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Bringing New Voices into OGP Action Plans: Stories from the Field
Bringing New Voices into OGP Action Plans: Stories from the Field
In this new series, OGP Multi-Donor Trust Fund recipients share their challenges and successes in making OGP co-creation processes more collaborative and inclusive.

January 28, 2020

2020

Every Voice Counts: Towards a More Inclusive OGP Co-Creation Process – Sekondi-Takoradi
Every Voice Counts: Towards a More Inclusive OGP Co-Creation Process – Sekondi-Takoradi
“Initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership open new and improved communication channels between government and citizens, and enable local government to have better information and be more ac..

January 28, 2020

2020

Living with Tension and Learning from Different Perspectives – São Paulo, Brazil
Living with Tension and Learning from Different Perspectives – São Paulo, Brazil
In 2019, after following the city’s work on open government for a year, I began representing WRI Brasil (the Brazilian office of the World Resources Institute) in the Fórum de Gestão Compartilhada (Sh..

January 28, 2020

2020

Why Citizen Ownership Matters – Elgeyo Marakwet County
Why Citizen Ownership Matters – Elgeyo Marakwet County
“I’ve liked the discussion today,” commented Alan Kipchumba, an Elgeyo Marakwet County-based contractor, “because the approach used was inclusive, thus participants represented various sectors and seg..

January 28, 2020

2020

Optimism in the Face of Transition – Bojonegoro
Optimism in the Face of Transition – Bojonegoro
It was 2018, and Bojonegoro (a regency in East Java, Indonesia) was facing a Regional General Election for a new Regent. Those who had been involved in the Open Government Partnership (OGP) locally kn..

January 28, 2020

2020

Faces of Open Government: Isaac Aidoo
Faces of Open Government: Isaac Aidoo
Isaac shares his team's work to improve municipal services and infrastructure in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana through open government solutions.

January 21, 2020

2020

Five Frequently Asked Questions about Implementing Local Public Procurement Processes
Five Frequently Asked Questions about Implementing Local Public Procurement Processes
Get the answers to the most popular questions that local governments and civil society ask when designing and implementing open contracting initiatives.

January 16, 2020

2020

Subnational Data Desks Set the Stage for More Efficient, Participatory Development
Subnational Data Desks Set the Stage for More Efficient, Participatory Development
One of the more compelling reasons for making investments in data is to strengthen decision making. But this often skews data investments toward meeting the needs of leaders making decisions - especially at the national level.

January 2, 2020

2020

Faces of Open Government: Ruth Kendagor
Faces of Open Government: Ruth Kendagor
IRM researcher of Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya, Ruth shares notable achievements and pending challenges out of the County.

December 9, 2019

2019

IRM Reports
Scotland Design Report 2018-2020
Scotland Design Report 2018-2020
Scotland’s second action plan seeks to build on the country’s long tradition of civic participation following incremental improvements to freedom of information inspired by its first action plan. Nota..

November 5, 2019

2019

On the Road to a Better Procurement System in South Cotabato
On the Road to a Better Procurement System in South Cotabato
The local government of South Cotabato, a province in the south of the Philippines, only completed 4.1 per cent of the development projects - most of them related to infrastructure - under the Local Development Fund in 2017. 

October 21, 2019

2019

IRM Reports
Scotland Design Report 2018-2020 – For Public Comment
Scotland Design Report 2018-2020 – For Public Comment
In 2019, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the Design Report for Scotland's second action plan (2018-2020). The report covers the development of the action plan and the design of its..

October 18, 2019

2019