President of Congress Costa Rica Reaffirms Commitment to Open Parliament
15 Years of OGP
Fifteen years ago, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) began with a simple but bold idea: governments work better when they are transparent, accountable, and open to citizen participation. What started with eight founding countries has grown into a global movement of 73 countries, more than 135 local governments, and thousands of civil society organizations working together to make governments more open. Over that time, they have co-created thousands of reforms that strengthened right to information laws, opened up public spending and company ownership, expanded inclusive participation, and more.
OGP’s 15th anniversary arrives at a pivotal moment. Democracies worldwide are grappling with declining trust, polarization, and increasingly complex challenges. Open Government is not just more relevant; it is more necessary than ever. This milestone is both a recognition of what has been built and a call to go further, scaling ambitious reforms, strengthening democratic institutions, and advancing solutions on issues such as digital governance, civic space, economic transparency, and public service delivery. Learn more.
Towards Open, Resilient and Prosperous Futures
Read a message from the CEO
15 Years of Progress
Opening Public Budgets
Learn how OGP is advancing budget transparency and participation
15 Years of Progress
Uncovering Spending in Public Contracts
Learn how OGP members are advancing open contracting
15 Years of Progress
Ending Anonymous Ownership
Learn how OGP is helping set a new transparency standard
Updated Action Framework
Discover standards and new ways to submit commitments
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President of Costa Rica Reaffirms Commitment to an Open State during Open Gov Week
President of Costa Rica Reaffirms Commitment to an Open State during Open Gov Week
Celebrating 15 Years of OGP with the Mayor of Contagem
Celebrating 15 Years of OGP with the Mayor of Contagem
The 2025-2026 OGP Annual Report is here.
The past year was a defining moment for open government. Around the world, efforts to build more open and accountable institutions continued amid growing pressures on democracy, shrinking civic space, geopolitical uncertainty, and tighter resources.
But retreat is not the defining story of open government. Across the OGP community, governments and civil society partners continued to work together to advance reforms that improve people’s lives.
The new Annual Report highlights progress across OGP’s 2023–2028 Strategy, including:
✅ Strengthening public participation in decision-making
✅ Making institutions more transparent and accountable
✅ Supporting climate action and more resilient societies
✅ Turning open government commitments into meaningful change
As OGP approaches its 15th anniversary, this report shows how collaboration and openness remain essential to tackling today’s challenges.
📖 Read the full 2025–2026 Annual Report and explore the progress, lessons, and stories from across the Partnership.
Link in the bio.
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Can artificial intelligence strengthen citizen participation without compromising transparency, inclusion, and accountability?
AI is changing how governments engage with citizens. It has the potential to improve public participation, expand access to information, and make decision making more transparent. But it also raises important questions about disinformation, algorithmic bias, digital exclusion, and democratic oversight.
Join us for the next OGP Local Circle on Digital Governance and AI to explore how governments can harness AI while protecting democratic values.
📅 23 July
🕘 14:00 UTC
Together, we`ll discuss:
🔹 How AI can support more meaningful citizen participation
🔹 The risks AI poses to democracy and public trust
🔹 Why transparency, accountability, and human oversight must remain at the center of AI governance
The OGP Local Circle on Digital Governance and AI is coordinated by the @gcba and the @alcaldiabogota .
Link to register in the bio.
#OpenGovernment #DigitalGovernance #AI #CitizenParticipation
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Big investments need open governments.
Infrastructure projects shape economies and communities for decades. But better outcomes depend on more than how much governments spend. They depend on transparent decision-making, public participation, and accountability at every stage.
Our new guide explores what transparent infrastructure looks like in practice and how openness can help deliver better projects and better outcomes for people.
🏗️ Read the guide at the link in bio.
#OpenGovernment #Infrastructure #Transparency
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Corruption has real consequences for people`s daily lives. It can mean fewer medicines in clinics, fewer books in schools, poorer roads, and less trust in public institutions.
On African Anti-Corruption Day, OGP CEO Aidan Eyakuze argues that lasting anti-corruption reforms require more than commitments from the executive. They need independent oversight institutions, parliaments, local governments, civil society, and citizens working together to make governments more accountable.
Drawing on examples from #Ghana, #Morocco, and #Nigeria, Aidan shows how sharing ownership of reforms can help countries build stronger institutions, earn public trust, and deliver better services for everyone.
Read the full opinion piece, originally published by@devex_com. Links in the comments.
#AfricanAntiCorruptionDay #AntiCorruption #OpenGov #ogp15
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Public money shapes the services people rely on every day. But citizens should also be able to see where that money goes and have a say in how it is spent.
Over the past 15 years, OGP members have opened up budgets, strengthened public oversight, and created new ways for people to influence spending decisions.
Read the full story.
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The DPI Safeguards Accelerator is now accepting applications for its first cohort. Countries around the world are already leveraging Digital Public Infrastructure, such as digital identity, payment, and data exchange systems to deliver services at scale. As these efforts move forward, safeguards matter. They help ensure DPI is more trusted, more inclusive, and better placed to support adoption, innovation, and long-term public value.
Part of the DPI Safeguards initiative stewarded by UN ODET and UNDP, in collaboration with 50-in-5, Co-Develop and Open Government Partnership, this programme supports an early, practical action to identify risks, bring stakeholders and civil society into the process, and shape practical roadmaps, including advancing specific safeguard measures.
Applications are open through two pathways, one for UN entities and one for NGOs or civil society organisations, in both cases working with a government on an active DPI effort. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis across three waves; early submission is encouraged.
The programme will select a first cohort of country efforts, each receiving up to US$ 70,000 in catalytic funding over a 6 to 9 month period of safeguards work.
Apply by 30 July 2026, link in bio.
#SafeDPI #DPISafeguards
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Today is Open Parliaments Day.
An open parliament is about more than publishing information. It`s about helping people understand how decisions are made, follow the work of their representatives, and have a real opportunity to take part.
There are many practical ways parliaments can become more open: from making laws easier to access and opening committee work to strengthening oversight and creating more opportunities for public participation.
In this carousel, we`ve highlighted a few actions that can help make parliament more transparent, accountable, and responsive to the people it serves.
Because when people can see how decisions are made, and have a chance to shape them, democracy is stronger.
👉 Swipe through to explore the ideas, and tell us: What`s one thing your parliament could do to be more open?
#OpenParliamentsDay #OpenParliament
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This month`s OGP Digest has dropped, check your inbox for:
🇪🇺 Launch of Democracy27
🇸🇳 Senegal’s latest results report celebrating reforms on access to information and anti-corruption
🗞️ Latest blogs from the community
Read June’s updates, link in bio.
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