Madrid – Lobbying – Credit – Carlos Delgado, CC-BY-SA

A Window Into the Previously Murky World of Lobbying

Amid concerns over public sector corruption in Spain, Madrid’s City Council gives citizens greater insight into who influences government decisions, by introducing a mandatory registry for lobbyists.

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Paving the Way for Strong Implementation: Introducing the IRM’s First Action Plan Reviews

In recent years, we’ve been working to answer the community’s call for a bolder and more engaging IRM through the IRM Refresh. Now, we’re excited to share the first of a series of new products – the Action Plan Review. 

Euskadi or the knowledge that used to get lost in between the seams

We are making it! In the Basque Country (or Euskadi in Basque), we are implementing an action plan at different institutional levels. It’s not easy. More than a local government, we are a group of institutions with various degrees of…

16 Days Throwback

Advocacy to Action: OGP Supports “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence”

On November 25, 1960, the bodies of three sisters, Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal Reyes were found at the bottom of a cliff in the Dominican Republic. Murdered for their outspoken advocacy, the sisters and their driver had been…

OGP en Madrid: Reflexiones de un año piloto

Sobre la Evaluación del I Plan de Acción de Gobierno Abierto del Ayuntamiento de Madrid Acaba de completarse el ciclo del I Plan de Acción de Gobierno Abierto del Ayuntamiento de Madrid de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (OGP…