Election campaigns cost money. Yet, secret political finance risks corruption. When donations and spending are opaque, it is unclear who is influencing decision makers or candidates for political office. According to International IDEA, “inadequately controlled political finance is one of the most widely exploited entry points for narrow private interests to exert undue influence over politics and political decisions.” Much work remains to ensure equal influence on decision makers.
Governments can curb undue influence with open government approaches by mandating the reporting and disclosure of income and spending, as well as strengthening the role of public monitoring to support the work of independent oversight bodies.
The Open Gov Guide is the go-to resource for open government reformers. The guide provides concrete recommendations for policy makers, civil society representatives, and more on how to apply open government principles to real-world challenges. Readers can also use the guide to learn more about how governments at the national and local level are putting these values into practice through OGP action plans and beyond.
Learn more about this policy area in the “Political Finance” chapter of the Open Gov Guide.
As part of the Open Gov Challenge, the OGP Support Unit would like to recognize some of the most inspiring commitments made by participants to date. Read more about these exciting reforms on political finance below.
For a full list of Challenge commitments submitted by members, visit our Open Gov Challenge Commitment Tracker.
Online Platform to Publish Political Finance Data
Mongolia recently amended its law on political parties to strengthen political finance transparency and oversight. Because the new law requires semi-annual reporting of political finances, the General Election Commission will develop an online platform to collect and publish these reports for efficient review and conduct training sessions to ensure all relevant actors can use the platform.
Explore all political finance commitments from OGP members.
The following list reflects commitments submitted through national or local action plans. For more details, visit OGP’s Data Dashboard.
Filter the commitments according to three categories evaluated by the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM): ambition, completion, and early results.
| Country/Locality | Year | Commitment Title | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 2025 | Datos de financiamiento de Partidos Políticos | + |
| Romania | 2025 | Increase transparency of political funding | + |
| Malawi | 2025 | Transparency and disclosure of political party funding | + |
| North Macedonia | 2024 | Digitalization of Political Finance Reporting | + |
| Kosovo | 2023 | Transparency of Political Party Financing |
This table shows all commitments that match the filters selected at the top of the page. At least one filter must be selected to populate this table. Use the tags above the table to further filter by commitment quality (e.g. ambitious, complete). Click on commitment titles to learn more about each commitment. Click on “Featured” icons to access stories, where available.
This table enables finding existing commitments in specific policy areas, regions, and years, as well as top-performing commitments by using the built-in table filters.
The commitment performance metrics (e.g. ambitious, complete) are derived directly from IRM reports. See the terms below for details. The Year field shows the year in which the commitment was first submitted. Icons in the Featured field indicate that a story is available on the OGP website.
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