Group: Latin America

Brazil led a strong, collaborative co-creation process (developed with federal government, civil society, and some state and municipal government actors). The parties tackled topics such as freedom of..

Implementation of the third action plan focused on further understanding the law on access to public information, mechanisms for citizen complaints (like the platform to report corruption), and citize..

Panama’s third action plan is focused on anticorruption and it was designed through open participatory workshops, with high influence from civil society. The plan was widely distributed through the me..

Costa Rica’s third action plan addresses three Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and includes, for the first time, all three branches of the government. During the design phase, open workshops were..

Two commitments in Brazil’s 2016–2018 action plan resulted in outstanding changes in government practices. These led to a cultural shift in the openness of educational resources and data (Commitment 6..

Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) are essential to identify and mitigate the risks associated with the use of power and ...

Uruguay made substantial progress in completing its commitments, half of which resulted in significant changes in access to public information. The implementation of the access to information law cont..

During the implementation stage, El Salvador achieved better coordination between the civil society organizations that make up the Open Government Observatory (OGA in Spanish) and public agencies in c..

At the OGP Virtual Leaders Summit, the Secretary General of Transparency of Colombia, Beatriz Londoño Patiño shares the work her country is doing to ensure an open response and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read about Costa Rica's commitment to improve citizens' access to justice information through a public website. This commitment is featured in the "What's in the 2019 Action Plans" publication.

Read how Ecuador is expanding access to environmental information, opportunities to participate in environmental decision-making, and access to justice for environmental matters. This commitment is featured in the "What's in the 2019 Action Plans" publication.

Read how Mexico is seeking to address the lack of regulation and supervision of government digital surveillance. This commitment is featured in the "What's in the 2019 Action Plans" publication.