 2015, and officially opened with the hiring of the first Chief Equity Officer, Brion Oaks, in 2016. Unlike the many Equity…

  Femicide is recognized globally as one of the harshests manifestations of violence against women - and Brazil is one of the countries with the highest prevalence of that crime. According to ‘Mapa da Violência’, a study published by FLACSO…