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Case Study (2013): Water Point Mapping in Tanzania
In areas where access to water is limited, safe, functioning water points are the lifeblood of local societies. It’s vital that people know where they are and whether they’re working. This is a diffic..

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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..

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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..

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Case Study (2013): Realizing the Potential of Open Data in Moldova
In April 2011, Moldova became one of the rst countries within Eastern Europe to launch an Open Data portal. The portal, www.date.gov.md brings together disparate and disconnected datasets published b..

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Case Study (2013): “Citizens Voice” Pioneering E-Democracy in Montenegro
The purpose of this online service was to promote active public participation and citizen engagement in policy making, by enabling Montenegrin citizens and permanent foreign residents to directly infl..

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Case Study (2013): Albania’s E-Government Portal
For the 100th anniversary of its independence, Albania unveiled a new way for the government to interact with citizens, with the e-Albania portal. The e-Albania government portal is a powerful tool..

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Case Study (2013): Canada’s Open Government Licence
One of the major goals of the Government of Canada’s open government work has been to support a more seamless end-user experience. We have found that users want government information, especially data..

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Case Study (2013): Bringing Government Closer to Citizens in Chile
“For us, open government is a government that is closer to its citizens”, says rafael Ariztía, head of the state modernization Unit, when asked about the Chilean government’s vision of OGP. He means t..

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Case Study (2013): More inclusive and meaningful public engagement on laws in Croatia
One of the most meaningful ways the public can interact with the government is through public consultations on laws. Croatia made improving the quality of their public consultations a key tenet of the..

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Case Study (2013): Developing the Estonian state portal eesti.ee
A strong focus of the first Estonian OGP action plan is developing public e-services. The ultimate goal is to make government easy and accessible to everybody. The first step in doing this has been to..

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Case Study (2013): The Value of Open Data in Greece
Access to information at all levels of public life is a crucial component of a true information society. This was the position the Greek government took when it came to reforming how they publish thei..

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