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Strengthening local participatory planning and budgeting: Revisiting focus and strategies of citizen groups
Even before the recent decision of the Philippine Supreme Court declaring the legislators’ pork barrel (also known as Priority Development Assistance Fund or PDAF) unconstitutional, public finance exp..

March 19, 2014

2014

Indonesian CSO Calls on Governance Issue in Eighth Open Working Group Post 2015 Agenda
Governance and open government are prerequisites of development.  The concept of such government allows all layers of the society to be able to enjoy the entire development process in order to achieve..

February 5, 2014

2014

Case Study (2014): Creating a Single-Window Access to Public Services in Azerbaijan
In Azerbaijani, ASAN translates to “EASY” and was conceived as a one- stop shop where the services of various government agencies are provided.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B471ujVfgLNMZmM1WHk0RGJ..

January 1, 2014

2014

Case Study (2014): Soliciting Citizen Feedback on Public Services in Indonesia
Using a variety of media such as the LAPOR! website, text messaging and mobile applications, citizens can report on anything from bribe requesting public of cials to damaged bridges and teacher absent..

January 1, 2014

2014

Langkah Maju Menuju Reformasi Tata Kelola
1280px-Jakarta_Panorama.jpg Laporan IRM OGP Indonesia untuk mendapatkan komentar publik telah diterbitkan. Sebagai negara yang sedang bertumbuh (emerging country), I..

October 29, 2013

2013

Step Forward to Governance Reform
1280px-Jakarta_Panorama.jpg Indonesia’s OGP IRM report to obtain public comments has been publishing. As an emerging country, Indonesia drafted a pretty ambitious ac..

October 29, 2013

2013

Comments and observations on Philippines Open Government Partnership report under the 2012 action plan (for Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism)
Manila.jpg Preliminaries The objectives of the Open Government Partnership are noteworthy:  together with their citizens and key agencies,  to fully realize the com..

October 24, 2013

2013

IRM releases Indonesia report for public comment
Jakarta_Skyline_Part_2.jpg The Open Government Partnership’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) has launched its seventh of eight progress reports for public comm..

October 23, 2013

2013

IRM releases Philippine report for public comment
Mt.Mayon_tam3rd.jpg The Open Government Partnership’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) has launched its fifth of eight reports; this one is on the Philippines a..

October 9, 2013

2013

Public briefing on the IRM Philippines Progress Report 2011-13
I have been designated as IRM researcher for the Philippines. With help from the PCIJ staff, I conducted two workshops with 31 stakeholders, secured government's comments on the research findings, and..

October 1, 2013

2013

Case Study (2013): Promoting Good Local Governance through Performance-Based Grants in the Philippines
The Government of the Philippines decided the best way to encourage openness was to reward it. Their push for good local governance incentivises the two pillars of strong, responsive government – good..

October 1, 2013

2013

OGP Civil Society Newsletter – 27 September
When asked what makes the Open Government Partnership model different I always mention three elements: the guaranteed seat at the table for civil society; the concrete, ambitious commitments made; and..

September 27, 2013

2013