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Transparency is a binary matter. Either you are or you are not transparent. Uruguay has decided to be transparent, and based on that conviction, has conceived of and executed different initiatives that support its consolidation, particularly from the Planning and…

La transparencia es una cuestión binaria. Se es o no se es transparente. Uruguay ha decidido serlo y, con esa convicción, ha concebido y ejecutado distintas herramientas que aportan a su consolidación, particularmente dentro de la Oficina de Planeamiento y…

Todos sabemos que la implementación de los compromisos es el elemento central de la misión de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (OGP por sus siglas en inglés) de generar reformas transformadoras. Sin embargo, más de un tercio de los…

      Presentación       Desde el 2014, el Paraguay dio un gran paso sobre acceso ciudadano a la información pública con la promulgación de la Ley 5282/14 “De libre acceso ciudadano a la información pública y transparencia…

Since 2014, Paraguay has taken big steps toward access to information by enacting Act 5282/14 of “Access to public information and government transparency”, which came into effect in 2015. Rules of operation 3064/15 were published that same year. This regulatory…

How did you get involved in working in the transparency and accountability field? Was there a driving force behind your interest? I am originally from Sierra Leone, and as you know, this is a country that has been through a…

¿Por qué empezaste a trabajar en el tema de transparencia y rendición de cuentas? ¿Qué te llamó la atención? Yo nací en sierra Leona que, como sabes, es un país que ha sufrido mucho. Después de la guerra civil, me…

Everyone knows that implementation of commitments is at the core of the Open Government Partnership (OGP)’s mission for transformational reforms. However, more than a third of commitments reviewed to date by the Independent Reporting Mechanism have not been implemented. For…

Sanjay Pradhan – Opening Panel Remarks at GPSA Forum 2017 This is a tale of two partnerships – the Global Partnership of Social Accountability (GPSA) and the Open Government Partnership (OGP).  Both had their origins in 2011.  And they had…

Hace algunas semanas, OGP inició una campaña a favor de la reconstrucción de la confianza en el gobierno que inició con un evento en la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas donde lanzamos el documento: La Lucha por Recobrar la…

A few weeks ago, OGP began a sustained campaign on rebuilding trust in government, kicking it off with an event at UNGA where we launched Trust: The Fight to Win it Back, and where leaders from government and civil society…

Hello everyone! If you haven’t been following our blog, we recently organized the Open & Shut Conference, where we brought together a group of experts and open data practitioners to discuss the challenges and opportunities posed by open data in…