A Clear Commitment to Justice
Justice has become one of the most popular policy areas across the Partnership and the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) has found many of these commitments to be highly impactful.
Gustavo Perez Ara
Lead, Member Services
gustavo.perez@opengovpartnership.orgGustavo is the Member Services Lead within Country and Local Programs at the Open Government Partnership (OGP). In this role, he oversees the development and implementation of OGP’s action framework, ensuring the delivery of effective, harmonized, clear, and user-friendly services and guidance for OGP members.
He began his tenure at OGP in October 2015 as part of the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM). Initially, he shepherded reports for the Subnational Pilot Program and later assumed leadership as the IRM Research Manager, overseeing the reporting process for accountability and learning in the Americas, Africa, and the Middle East.
Before joining OGP, Gustavo worked at Transparency International (TI) in the Global Advocacy and Campaigns Department and the Public Management Office of TI’s Venezuelan Chapter. He holds an MA in Conflict Resolution and International Mediation from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a BA in Liberal Arts and International Politics from Universidad Metropolitana in Caracas, Venezuela.
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Bridging the Gap to Protect Environmental Rights
Cerrando la brecha para proteger los derechos ambientales
OGP can serve as a space to ensure that efforts to enhance information, participation, and accountability translate into concrete outcomes to address the issues that environmental defenders are facing.
OGP puede servir de espacio para que los esfuerzos por aumentar la información, participación y rendición de cuentas se traduzcan en resultados concretos que solucionen los problemas que enfrentan los defensores ambientales.
The Challenge Ahead for Latin America: From Participation to Results
El Desafío para América Latina: De la Participación Innovadora a los Resultados
After the third wave of democratization from the late 70s to the 2000s, Latin America saw the growth of professional civil society organizations (CSOs) and the legal recognition of citizen participation in public policy decision making. By the time the…
Después de la tercera ola de democratización desde finales de los años 70 a los años 2000, América Latina evidenció el crecimiento profesional de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil (OSC) y el reconocimiento legal de la participación ciudadana en…
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