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This guide aims to enrich the efforts of parliaments and their civil society counterparts to engage in collaborative processes aimed at developing and implementing openness commitments. The first section focuses on the development of openness action plans and the variety…

The Access to Information Working Group's flagship publication cataloguing A2I commitments made in OGP national action plans.

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is an international platform for domestic reformers committed to making their governments more open, accountable, and responsive to citizens. Th​e Paris Agreement (link is external) adopted in December 2015 provides a framework for multilateral cooperation…

Local communities can suffer from negative social and environmental impacts associated with the establishment and operation of oil, gas, and mining projects. These impacts include land use conflicts, lack of water availability, water and soil contamination, air pollution, erosion, involuntary…

With 51 countries developing new national action plans (NAP) by June 2016, there is a unique opportunity to commit to good governance of the oil, gas and mining sectors, which are at a particularly high risk of corruption in resource-rich…

Despite the reported importance of e-skills for successful open goverment data (OGD) initiatives, there are no studies found reporting on this topic. Hence, using the case study methodology, this study has explored e-skills needed for efficient and effective provision of…

While reports suggest that open data can add trillions of economic value as well as support developing countries, the same sources describe significant barriers that must be overcome. The lack of standardization across jurisdictions is one major barrier; it makes…