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As citizens, we rely on public services being accessible and reliable - to give us an education, keep us healthy, make our communities safe places to be, and ensure our basic needs are met. Public services are critical to an…

In 2017, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the end-of-term report for Mongolia’s first action plan. The report covers the full action plan implementation period of 2014 through 2016. In Mongolia, the IRM researchers, Batbold Zagdragchaa and Tserenjav Demberel, summarize…

By OGP Support Unit, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub and the Asian Development Bank Ensuring the provision of good quality public services is an essential function of government and critical to the lives of citizens. Experience and evidence built up over…

In Macedonia, findings from the IRM researcher, Neda Korunovska of Reactor, are summarized below: "During the implementation of the second OGP national action plan, released recordings of illegal surveillance revealed significant shortcomings in areas relevant to OGP. Despite this, the…

In 2017, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the End of Term report for Brazil's second action plan. The report covers the implementation of the action plan through June 2016. Findings from the IRM researcher for Brazil, Fabro Steibel, are…

In early 2017, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the end of term report for Tunisia's first action plan. The report covers the full action plan implementation period of September 2014 through September 2016.Jazem Halioui, an indepdendent researcher, wrote this…

The Governance Team of WRI Mexico is promoting the strengthening of a group of cities with a permanent dialogue and dynamic co-creation of knowledge and methods. These have been developed to build progress towards the integration of the main principles…

This post was originally written in Hebrew and was published on the Public Knowledge Workshop (Hasadna) blog and on Medium. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about Open Data and the Desert, in which I explained that there is…