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This analysis was originally published on the Global Data Barometer website here. Governments should serve citizens rather than the other way around. This concept is at the heart of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), an international initiative that brings together more than…

Este análisis se publicó originalmente en el sitio web del Global Data Barometer (in inglés) aquí. Los gobiernos deben servir a sus ciudadanos, no lo contrario. Este concepto está en el corazón de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (OGP…

Throughout the years, Open Gov Week has shown that the open government community is stronger when it works together to build stronger societies and more resilient democracies. This year was no exception. Here are few highlights from this year’s Open Gov Week.

[lazy_youtube url="https://youtu.be/3y5NzNHhA-Y" title="Building a Transparent Procurement Ecosystem to Empower Competition and Citizen Monitoring" thumbnail="https://www.opengovpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Paraguay-OpenStories-1024x575.png"]   Summary In 2014, a decade-long right to information campaign required the government to increase transparency. Public procurement reformers turned to open contracting data building a…

[lazy_youtube url="https://youtu.be/nISBxe44wU8" title="Everyone Sees Everything" thumbnail="https://www.opengovpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Ukraine-OpenStories-1024x575.png"]   Summary Ukraine’s Maidan revolution set off a chain reaction. To end years of entrenched corruption, a unique coalition of civic activists, tech experts, businesspeople and civil servants came together to reinvent public procurement.…

[lazy_youtube url="https://youtu.be/eMqjW4NAvGw" title="Improving Competition and Efficiency Through Open Contracting" thumbnail="https://www.opengovpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Colombia-OpenStories-1024x574.png"]   Summary Colombia implemented open contracting reforms and publishing open data to improve efficiency in its public procurement and help reduce corruption. The data shows that the public monitoring system…

[lazy_youtube url="https://youtu.be/xzltUcP0HXs" title="A Powerful Combination Therapy for Unaffordable Medicines in Moldova" thumbnail="https://www.opengovpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Moldova-OpenStories-1024x574.png"]   Summary Patients in Moldova have spurred authorities to adopt a transparent system for purchasing medicines that has proved invaluable in tackling the coronavirus pandemic and the country’s…

[lazy_youtube url="https://youtu.be/4Au8eBgadqc" title="Data-Enabled Public Procurement Monitoring Leads to More Affordable Medicines" thumbnail="https://www.opengovpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Chile-OpenStories-1024x571.png"]   Summary A community of civic actors used open data as evidence to advocate for change, and a new law was introduced that allowed the country’s biggest medicine…

Minister Renato Brunetta shares with us his views on Open Gov Week, Italy's latest action plan, and OGP co-chair agenda.

This year, OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) started rolling out the Co-Creation Brief, a new product that shares lessons from past action plans and open government practice to support reformers in co-designing ambitious and feasible commitments.

The new report from the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) highlights the main results and key successes of 68 commitments implemented by 12 OGP Local members between 2018 and 2021 and offers a glimpse of the challenges and lessons learned.