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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 strengthened the promotion and implemention of public…

‘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 history, the international Spaceapps challenge brought together space agencies and citizen technologists, scientists…

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 best among the Balkan countries. Political parties are required to…

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 absenteeism. The website allows users to even upload pictures…

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. The thought quickly materialized into…

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-referenced them with basic data on the schools. Mejora tu Escuela covers…

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 progress reports on action plan commitments for each country participating in OGP.…

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=0B471ujVfgLNMZmM1WHk0RGJSdnM

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 Action plan. To encourage the private sector to…

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. These revenues and expenditures make up the national budget, which…