Document Type: Perspective

In early 2020, OGP started looking for new candidates to fill three seats in the OGP Civil Society Steering Committee. The list of candidates this year was particularly strong and we are grateful to the impressive civil society leadership OGP can rely on.

OGP CEO Sanjay Pradhan calls on governments, citizens, civil society, businesses and others to join together to shape COVID-19 stimulus and safety nets and follow the money to save millions of lives and livelihoods.

Read how Europe's open government community is leveraging the OGP platform during the pandemic and tackling the challenges it poses to civic space.

An open government action plan has two expectations: an institutionalized open government and the possibility of solving a social problem previously identified through a co-creation process with socie..

A time of crisis can shine a spotlight on the quality of services offered by governments. As is the case during the COVID-19 pandemic, some governments are faced with unprecedented challenges that are..

As for many organizations, the global impact of COVID-19 has altered the way the Open Government Partnership (OGP) will achieve its mission. To ensure the fundamental values of accountability, transpa..

What do governments and international organizations mean when they say that they aim to advance gender equity in the context of natural resource governance? 

Since the return to democracy in 1999, nothing exposed Nigeria’s negligence, unpreparedness and unwillingness to deliver quality healthcare more than COVID-19. During the military dictatorship, Nigeri..

As part of the regional discussions around the Open Response + Open Recovery, the Latin American community got together a month ago, convinced that the solutions to the pandemic must rely on openness,..

COVID-19 shocked our lives. More than 7 million people worldwide have tested positive for the virus, with frontline workers, health systems, and vulnerable populations suffering the most. COVID is dis..

Algorithms - analytical systems that process data and supplement or replace decision-making previously undertaken by people - have become an essential way for governments to improve delivery of public services and implementation of policy...

For the first time in 20 years, governments are the most trusted institutions, according to recent data from Edelmann, a global communications firm. From Mexico to South Korea to Canada, trust in government increased by ten points alone since the start of 2020.