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Nikhil Dutta is a Legal Advisor on Global Programs at ICNL. He advises on multilateral engagement, including through United Nations processes and activities under the Open Government Partnership, and conducts research on issues of global scope affecting the legal environment…

Matthew joined OGP's Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) in March 2017. In his capacity as a Research Officer, he conducts research and oversees quality control for IRM assessments of OGP action plans. He holds an MA in International Peace and Conflict…

Paula Perez joined the Open Government Partnership in July 2019 working in the Americas Country Support team and is currently a Senior Program Officer in the Thematic Policy Areas team. Paula supports efforts to mobilize cross-country coalitions, strengthen partnerships and…

Natalia Norori is a Research Associate at the Open Data Charter for an ongoing project aimed to create an Open COVID-19 Data Taxonomy. She is a healthcare researcher focused on implementing open data practices to measure key social determinants of…

Ruth-Marie Henckes is the Advocacy and Communications Coordinator at the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD). Ruth has worked on democracy support for the past 3 years after graduating in Comparative Politics from Leuven University and International Studies at Leiden University.…

Oluseun Onigbinde is the co-founder and Director of BudgIT. BudgIT is Nigeria's leading fiscal transparency group that uses creative design and technology to improve access to public budgets and related fiscal data. Oluseun Onigbinde is a recipient of the Ashoka…

Anabel Cruz is originally from Uruguay and has three decades of experience in civil society promotion, research and training in various countries in Latin America, and in the regional and global context. She has been working for the respect of…

Steph is a seasoned governance professional currently serving as the Programme Director Governance and Anticorruption for the International Lawyers Project (ILP). ILP supports both public institutions and civic actors to advance economic justice and the rule of law through provision…

Lysa John is Secretary-General of the CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation. She has worked on issues of governance accountability and social justice since 1998. She most recently worked with Save the Children International as their Global Campaign Director, and…

Aránzazu Guillán Montero is a Senior Governance and Public Administration Officer in the Division of Public Institutions and Digital Government of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA). The opinions expressed in this article are those of…