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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.

Ines Pousadela is a researcher for OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) and is a Senior Research Specialist at CIVICUS.

Inés Pousadela es investigadora del Mecanismo de Revisión Independiente (IRM por sus siglas en inglés) de OGP y especialista...

Since 2015, INAI has been promoting its co-creation strategy, working to gradually pave the way...

El INAI desde 2015 impulsa la Estrategia de cocreación desde lo local con el objetivo de cimentar paulatinamente...

Since its creation in 2011, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) has successfully promoted open government reforms in 78 countries. Of these...

Desde que se creó en 2011, la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (OGP por sus siglas en inglés) ha promovido reformas de...

Rural citizens of La Libertad in Peru will be able to find drinking water as well as submit reports on the location and quality of drinking water in their region, following the launch of an interactive map platform.

Building on its experience supporting the co-creation of Costa Rica’s most recent action plan, which was supported by ...

La organización ACCESA elaboró una Guía para procesos de formulación de planes de acción de gobierno abierto, a partir de su experiencia...

The UK leads the way with a pioneering beneficial ownership register, in an effort to stem corruption and strengthen measures against money laundering and tax evasion.

Learn about the transparent, elaborate and highly competitive selection process for the Civil Society Steering Committee.

Descubre el proceso de selección de los nuevos miembros del Comité Directivo de sociedad civil de OGP.

Italy’s online platform OpenCoesione publishes both budgets and expenditures of European Union Cohesion Funds and Italian National Funds for territorial development to make public spending more transparent for its citizens.

In France, the Digital Republic Law requires that all algorithms used by the government be made open and accessible to the public. Etalab has produced guidance for government agencies on the legal framework and how to publish this information, and is working on practical guidance to build public registers of algorithms. Through this work, France’s citizens can start to see how the government uses algorithms to make decisions that may impact them, laying the groundwork for greater accountability.