Human Interest

In this episode, Viktor Nestulia talks about the democratic history of Ukraine, how the war has impacted his family and community. And importantly, about the need for open government values to lead the country’s reconstruction.

In this episode, we speak with Erfan Erzaz, an Afghan open gov reformer now resettled in Canada, about Afghanistan’s history to see if it can provide insight on why democracy fell. We also discuss the contributions of open gov reformers in the country and the lessons we can all learn from Afghanistan’s democratic efforts.

The Director General of Ethics and Government Integrity of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Milagros Ortiz Bosch, sat down with OGP to share her reflections...

La Directora General de Ética e Integridad Gubernamental de República Dominicana, la Dra. Milagros Ortiz Bosch, compartió con OGP sus reflexiones sobre...

Meet Siti Juliantari “Tari” Rachman, an anti-corruption advocate in Indonesia. Tari shares how her interest in fighting corruption began and how she’s supporting Indonesia’s OGP commitment to open up contracting information and publish emergency procurement information on the national procurement portal.

Conoce a Siti Juliantari “Tari” Rachman, una activista contra la corrupción en Indonesia. Tari comparte cómo comenzó su interés en combatir la corrupción y cómo apoya el compromiso de OGP de Indonesia de abrir la información de contratación y publicar información de adquisiciones de emergencia en el portal nacional de adquisiciones.

In this interview, we talk with the government points of contacts for Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine; Ozurgeti, Georgia; and Vanadzor, Armenia to learn how their first OGP action plans are going.

Philip Thigo has been the OGP point of contact in the Government of Kenya for many years, working with civil society partners to advance the open government agenda in the country.

Para asegurar que el gobierno abierto se incorpore de manera transversal en la política pública y que las instituciones puedan responder a las necesidades de la ciudadanía, es fundamental contar con personas reformadoras en el gobierno. Philip Thigo ha sido…

Minister Renato Brunetta shares with us his views on Open Gov Week, Italy's latest action plan, and OGP co-chair agenda.

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

Uruguay está implementando los compromisos de su quinto plan de acción de gobierno abierto, involucrando una multitud de actores como agencias de gobierno, organizaciones de sociedad civil, academia, ciudadanía y demás. En anticipación de la Semana de Gobierno Abierto, Daniel Carranza ...

In this episode of the Voices of Open Government podcast, learn what France has done to increase algorithmic transparency using citizen input while raising awareness about the use of algorithms.

In this episode, Miren Martiarena Barkaiztegi shares how the Basque Country in Spain has worked to involve all local institutions and citizens in the policy-making process.