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Winds of Change: The Progress of Open Government Policymaking in Latin America and the Caribbean
The year 2013 has become known as the year of Open Government. The continuing progress of the Open Government Partnership represents the consolidation of a process that, in less than two years, has st..

April 1, 2014

2014
Indonesia
Case Study (2014): Soliciting Citizen Feedback on Public Services in Indonesia
Using a variety of media such as the LAPOR! website, text messaging and mobile applications, citizens can report on anything from bribe requesting public of cials to damaged bridges and teacher absent..

January 1, 2014

2014
Israel (Withdrawn)
Case Study (2014): Finding Creative Use for Public Data in Israel
For a service that is offered for over one million stops in 800 cities, Sonny ben- Shimon, software engineer at Google Israel, thought it odd that Google Transit was still not available in his country..

January 1, 2014

2014
Mexico
Case Study (2014): Encouraging parents’ engagement in public education reform in Mexico
Mexico’s membership to OGP opened the gateway to negotiating with the education authorities to provide data. IMCO acquired databases on standardized test results and active teaching spaces, and cross-..

January 1, 2014

2014
Public Participation
Civic Participation in Latin American OGP Commitments
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) is a key means by which all stakeholders can track OGP progress in participating countries. The IRM produces independent pro..

January 1, 2014

2014
Public Service Delivery
Case Study (2014): Creating a Single-Window Access to Public Services in Azerbaijan
In Azerbaijani, ASAN translates to “EASY” and was conceived as a one- stop shop where the services of various government agencies are provided.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B471ujVfgLNMZmM1WHk0RGJ..

January 1, 2014

2014
Brazil
Case Study (2014): Increasing Corporate Accountability in Brazil
In keeping with the spirit of transparency and accountability, Brazil became one of the founding members of OGP, and promoting corporate accountability is one of the more unique features in its first ..

January 1, 2014

2014
MULTIPLE POLICY AREAS
Case Study (2014): Promoting Citizen’s Awareness of the National Budget in Tanzania
The government draws its revenues from multiple sources including domestic taxes and fees, natural resource extraction, foreign aid and loans, which it then spends on delivering services to the public..

January 1, 2014

2014
United States (Withdrawn)
Case Study (2014): Promoting Innovation through International Collaboration in the USA
‘Innovation is bottom-up, decentralized and unpredictable’, explains the Spaceapps team at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In what turned out to be the largest hackathon in histo..

January 1, 2014

2014
Croatia
Case Study (2014): Making election campaign finances public in Croatia
Transparency in the flow of money in politics means a more informed voting public, which consequently strengthens the democratic process. Croatia’s legislative framework is deemed to be one of the bes..

January 1, 2014

2014
Italy
Case Study (2013): Italy’s Compass of Transparency
The Compass of Transparency (www.magellanopa.it/bussola) is an automated online portal, which gives citizens the ability to monitor, in real time and in a uniform manner, whether the websites of vario..

October 1, 2013

2013
Mexico
Case Study (2013): Mexico’s Budget Transparency Portal
Mexico set itself a challenge in its 2011 OGP action plan, to make sure its citizens could find out, as easily as possible, what happens to their tax money. This would involve the open, continuously-u..

October 1, 2013

2013