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Rakesh Rajani at the 2019 OGP Global Summit

Faces of Open Government: Rakesh Rajani

As OGP celebrates its 10th anniversary, we sat down with Rakesh Rajani, an open gov advocate who has been involved with OGP since its inception.

Faces of Open Gov – Youth Collective

Faces of Open Government: The Open Gov Youth Collective

In celebration of International Youth Day, we sat down with five open government champions from the Open Gov Youth Collective to hear about why engaging youth in open government work is critical for moving the needle towards more transparent, accountable…

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Faces of Open Government: Minister Jeton Shaqiri

Minister Shaqiri reflects on North Macedonia's OGP achievements from the past decade and previews ambitious reforms in their next action plan around anti-corruption, access to justice and public service delivery.

Ukraine Faces of Open Gov

Faces of Open Government: Oleksii Sobolev and Khrystyna Zelinska

Oleksii Sobolev and Khrystyna Zelinska share reflections about Ukraine’s Prozorro.Sale, an innovative e-trade system created in the aftermath of the Revolution on Dignity that allows the government to sell or lease state and municipal property in a fully transparent and open way.

Fatou Jagne

Faces of Open Government: Fatou Jagne Senghore

Fatou Jagne Senghore is the Director for Article 19, West Africa. As the open government community observed Open Gov Week and World Press Freedom Day this month, Fatou reflects on...

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Faces of Open Government: Annalyn Sevilla

Learn how the Philippines is using open government approaches to address the needs and gaps in their education system.

Malick Lingani

Faces of Open Government: Malick Lingani

Malick Lingani tells us how organizations and international partners are helping French-speaking OGP members strengthen their open government efforts and other countries in the region get closer to joining OGP.

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Faces of Open Government: Juan Manuel Casanueva

Juan Manuel Casanueva shares how reformers in Mexico are addressing the lack of regulation and supervision of government digital surveillance through their OGP action plan.

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