Document Type: Perspective

This blog is part of a series from students of the Institut de Sciences Politiques de Paris who interviewed reformers working on initiatives recognized by the OGP Leaders Network. Read the series here..

OGP can serve as a space to ensure that efforts to enhance information, participation, and accountability translate into concrete outcomes to address the issues that environmental defenders are facing.

The New Zealand government is working to improve their transparency and accountability in the use of algorithms; a project that benefits from high levels of civil society engagement...

Overspending and under-delivered infrastructure projects are among the symptoms of government vulnerability to corruption. Learn about Kaduna State "Eyes and Ears" project, which ensures that community funds are properly managed while fostering citizen participation.

Armenia, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine - joined OGP in 2011. Though different in many ways, these countries shared a strong incentive to use their participation in OGP to address Soviet legacies of opaque and highly centralized governance.

At its heart, whistleblowing is about speaking up against wrongdoing and corruption. See what OGP members have done to protect whistleblowers.

Learn how reformers in Buenos Aires launched JusLab, a space for discussing, co-creating and designing solutions for justice sector problems using transparency and access to information, accountability and collaboration.

In Buenos Aires, Argentina, an open justice initiative called JusLab aims to address the global lack of judicial transparency with a local, city-level approach.

See the progress OGP Local members have made over the years and explore lessons learned as we head into a new season of co-creation.

As OGP steps into its second decade, parliaments will be instrumental in delivering on open government ambitions. Translating this potential into results across a growing number of OGP members calls for improved guidance and targeted support...

Within the backdrop of creating more open communities, the issue of enlisting regular citizens to speak up and denounce misconduct in the public and private sectors has progressively increased...

Over the last few years, the use of automated decision-making tools by governments has grown significantly. Learn how France is working to make these tools transparent and keep governments accountable.