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Faces of Open Government: Alhaji Garba Abubakar
Faces of Open Government: Alhaji Garba Abubakar
Registrar General Alhaji Garba Abubakar from the Government of Nigeria discusses milestones in Nigeria's beneficial ownership transparency work and how Nigeria’s open government journey led to this moment. 

September 22, 2020

2020

Featured Commitment: Complaint Registration and Processing Mechanism
Featured Commitment: Complaint Registration and Processing Mechanism
Read how Burkina Faso is working to improve delivery of public services through a complaint recording and processing system. "What's in the 2019 Action Plans" publication.

September 22, 2020

2020

Featured Commitment: Expanding Community-Based Justice Services
Featured Commitment: Expanding Community-Based Justice Services
Read about Sierra Leone's commitment to develop a national access to justice policy and a directorate for community-based justice services. This commitment is featured in the "What's in the 2019 Action Plans" publication.

September 21, 2020

2020

Featured Commitment: Establish Beneficial Ownership Registry
Featured Commitment: Establish Beneficial Ownership Registry
Read how Nigeria plans to tackle money laundering, drug trafficking, terrorism, and grand corruption by establishing a beneficial ownership register. This commitment is featured in the "What's in the 2019 Action Plans" publication.

September 17, 2020

2020

IRM Reports
Liberia Design Report 2017-2019
Liberia Design Report 2017-2019
Liberia’s third action plan aimed to address corruption through more access to information and citizen oversight. The IRM recommends that future co-creation processes include tools and mechanisms to i..

September 16, 2020

2020

Official OGP Documents
Nigeria – Co-Chair Letter of Intent for 2020 Steering Committee Elections
Nigeria – Co-Chair Letter of Intent for 2020 Steering Committee Elections

September 10, 2020

2020

IRM Reports
Côte d’Ivoire End-of-Term Report 2016-2018
Côte d’Ivoire End-of-Term Report 2016-2018
Table 1: At a Glance Mid-term End of term Number of Commitments 15 Level of Completion Completed 5 4 Substantial 4 4 Limited 5 7 Not Started 1 0 ..

September 2, 2020

2020

IRM Reports
Kenya End-of-Term Report 2016-2018
Kenya End-of-Term Report 2016-2018
Kenya’s second national action plan addressed priority policy areas for reform, such as beneficial ownership, extractives, open contracting, and open budgets. By the end of term, the commitment on ben..

August 31, 2020

2020

IRM Reports
Tunisia End-of-Term Report 2016-2018
Tunisia End-of-Term Report 2016-2018
The Tunisian Second Action Plan faced implementation challenges due to resource constraints and unclear cross-government coordination in some cases. The creation of Authority of Access to Information ..

August 31, 2020

2020

Official OGP Documents
Burkina Faso – Letter Regarding Eligibility (August 2020)
Burkina Faso – Letter Regarding Eligibility (August 2020)

August 20, 2020

2020

Nigeria Spearheads Open Government in Africa, Takes Steps to Stop US$15.7B of Illicit Flow through Financial Systems
Nigeria Spearheads Open Government in Africa, Takes Steps to Stop US$15.7B of Illicit Flow through Financial Systems
August 13, 2020 - Washington, D.C. - As a leader in the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Steering Committee, Nigeria is taking critical steps to tackle corruption and money laundering by enhancing co..

August 14, 2020

2020

Lessons from Reformers: South Africa’s Push for Open Access to Legislation
Lessons from Reformers: South Africa’s Push for Open Access to Legislation
South Africa particularly benefited from providing open access to legislation and set an example that other countries can follow.

August 10, 2020

2020