The Mongolian Education Agency holds a meeting of local stakeholders in Khovd.

Featured Commitment: Participation in Public Procurement Processes

Read how Mongolia plans to improve transparency and public oversight of the public procurement process through an online portal. This commitment is featured in the "What's in the 2019 Action Plans" publication.

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Open Response + Open Recovery: Conversations with Asia-Pacific’s Open Gov Community

On July 7, over 100 open government reformers across the Asia-Pacific region convened for the conversation “Open Response + Open Recovery: Inclusive Participation and Civic Space in Times of Crisis”. The discussion focused on how reformers in the region are working to maintain inclusive civic participation and protect and expand civic space during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is what we heard.

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Securing human dignity through the lens of open governance

It has been exactly one year since I had the incredible honour of speaking at the opening of the 5th Global Summit of the Open Government Partnership in Tbilisi, Georgia. What made the occasion special for me, being South African,…

¿Para qué tomarse la molestia? La motivación de la retroalimentación ciudadana

Cuando establecemos mecanismos para solicitar retroalimentación ciudadana, solemos operar bajo el supuesto que los ciudadanos (una gran diversidad ciudadanos, tanto los que tienen poder como los que no) efectivamente estarán dispuestos a ofrecer su retroalimentación. Como ciudadano, ¿para qué tomarse…

Why Bother? The Motivation Question in Citizen Feedback

When we set up a way of collecting citizens’ feedback, too often there’s a big assumption we are making. We assume that the citizen – indeed, a diverse range of citizens – those who have power and those who do…