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Open Government in Action: How Local Actors in Peru are Shaping Global Transparency
Open Government in Action: How Local Actors in Peru are Shaping Global Transparency
Summary The USAID-funded Transparent Public Investment Project (TPI), implemented by Chemonics International, partnered with public and private sector partners to reduce systemic corruption and str..

April 17, 2024

2024

Open Data to Improve Transparency and Drive Growth
Open Data to Improve Transparency and Drive Growth
Summary Every three years, the Republic of Korea releases the Open Government Data Master Plan to shift the paradigm from quantitative to qualitative data. Through open gov data, the government is ..

March 13, 2023

2023

How Access to Information Gives Uruguayans a Voice
How Access to Information Gives Uruguayans a Voice
Summary In Uruguay, the Access to Public Information Unit (UAIP in Spanish) created, for the first time ever, an index to publicly assess public agencies’ transparency and access to information to ..

December 13, 2022

2022

Inclusion for Strengthening Citizen Participation and Better Services
Inclusion for Strengthening Citizen Participation and Better Services
Summary The municipality of Rosario is strengthening the public value by promoting digitalization and creating new channels to interact with the citizenry. Submitted by: Dolores Blanco, Miguel..

December 13, 2022

2022

Cleaning Up Mbare: How Residents Are Keeping Their City Council Accountable
Cleaning Up Mbare: How Residents Are Keeping Their City Council Accountable
Summary In Mbare, Zimbabwe, residents came together to keep their City Council accountable for failing to collect litter. Submitted by: Kibo Ngowi Kibo Ngowi is a journalist and communicati..

December 4, 2022

2022

Better Health Through Better Access to Information
Better Health Through Better Access to Information
Summary In Buenos Aires, one of the challenges in the access to sexual and reproductive health services was the accessibility of information. The government and civil society worked together to tac..

November 14, 2022

2022

Yeeli: The Youth-Led Platform Seeking to Transform Burkina Faso’s Public Services
Yeeli: The Youth-Led Platform Seeking to Transform Burkina Faso’s Public Services
Summary In Burkina Faso, corruption and racketeering practices in public health services hinder care and harm citizen trust. Learn how a local youth organization is expanding access to information ..

September 20, 2022

2022

Easy Government: How Aragón Is Including People with Disabilities in Decision-Making
Easy Government: How Aragón Is Including People with Disabilities in Decision-Making
Summary With the “Easy Government” program, people with disabilities and socially vulnerable people in Aragón, Spain can weigh in on government decisions that impact their daily lives. Submitt..

September 14, 2022

2022

Reforming 311: Responding to Public Needs
Reforming 311: Responding to Public Needs
Summary Panama had an existing complaint hotline, 311, in place. The problem was, most reports did not even receive a response. By overhauling the 311 system, the government was able to quickly cha..

September 12, 2022

2022

Education Beyond the Classroom: How Armenia Transformed E-Learning Amid the Pandemic and War
Education Beyond the Classroom: How Armenia Transformed E-Learning Amid the Pandemic and War
Education Beyond the Classroom: How Armenia Transformed E-Learning Amid the Pandemic and War
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August 17, 2022

2022

Open County Kilifi: Making Citizen Voices Count Through Data
Open County Kilifi: Making Citizen Voices Count Through Data
Open County Kilifi: Making Citizen Voices Count Through Data
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August 1, 2022

2022

The Power of Digital Communication in Trying Times
The Power of Digital Communication in Trying Times
Summary Clear communication between local governments and their residents is key. Learn how digitizing communication in the Ukrainian urban settlement of Novoarkhangelsk has helped during trying ti..

July 26, 2022

2022