A vibrant and robust civic space is essential to open government. While we mark 10 years since OGP’s founding this year, we’re also facing 15 years of a steady decline in civil liberties, including in some OGP countries. In recent…
Three years ago, no one knew how many vacant square meters of public property existed or how to lease them without bribes. Today, an electronic trading system Prozorro.Sale contains information about every asset available for rent and a clear way…
Opacity in Nigeria’s extractives sector has decimated communities, destroyed lives and led to the rise of militancy in oil producing regions. The Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) was passed in 2020 – making it mandatory to disclose persons with…
Over the course of 2021, the OGP Support Unit has conducted a review of its objectives, policy and practice on parliamentary engagement.
[lazy_youtube url="https://youtu.be/puJAHqh7l4M" title="National Palace Museum Meets Participatory Design" thumbnail="https://www.opengovpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/group-discussion-1024x577.jpeg"] Summary See how one of the most traditional government agencies – National Palace Museum, sailed through their journey to a participatory process for the e-ticket service design. A collaborative meeting…
OGP brought together EU officials, national governments and civil society representatives, gathering three actionable ideas that European leaders can adopt for a strong, inclusive, and sustainable recovery.
Summary In Taiwan, young students from across disciplines roll up their sleeves over the summer to work with government agencies in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic to revamp what everyone describes as “user-unfriendly government digital services.” Submitted by: Haoting…
Fiscal openness is a mainstay of the open government movement. In the last decade of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), over 90 percent of OGP members have made a total of 671 fiscal openness commitments...
Algorithmic transparency means different things to different people, but it can be broadly understood as openness about the purpose, structure, and underlying actions of algorithms used to process information.
In this Voices of Open Government episode, we learn how different sectors in Buenos Aires, Argentina are working together to create a more transparent and accountable judicial branch.
