Guidance Document

National Actions to Help Professional Services Ensure Financial System Integrity

Safeguarding the financial system is paramount for national security, democracy, and combating corruption. Highlighting the role of "enablers" in money laundering, leading to reduced tax bases and empowering repressive regime and with the Summit for Democracy's objectives, this note guides the Financial Transparency, and Integrity Cohort on actionable steps to ensure professional services contribute to growth and integrity.

15th November 2023

Scotland, United Kingdom · Netherlands · Latvia · Sweden · Norway

Bringing Organized Interest Groups into Decision-Making

This note seeks to address a request from the Nordic+ group of OGP member countries to share guidance on improving governance with organized interests.

1st November 2023

Open Gov Guide (2024)

The Open Gov Guide is the “how-to” resource on applying open government principles to real-world challenges. It is a one-stop shop for concrete recommendations, examples of reforms, and international standards and guidance to help reformers, whether they are working on…

30th August 2023

Parliamentary Engagement in Local OGP Processes – Menu of Options

21st March 2023

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Morocco · South Cotabato, Philippines · Scotland, United Kingdom · Elgeyo Marakwet, Kenya · Buenos Aires, Argentina

2022 OGP Youth Toolkit

This toolkit is a collaboration between Accountability Lab and the Open Government Partnership (OGP). Young people aged 15-24 account for 16% of the global population. In some regions, Africa for instance, youth make up 60% of the continental population. As…

3rd August 2022

IRM Guidelines for the Assessment of Minimum Requirements

OGP's Steering Committee approved an update to the OGP Participation & Co-Creation Standards on November 24, 2021, which became effective on January 1, 2022, replacing the previous version. They include five standards regarding the expectation for government and civil society engagement…

31st May 2022

Parliamentary Engagement in National OGP Processes: Menu of Options (2022)

This document complements the Memorandum on Parliamentary Engagement, adopted by the OGP Steering Committee in November 2021. It captures the approaches taken by a growing number of OGP members, illustrating how parliaments can participate in OGP and help advance the…

23rd May 2022

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Guidance for OGP Parliamentary Action Plans (2022)

The Memorandum on Parliamentary Engagement adopted by the OGP Steering Committee in November 2021 outlines three models for parliamentary engagement in OGP: direct participation in the national or local OGP process; stand-alone open parliament plans (hereby known as OGP parliamentary…

23rd May 2022

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Parliaments in OGP – Recommendations

Explore our list of recommendations for actions that parliaments can take to advance open government through legislation, oversight, opening up parliamentary institutions and processes, and fostering dialogue. Legislative action Adopt, or review and amend legislation to strengthen the legal frameworks…

11th May 2022

Policy Brief – Bolstering Online Political Advertising Policy in Europe

This policy brief lays out the key issues to address for regulating online political advertising in Europe and proposes ideas for how to address them through policy action grounded by open government, fundamental rights, and democratic values.

10th March 2022