2024 has been dubbed the “year of elections”, with over four billion people expected to vote across more than 60 elections. This should be a cause for democratic celebration, but instead much of the attention is focused on the specter of democratic vulnerability and decline.
Between 2021 and 2023, the Legislature of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires adopted open government and active transparency standards to promote a Legislative Branch that is closer to citizens. The Legislature, with which I have had the pleasure of…
Entre 2021 y 2023, la Legislatura de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires adoptó los estándares de gobierno abierto y transparencia activa para promover un Poder Legislativo más cercano a la ciudadanía. La Legislatura, con la que he tenido el…
Meet Muriel Poisson from UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP). Muriel has been at the forefront of research and initiatives that explore the vital links between open government practices and transparency within the educational system and on this International Day of Education, she shares her insights into the intersection between education and open government.
Conoce a Cynthia Dehesa, la Directora de Ciudadan@s por la Transparencia, una organización de la sociedad civil que trabaja para construir una sociedad con tolerancia cero a la corrupción a través de iniciativas de gobierno abierto y ciudadanía activa en…
From more accessible data on OGP commitments to updated fact sheets, the OGP Support Unit was busy making OGP data more accessible in 2023. This data on open government reforms can enable stronger advocacy, peer learning, and reforms. Here, we…
In its 2021-2023 OGP action plan, the French government committed the Cour des Comptes (Court of Accounts) to further mobilize citizen expertise in the service of the Court's missions. In the French system, the Cour des Comptes ensures transparency in…
Dans le plan d’action du PGO de 2021-2023, le gouvernement français engageait la Cour des Comptes à mobiliser davantage l’expertise citoyenne au service des missions de la Cour. Dans le système français, la Cour des Comptes assure la transparence des…
Nuevo Leon is a state in northeastern Mexico with nearly six million inhabitants, making it the seventh most populous in the country. 93 percent of its population resides in the Metropolitan Area of Monterrey (ZMM), encompassing 13 of the state's…
Nuevo León es un estado en el noreste de México que tiene casi 6 millones de habitantes, lo que lo hace el séptimo más poblado del país. De su población, el 93 por ciento vive en la Zona Metropolitana de…
This series was written in consultation with the Transparency International chapters in each country. The reforms described in this series build on priority areas identified in the 2022 Broken Links report, which was written with the support of the Global…
“You have a constitutional right to access public information.” I and many others have heard this statement many times. But how does this right actually work in fragile democracies? Let's delve into the case of Georgia, where in 2022, the…
Meet Cynthia Dehesa, the Director of Citizens for Transparency, a civil society organization working to build a society with zero tolerance for corruption through open government and active citizenship in the State of Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Conoce a Cynthia Dehesa, la Directora de Ciudadan@s por la Transparencia, una organización de la sociedad civil que trabaja para construir una sociedad con tolerancia cero a la corrupción a través de iniciativas de gobierno abierto y ciudadanía activa en…
Violence and corruption are two concepts that have been separated for a long time. According to the 2022 Corruption Perception Index, Ecuador ranked 101 out of 180 countries in terms of corruption. Dialogo Diverso (an organization that promotes the…
Violencia y corrupción son dos conceptos que por mucho tiempo han estado separados. Según el Índice de la Percepción de la Corrupción, hasta 2022, Ecuador ocupaba el lugar 101 de 180 países en nivel de corrupción. Diálogo Diverso (una organización…
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