A Quest to Open Up Budget Data

A Quest to Open Up Budget Data

Government budgets are often complicated and technical, so simply publishing them does not necessarily make them accessible to most citizens. In South Africa, the data the government made public was static and unintegrated, and civil society actors observed that citizens were not using the data as extensively as they could.

To address this, the National Treasury partnered with the civil society coalition IMALI YETHU to create an online platform called Vulekamali. Hear from one of its creators, Zuki Kota, who continues to champion open government practices to make budget information more accessible to the public.

More:

• OGP Member Page
• Lessons from Reformers: South Africa Empowers Citizens with Budget Data
• OGP Global Report
• Renewing Democracy – A Decade of OGP (Video)