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Summary: Communities in North Santander (Colombia) do not have access to information on climate and environment strategies that could help improve their quality of life. This commitment would help fill this gap by training young leaders to promote sustainable development in the department. Read more here

Summary: There are delays in judicial processes in Costa Rica, which has led to a backlog of court cases. To address this, the Judiciary committed to reducing the backlog by publishing all court case data on a centralized platform. This will allow the public to monitor progress. Read more here

Summary: Ukraine passed a new lobbying law that aligns with the European Code of Conduct on Good Lobbying. To implement the law, the government will create new lobbying regulations and launch a publicly accessible Transparency Register. Read more here

Summary: In Finland, more work is needed to increase trust through expanding the number of participants in national policy-making discussions. Under this commitment, government and civil society will collaborate to increase participation in national dialogues and make it easier to shape policies based on public input. Read more here

Summary: Ukraine's 2021-2025 Anti-Corruption Strategy identifies 15 priority areas with a high risk of corruption. This commitment will tackle 73 identified problems across the priority areas. A crucial tool for success is a new monitoring platform. Read more here

Summary: To scale up programs that increase access to justice, Costa Rica ran a pilot program to implement open justice activities in four courts, such as public dialogues and open data initiatives. Read more here

Summary: To date, there has not been a national-level strategy to protect and expand civic space. To fill this gap, the government will create a national strategy for civic space to guarantee the rights to assembly, association, and expression. Read more here

Summary: Infrastructure projects are key to improving people’s lives and increasing economic growth. To leverage the power of these investments, Brazil committed to addressing the lack of transparency and enhancing CSO collaboration in the public procurement of federal infrastructure projects. The government will apply open contracting principles to these projects by improving the public procurement portal and disclosing information for all projects, alongside the creation of a permanent space for dialogue with members of the public. Read more here

Summary: The residents of Kamianets Podilskiy do not currently have a simple way to submit information requests to the City Council. This commitment would fill this gap by gathering public input on a centralized website for information requests and building the new site. Read more here

Summary: Santiago de Cali (Colombia) does not have enough competition in its public procurement process. The government will build a tool to centralize and publish contracting data and increase outreach to new bidders in the community. Read more here

Summary: The government aims to increase effective public participation in decision-making by creating an updated knowledge agenda through its Knowledge Hub for Participation. Read more here

Summary: The Council of State is the highest court for administrative issues. To become more transparent and accountable, the Judiciary will use plain language in judicial decisions for key topics and consult with the public on priority information to release, among other activities. Read more here

Summary: This commitment aims to ensure the public can understand what the Constitutional Court does and how its rulings can help protect their rights. Thus, the Judiciary aims to increase the public’s understanding of the court’s work, especially for youth and Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities. Read more here

Summary: The government wants to strengthen the connection between the public sector and citizens to encourage innovation across the territories in Colombia. The commitment will co-create a strategy that will help establish a National Network for Public Innovation and Knowledge Management. Read more here

Summary: The government of Valle de Cauca (Colombia) wants to build trust by making it easier for members of the public to participate in its decision-making process and to monitor policy implementation. The government will co-create a new public policy by hosting workshops with the public. Read more here

Summary: The government wants to expand the scope of the data published on its current public procurement platform to fully implement a new contracting law. The government will simplify the format of how data is published on the site to ensure all of the data is easily accessible. Read more here

Summary: Members of the public feel disconnected from the justice system, which erodes trust and limits access to it. The Supreme Court and the Public Defender Office will improve access to justice through multi-stakeholder initiatives to engage with local communities and increase public participation in conflict resolution. Read more here

Summary: The government will run a public consultation process to draft a Participatory Implementation Plan to implement the Escazú Agreement. Once finalized, the government will promote the new plan and conduct outreach about the agreement. Read more here

Summary: The government committed to consulting the public on a roadmap to implement the FiTI Standard, with a focus on identifying current gaps in fisheries transparency and proposing a way forward to increase the publication of information related to this sector. Read more here

Summary: North Macedonia has been working to improve the transparency of public procurement data and politically exposed persons, but more work needs to be done to increase beneficial ownership transparency so that these datasets can be jointly used to curb corruption. The commitment aims to publish the owners of companies that have bid on or won public procurement contracts. Read more here

Summary: Quintana Roo does not currently have territorial or ecological planning programs, which make it more difficult to implement a plan for sustainable development in the state. To fill this gap, the government will co-create an environmental governance plan with citizens as part of its long-term sustainable development strategy. Read more here

Summary: Legal loopholes make public procurement vulnerable to corruption. To address this, Malawi has begun to strengthen its legal frameworks on public procurement and beneficial ownership and create an online procurement system that uses beneficial ownership data. Read more here

Summary: Women are under-represented in the public sector across all levels of government and in the private sector. Parliament passed an Affirmative Action bill, which will help improve gender equality in the country once it is signed by the President. Read more here

Summary: The government will collaborate with civil society to conduct a human rights assessment of existing legislation on misinformation and disinformation while protecting free speech, alongside fact-checking, media literacy, and public education initiatives. Read more here

Summary: The government committed to monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the 2023 amendment to its law on access to information, including by training members of the public on this topic as well as government officials on how to enforce the law and developing an e-Democracy platform that allows one window for ATI requests and responses. Read more here

Summary: Moldova wants to increase the quality of consultations with the public, especially civil society representatives, by institutionalizing public participation in policy-making. The government committed to establishing and enhancing permanent consultation spaces for the public to provide feedback on issues in the public interest and revamp the e-consultation portal. Read more here

Summary: Currently, there is no federal framework for public participation and community engagement in the United States. Looking ahead, the government will create a new framework to strengthen current public participation activities led by the federal government and to provide support for agencies. Read more here

Summary: The government created a new National Anti-Corruption Policy, which aims to improve coordination between agencies and increase public participation and public-private partnerships to fight corruption in Mexico. Read more here

Summary: Gender-based violence is the most reported crime in the country, with roots in social and economic inequalities. In this commitment, the government will strengthen its institutional processes to better prevent and address violence against women. Read more here

Summary: Armenia recently created comprehensive rules to regulate the acceptance of gifts by public officials. The government plans to create a unified, public register for the automatic declaration of gifts, which will be checked for compliance. Read more here

Summary: Reconstruction is a priority for Ukraine, but the process should be transparent and responsive to citizens' needs. This commitment involves developing regulations to scale up and test the DREAM platform and train users on how to use it to monitor reconstruction projects. All data is collected and published in accordance with the Open Contracting Data Standard. Read more here

Summary: More work needs to be done to make public participation a standard practice in the Italian government. This commitment will address this by co-creating new national guidelines on public participation. Read more here

Summary: The need for greater transparency and trust are key issues for Chileans, especially following recent high-profile corruption cases. The government will implement a co-created, national public integrity strategy that focuses on over 200 measures to promote beneficial ownership transparency, public participation, open contracting, and budget transparency. Read more here

Summary: Public procurement is vulnerable to corruption in Mexico. To address this, the government will create a digital platform to standardize contract data disclosure and increase competition in public procurement. Read more here

Summary: Women in Honduras have a low rate of representation in leadership roles throughout the public sector. To address this, the government will host civil society dialogues and publish gender-disaggregated data on public administration jobs in an open format. Read more here

Summary: There is limited access to reliable, complete and comparable data on contracts and infrastructure projects in Honduras. This commitment will make this data more accessible by publishing information on the entire project cycle. The government also aims to raise public awareness of this data to promote citizen monitoring and control of public infrastructure projects. Read more here

Summary: Quintana Roo faces several justice challenges, such as the lack of checks and balances, access to justice, and regulatory oversight in the state. To address this, the government will co-create a new strategy to strengthen the rule of law to improve people's daily lives and better allocate resources. Read more here

Summary: Many government documents in the Netherlands are not findable, accessible, interoperable, or reusable, which makes it more difficult for agencies to comply with information requests. This commitment would help agencies publish their documents in this manner. Read more here

Summary: On August 2025, parliament adopted a landmark law on access to information. Building on its passage, the government committed to conducting public outreach to support its adoption and creating an independent agency to implement its requirements. Read more here

Summary: Residents of Yerba Buena cannot access complete and timely information on public works projects, which makes it difficult to monitor progress. To address this, the municipality will create a digital platform to publish key information on such projects (such as the timeline, funding, and companies contracted to do the work) in an open format that follows the Open Contracting Data Standard. Read more here

Summary: In response to civil society advocacy, the government will evaluate and revise its access to information law. Key activities include assessing the effectiveness and implementation of the law, consulting the public on the proposed changes, and drafting an amendment for approval. Read more here

Summary: CSOs in Morocco currently face challenges to operating effectively, such as difficulties in accessing public funds and limited engagement in public consultations. The government will create new legal frameworks to facilitate public funding for CSOs, improve their capacity, and increase engagement on public policy-making. Read more here

Summary: Morocco is working to revise the Press and Publishing Code for the media sector to align this legal framework with international standards and reflect the evolving needs of journalists and publishers. As part of this process, the government carried out consultations to inform these revisions and will aim to publish the draft laws for public comment and pass the new legislation. Read more here

Summary: Vulnerable groups, especially those in rural areas, experience significant challenges in accessing justice. The government will address this by creating an open justice policy that would publish judicial information in plain language, train judges and staff, and create a centralized website with information on where to find courts and other key information. Read more here

Summary: The government aims to mainstream participation in public policy by establishing interministerial coordination of participation, revitalising engagement with civil society, consolidating use of the Participative Brazil Platform, and establishing participatory forums in all of Brazil's federal states and the Federal District. Read more here

Summary: In Bogotá (Colombia), traditional forms of participation have not yet succeeded in shaping major public debates. As a result, the government will work with civil society and academia to establish a program of Deliberative Citizens’ Assemblies, an innovative form of participation that brings together a random sampling of residents to deliberate on important societal issues. Read more here

Summary: To increase public trust in its work, the Superior Court of Justice in Buenos Aires committed to proactively publishing information related to its work, such as the deadlines and content of its rulings, in an open data format. Read more here

Summary: Public procurement is vulnerable to corruption, especially as Costa Rica is currently carrying out 502 public infrastructure projects. To mitigate this risk, the Comptroller General of the Republic committed to launching the Artificial Intelligence Device for Recognition and Alerts (dIAra) platform. The platform will publish open data on public works projects and help the government collaborate with civil society to monitor progress and increase accountability. Read more here

Summary: Guatemala needs a legal framework to identify beneficial owners, link beneficial ownership data to the public procurement process, and create bodies to enforce regulations. The creation of this framework, a beneficial ownership register, and a process to share information will allow the government to better detect financial crimes and build public trust. Read more here

Summary: Mongolia recently amended its law on political parties to strengthen political finance transparency and oversight. Because the new law requires semi-annual reporting of political finances, the General Election Commission will develop an online platform to collect and publish these reports for efficient review and conduct training sessions to ensure all relevant actors can use the platform. Read more here

Summary: In 2023, the city of Baguio in the Philippines established a People's Council, a platform for civil society organizations to engage with the city government. In its latest action plan, the city committed to formalizing the role and resources of the council and conducting training to ensure that CSO representatives meaningfully participate in government decision-making. Read more here

Summary: As part of its National Recovery and Resilience Plan, Italy aims to identify and mitigate the risk of bias in the use of AI systems used in public administration. Through national dialogues, the government will work with civil society to raise awareness of AI-related risks, help monitor risks and discrimination, and co-create how the public sector uses AI. Read more here

Summary: In Barranquilla (Colombia), the government wants to build trust by improving public participation in decision-making. The government aims to form a multi-disciplinary team to lead this commitment, which will create virtual and in-person spaces for public participation and raise awareness on proactive transparency and accountability. Read more here

Summary: In Sierra Leone, the government has identified public administration issues and complaints and wants to address them in a faster, more efficient way. To do this, Sierra Leone will amend the existing Ombudsman Act and enact its regulations. To ensure the public’s needs are reflected, the government will conduct focus group discussions and public consultations to shape these legal updates and provide training to build staff capacity in the Ombudsman Office. Read more here

Summary: The city of Larena in the Philippines has experienced delays in implementing public projects due to issues with its public procurement process. To address this, the city committed to creating an oversight team to conduct a procurement assessment and co-create an action plan with key stakeholders to drive improvements. Read more here

Summary: The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) of Korea has five different laws that govern anti-corruption, each with different protections for those reporting violations. The government committed to amending its current legal framework to ensure consistency in the financial support and protections that whistleblowers receive and expanding the list of violations that fall under the category of public interest whistleblowing. This commitment also includes outreach to explain these legal changes and the publication of data on whistleblowing cases on the Integrity Portal. Read more here

Summary: Quezon City in the Philippines has been working to improve public participation in its annual budgeting process, especially to better engage with vulnerable communities. Through this commitment, the city committed to inviting civil society representatives to help shape the new budget, as well as hosting training sessions and workshops to allow participants to better understand how the process works. Read more here

Summary: In Quezon City (Philippines), civil society organizations (CSOs) that belong to the People's Council have limited capacity, which hinders their participation in city governance. To address this, the city committed to allocating more funding to the People's Council, involving the body in the accreditation of new CSOs, and creating a program to identify the needs of CSOs and provide capacity training. Read more here

Summary: The municipality of Ondiongan in the Philippines piloted the engagement of citizens in two internal audits in 2024, as part of an effort to improve public participation in the budget process and increase transparency and accountability. Under this commitment, the government would pass an ordinance to create a Citizen Participatory Internal Audit unit under the Municipal Internal Audit Services and invest in training new citizen auditors to join the program. Read more here

Summary: Building on previous pilots, Madrid (Spain) committed to scaling up THIVIC, its public participation lab, to create permanent spaces in person and online for the City Council and members of the public to identify problems and solutions for the city. THIVIC will also serve as a repository for good practices and conduct training sessions for city council members on innovative public services. Read more here

Summary: Aragón (Spain) is a sparsely populated region with an aging population that experiences isolation and difficulty in accessing government services. The city committed to building on its existing outreach to its elderly residents by running workshops to improve their digital literacy and citizen labs to co-create projects to meet their needs. Read more here

Summary: Though Bar (Montenegro) has legal requirements to involve citizens in the municipality’s decision-making processes, public participation rates are currently low. This commitment aims to increase participation, especially among vulnerable and under-represented groups like young people, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ communities, through the use of a participatory budgeting process. Read more here

Summary: To combat climate change, Kakamega County (Kenya) committed to investing Sh5 billion in climate-related activities over the next five years and has created ward committees with citizens and a technical working group to support community-level actions, such as distributing bicycles and planting trees. Read more here

Summary: Tarkwa Nsuaem (Ghana) is rich in natural resources. Protecting these resources requires strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change and build resilience in the municipality. The municipal government committed to co-creating initiatives with a diverse set of community members, such as conducting a climate risk assessment, making a Climate Action Plan, and promoting sustainable farming and mining practices. Read more here

Summary: The United States does not have federal-level legislation to regulate artificial intelligence. Austin aims to fill this gap at the city level by co-creating a framework to ensure accountability and protections against the harms of AI. This framework would allow the city government to assess AI tools under consideration for purchase and use to understand their structure, potential for bias, and mitigation measures. City officials and residents would also be able to report errors, bias, and abuse resulting from the use of such tools. Read more here

Summary: As part of its Transparency and Corruption Prevention Strategy, the city of Lisbon (Portugal) committed to evaluating its city’s compliance and effective implementation of the access to information law. Through this evaluation, the city aims to identify areas for improvement in the process of managing citizen requests for information and proactively publishing information online. Read more here

Summary: Navarra (Spain) committed to creating a Citizen Assembly on Climate Change with members that represent the diversity of the province. The assembly will work with experts to prepare recommendations for the regional government as part of an effort to co-create climate change policies. Read more here

Summary: As a participant in the global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, the province of Navarra (Spain) has coordinated the creation of municipal-level plans to better mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change as well as address energy poverty. The province is publicly monitoring municipalities’ progress in implementing these plans and aims to continue this work after the project period ends. Read more here

Summary: Residents in Kakamega County (Kenya) can face challenges in participating in government decision-making, especially young people, women, and people with disabilities. The county government committed to creating decentralized meeting spaces, digital platforms, and a permanent forum for public feedback to make it easier for people to participate. Read more here

Summary: Though the government of San Jerónimo (Guatemala) requires public participation as part of its municipal code, more needs to be done to involve citizens in decision-making. Through this commitment, the municipal government aims to increase public participation in the budgeting process. Read more here

Summary: Civil society and the government of Córdoba (Argentina) have recognized the need to update the province’s current Access to Information law in alignment with the national-level law published in 2016. In this commitment, the government aims to co-create and table a new bill for the province to ensure the accurate and timely publication of information. Read more here

Summary: To increase public engagement with government data, the State of Goiás (Brazil) committed to improving its transparency tools and engaging its residents on this issue. Activities under this commitment include creating an open data plan, implementing a policy to actively disclose data, and hosting hackathons to raise awareness with members of the public. Read more here

Summary: Residents in Santiago (Chile) want greater transparency into how the government operates, from decision-making processes to the allocation of public funds. To align itself with the national law, the government of Santiago committed to improving access to information through activities such as evaluating its current disclosure practices and publishing a guide on proactive transparency for elected government officials. Read more here

Summary: Côte d’Ivoire does not have a specific legal framework to protect whistleblowers from threats or reprisals in the workplace, which can discourage reporting of misconduct. The government has begun drafting a bill to address this gap and will host workshops and discussions to shape the new protections and draft a guide to support whistleblowers. Read more here

Summary: In Nairobi (Kenya), the county government committed to using the Open Contracting Data Standard to digitize its procurement process, centralize all procurement information in a single place, and publish key contracting information in an open data format. The government also aims to train procurement officers and members of the public on how to monitor public procurement data and create channels to receive public feedback on potential violations. Read more here

Summary: The Tangier, Tétouan, and al Hoceima region of Morocco is experiencing water scarcity and the need to switch to renewable energy sources, both of which impact food security. To address this, the regional government committed to creating a consultative body with civil society to monitor the implementation of a regional climate strategy. It will also organize training sessions for local farmers on sustainable agricultural practices. Read more here

Summary: Yoff (Senegal) is experiencing a low level of community buy-in on government projects due to limited public engagement in the budgeting process. The government committed to training citizens on participatory budgeting and will lead a participatory budgeting session to get public input on how funds should be allocated. Read more here

Summary: In Nairobi (Kenya), the municipal government wants to improve the regulations and structures for public participation to ensure that members of the public can have a say in policy-making. The government aims to undertake several activities, such as developing clear guidelines for public participation, running ward-level events to reach more people, and increasing the accessibility of participation platforms. Read more here

Summary: In Elgeyo Marakwet (Kenya), special interest groups such as young people, women, and people with disabilities have difficulty applying for public procurement opportunities. The government committed to updating its procurement portal to list opportunities reserved for special interest groups and providing support for these bidders through annual meetings and training materials to ensure the municipality awards at least 30 percent of public contracts to these groups. Read more here

Summary: Elgeyo Marakwet (Kenya) wants to increase the participation of special interest groups, such as young people, women, and people with disabilities, in government decision-making. To do this, the government committed to creating public and digital public participation spaces for continuous public consultation, along with efforts to conduct training and outreach to specific groups to include them in the budgeting process and other participation initiatives. Read more here

Summary: To increase its tax revenue and better allocate its public funds, Elgeyo Marakwet committed to improving its fiscal monitoring and evaluation processes. For example, it aims to formalize its existing multi-stakeholder Project Management Committees by embedding it in the country government and to provide increased training on monitoring and evaluation and clearer guidelines on public participation. Read more here

Summary: In Metsamor (Armenia), young people are active in the community but lack opportunities to influence decision-making. The government committed to creating a Young Ambassadors Network and a municipal advisory body, which will allow youth representatives to participate in policy-making. The government will also provide leadership training and develop a policy to better integrate the perspectives of young people into local governance. Read more here

Summary: To combat inequality in Contagem, the government committed to creating a Municipal and Favela Council, where elected councilors will provide a space to co-create solutions with residents, especially those from vulnerable groups. The government also launched the Decide Contagem platform, which allows residents to identify necessary areas for improvement. Read more here

Summary: The government in Asturias (Spain) committed to co-creating a new law to improve public participation in decision-making. The goal of the new law is to create permanent co-creation processes for government initiatives, to ensure the participation of civil society and members of the public. Read more here

Summary: To address the needs of vulnerable groups in Pichincha (Ecuador), the provincial government committed to creating two roundtables—one for women and one for LGBTQIA+ communities—to exchange information and develop public policies. These roundtables will be permanent spaces for public participation. Read more here

Summary: The city of Zviahel (Ukraine) committed to expanding its existing participatory budgeting process for public school funds. Under this commitment, the city council aims to train teachers and students on how the budgeting process works, with an emphasis on including students with special needs to ensure their voices are heard. The city of Orzhytsia will undertake a similar reform and will help support this commitment. Read more here

Summary: In Orzhytsia (Ukraine), students have limited opportunities to participate in government decision-making. The city council committed to creating a digital platform for students to propose and vote on projects to improve their schools, which will allow them to contribute to the school budgeting process. The city of Zviahel will help support Orzhytsia’s work based on its experience with this type of reform. Read more here

Summary: The city of Kyiv (Ukraine) built five public participation spaces, known as “VCentri Hubs,” where residents can use for coworking, hosting events, accessing free legal and psychological services, and participating in public decision-making. The government committed to building more VCentri Hubs to ensure that each district in the city has access to these spaces. Read more here

Summary: Currently, there are no formal rules governing the recruitment, payment, and training of citizens who join public participation initiatives. The government aims to create a legal status for citizens to allow them to get time off from work to participate and to receive payment for their time, which will help improve the level of representation in such deliberative processes. Read more here

Summary: In the State of Goiás (Brazil), the government wants to co-create the design of new civic audits, which will allow citizens to monitor how public funds are spent. Through this commitment, the government aims to create a certification program for citizen auditors, including a special initiative to encourage students to participate in the audits. Read more here

Summary: As part of its climate work, Navarra (Spain) committed to co-creating a governance framework to promote multi-stakeholder collaboration to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The framework aims to raise awareness of the SDGs, increase public participation in SDG-related policies through workshops and events, and create inclusive, participatory spaces both on and offline. Read more here

Summary: In the Valencian Community (Spain), the government has passed regulations to promote civic participation and the freedom of association for civil society organizations. In this commitment, the government committed to enacting the new regulations, which aim to increase the role of civil society in public decision-making. Read more here

Summary: Machakos County (Kenya) wants to increase citizen engagement in governance and policy-making among vulnerable groups—particularly youth, women, and people with disabilities. To overcome a lack of awareness and accessibility challenges, the government committed to live-stream public forums, launch a citizen feedback portal, and upgrade the Machakos Call Centre to respond to citizens in real time. Read more here

Summary: Climate change is threatening the forests and water resources across Drâa-Tafilalet, Oriental, Souss-Massa, and Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra. These four regions committed to co-creating and implementing a regional climate strategy in collaboration with civil society to raise public awareness of these issues and develop community projects to address them. This commitment also aims to train and support women environmental leaders. Read more here

Summary: Climate change is threatening the forests and water resources across Drâa-Tafilalet, Oriental, Souss-Massa, and Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra. These four regions committed to co-creating and implementing a regional climate strategy in collaboration with civil society to raise public awareness of these issues and develop community projects to address them. This commitment also aims to train and support women environmental leaders. Read more here

Summary: Climate change is threatening the forests and water resources across Drâa-Tafilalet, Oriental, Souss-Massa, and Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra. These four regions committed to co-creating and implementing a regional climate strategy in collaboration with civil society to raise public awareness of these issues and develop community projects to address them. This commitment also aims to train and support women environmental leaders. Read more here

Summary: Climate change is threatening the forests and water resources across Drâa-Tafilalet, Oriental, Souss-Massa, and Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra. These four regions committed to co-creating and implementing a regional climate strategy in collaboration with civil society to raise public awareness of these issues and develop community projects to address them. This commitment also aims to train and support women environmental leaders. Read more here

Summary: The Local Government Unit of Bula (Philippines) aims to increase public participation in the entire budgeting process, with a special focus on including vulnerable groups who do not participate through formal civil society organizations (CSOs). The LGU will partner with CSOs to design, implement, and evaluate projects under the budget, create a channel to collect public input on the results of these projects through the Municipal Talakayan platform, and strengthen the capacity of CSOs through its CSO Academy. Read more here

Summary: To combat corruption, the government of Cajamarca (Peru) committed to implementing a “public integrity model” in its regional headquarters to mobilize the regional anti-corruption council and involve members of the public and groups like the private sector in monitoring and addressing integrity issues. Read more here

Summary: The Philippines dedicated about USD 25 billion in its 2024 budget for infrastructure development. To better monitor these projects and ensure they meet community needs, the government committed to creating a body made up of the national government, local governments, and CSOs. Participating CSOs will receive accreditation and will be selected through a competitive, transparent process. Read more here

Summary: Though the Philippines has passed almost 90 local ordinances to protect the right to information (RTI), implementation remains uneven. To address this, the government committed to hosting multi-stakeholder consultations, participatory design workshops, and policy dialogues to co-create a new RTI framework that is sensitive to different local contexts. With this framework, local governments can better implement their local ordinances. Read more here

Summary: In Nandi (Kenya), women, youth, and people with disabilities face exclusion from public life. The government committed to developing a county-level Access to Information policy, conducting more effective outreach through ward-level information desks and channels like radio and SMS, and producing materials in accessible, multilingual formats. The government will also publish disaggregated data related to these groups in an open format to better understand service gaps. Read more here

Summary: To ensure members of the public can access climate data, especially on climate finance, the Philippines committed to updating two existing climate portals to make them more user-friendly through data visualizations and geo-tagged data. The updates also include the creation of a feedback channel that allows citizens to submit input, report issues, and track responses from government agencies. Read more here

Summary: Building on its efforts to involve citizens in the annual budget process, the government of Kaduna State (Nigeria) committed to creating a Citizens’ Participatory Audit framework to involve members of the public and CSOs in the annual auditing process. Following the completion of the audits, the government will publish both technical and user-friendly reports to make it easier for members of the public to understand audit outcomes and monitor recommended reforms. Read more here

Summary: To address several threats posed by climate change, the government of Kaduna State (Nigeria) committed to implementing a Climate Action Plan. The plan focuses on environmental degradation, inadequate waste management, climate governance gaps, impacts on vulnerable communities, and pollution. Actions include the promotion of sustainable practices in energy and agriculture and the reduction of carbon emissions. Read more here

Summary: Despite significant reforms in 2017, long-standing justice issues like arbitrary arrest, prolonged detention without trial, and torture persist in Kaduna State (Nigeria). The government committed to improving coordination and accountability among actors in the justice system by reactivating the Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Committee and training justice officials and CSOs on understanding and supporting the rights of detainees. Read more here

Summary: In Guadalajara de Buga (Colombia), the mayor’s office committed to updating the “Women, Equity and Development” municipal agreement, which takes a holistic view of the challenges women face, including health, education, employment, and economic independence. Actions include mainstreaming gender into policies and allocating resources to support the creation of programs, in line with the city’s broader strategy to address the needs of women and the LGBTQIA+ population. Read more here

Summary: In line with its existing National Artificial Intelligence Policy, Colombia committed to co-creating a new governance model for AI that promotes better cooperation between public and private sectors, academia and civil society to ensure the responsible and ethical development of this technology. Through multi-stakeholder dialogues, the government aims to create a model that includes clearly defined roles and responsibilities for implementation by the end of 2025. Read more here

Summary: Building on past efforts to increase the inclusion of women, youth, and people with disabilities in public life, Nandi (Kenya) committed to implementing new initiatives to involve these groups in decision-making and build their economic independence. Actions include allocating budget lines for inclusive programs and procurement opportunities, disaggregating data for better monitoring of impact, and launching outreach programs to raise awareness of services. Read more here

Summary: Building on its current action plan, the United Kingdom aims to centralize public procurement data collected through the new Procurement Act into publicly available dashboards. The dashboards will make it easier to track Open Contracting Partnership red flag indicators and other key metrics, allowing civil society and government oversight bodies to monitor contracts across the procurement cycle. Read more here

Summary: The Valencian Community (Spain) aims to institutionalize a Municipal Governance Network to promote collaboration, knowledge exchange, and joint learning of participatory practices and transparency tools at the municipal level. The government will do this by creating a network of participatory spaces. Read more here

Summary: In Agadir (Morocco), neighborhood-level concerns are not always taken into account in municipal decisions, despite existing mechanisms of citizen engagement. Agadir committed to establishing neighborhood committees to better represent local voices by awareness campaigns to encourage participation, training for committee members to effectively share ideas, and a digital platform to support communication between citizens and the municipality. Read more here

Summary: Young people in Liberia, especially those in rural areas, face barriers to participating in policy-making due to limited access to digital tools and resources. To close this gap, the government is launching a national program to strengthen youth civic engagement. The initiative will establish digital youth hubs across the country, create an open data platform for youth input in policy-making, and deliver capacity-building programs to enhance digital literacy. Read more here

Summary: To strengthen accountability in the use of artificial intelligence, Buenos Aires (Argentina) is co-creating a guide on algorithmic transparency in automated decision-making. The guide will outline principles, recommendations, and practical tools to improve oversight of automated systems used by the government. The guide will also inform a training program for government staff focused on the ethical and transparent use of AI in the public sector. The reform is designed to be replicable in other jurisdictions. Read more here

Summary: To counter limited civic engagement, Banská Bystrica (Slovak Republic) is establishing a participation lab to strengthen open government at the local level. This will serve as a space for education, experimentation, and collaboration between citizens and the municipality, focusing on building the capacity of civil servants in facilitation, co-creation, and depolarization strategies, while developing a knowledge base, community of practice, and guidelines to institutionalize participatory practices. Read more here

Summary: Guelmim Oued Noun (Morocco) committed to launching a regional initiative to increase local ownership of environmental projects and public trust. Through regular public consultations, open data platforms, and participatory monitoring systems, the government aims to design, implement, and evaluate environmental projects in collaboration with a diverse group of stakeholders, which will improve their coordination and sustainability. Read more here

Summary: Mérida (Mexico) committed to updating its existing law on public participation with the goal of reducing barriers to participation and institutionalizing mechanisms to ensure inclusive, effective engagement with citizens. The new law, which the city hopes to publish by the end of the commitment period, would also set aside space of indigenous and Afro-Mexican communities to participate. The government also aims to launch a digital platform to increase accessibility. Read more here

Summary: To promote accountability in public decision-making, the Valencian Community is creating a public algorithmic registry to provide accessible information on the use of algorithmic and artificial intelligence systems by the government. The tool is designed to ensure transparency and promote trust by offering information in plain language, available in both official languages of the region. Read more here

Summary: The Oriental region of Morocco is experiencing complex environmental degradation. To address this, the government committed to creating a representative regional council of civil society and environmental experts to study this issue and encourage public engagement to create innovative solutions. Activities include cataloging good practices in environmental protection and adaptation, especially related to water and forests, as well as using a gender sensitive approach to developing programs and strategies. Read more here

Summary: Albania committed to developing a user-friendly open budget platform to make financial data more accessible and understandable to citizens. The platform will proactively publish real-time, machine-readable information on public spending, alongside tools such as dashboards and comparisons between planned and actual spending. Designed for continuous updates, the platform will include improved interoperability with other government systems. Read more here

Summary: To tackle corruption, Peñalolén (Chile) committed to two reforms: institutionalizing integrity reforms and disclosing budget information in a more accessible, participatory way. The integrity reforms will involve creating an ethics committee of municipal representatives, a three-year integrity plan, and an ethics complaints process. The budget reforms include a public consultation process to identify citizen priorities for data publication as well as in-person feedback activities to monitor the budget, with a focus on marginalized groups. Read more here

Summary: In Mongolia, people with disabilities, especially those living in rural areas, often experience human rights violations that go unreported and unaddressed. The government committed to enforcing human rights reporting requirements for provincial and district governments each year, alongside parallel reports from CSOs. It will also create a working group to assess these reports and provide recommendations to local officials on how to improve the lives of their residents with disabilities, along with outreach efforts to increase CSO participation. Read more here

Summary: Building on an initiative to pilot participatory budgeting in four districts, Zagreb (Croatia) is expanding this policy to include the entire city. The government committed to improving the existing digital platform, where residents can propose, vote on, and monitor local projects, giving them a direct role in shaping their communities. The commitment includes training for city staff in deliberative practices and community engagement. Read more here

Summary: To improve public trust in government, Canada wants to improve its processes to give citizens a greater say in policy-making. The government committed to piloting a tool to assess how six departments use public participation in their work, with the goal of creating plans to improve their practices. Based on data and feedback collected from the pilot, Canada aims to develop a scalable approach to public participation for the rest of government. Read more here

Summary: Building on its existing open contracting platform for infrastructure investments, Jalisco (Mexico) committed to establishing multi-stakeholder Oversight Committees to conduct social audits of selected public works projects. The trained committees will verify the contract information uploaded to the platform, monitor compliance with contract terms, conduct field visits to construction sites, and submit evaluation reports on their findings that will be forwarded to the Comptroller’s Office when violations occur. Read more here

Summary: In Romania, citizen participation in decision-making remains low, largely due to limited local capacity and resources. To address this, the government committed to launching at least three pilot programs to co-create municipal-level action plans and test innovative public participation mechanisms tailored to local needs. The initiative will also produce a national guidance package and establish a peer-learning network to document lessons learned and scale up the program. Read more here

Summary: To increase meaningful public participation in fiscal management, Uasin Gishu County (Kenya) plans to launch an online portal that will publish real-time, easy-to-understand budget and contracting information, alongside a better revenue collection system. The government also committed to creating a multi-stakeholder County Budget and Economic Forum, increasing public input through inclusive ward-level forums, and training civil society on budget oversight. Read more here

Summary: Though Kenya digitized its judicial system in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, people continue to experience technical and structural barriers to access justice. The government committed to creating a new framework to address these barriers, such as publishing all hearing transcripts, judge-assignment logs, and conflict of interest reports and audits, including major Kenyan languages in hearings, and automating some processes to lighten judges’ administrative burdens. Read more here

Summary: Portugal is experiencing low participation and public distrust in institutions. To respond, the government committed to improving the existing national public participation platform by defining a new strategic vision, conducting public consultations, and developing new features for citizens to contribute to decision-making and monitoring, with a focus on youth and other marginalized groups. The commitment also includes outreach to increase platform use and support for civic participation projects that integrate digital tools. Read more here

Summary: To make policy-making and budget decisions more participatory and inclusive, Machakos County (Kenya) is launching an AI-powered budget platform, accessible via WhatsApp, to expand public access to budget and policy information. Designed to complement existing in-person engagement channels, the platform will present information in a user-friendly format to increase public understanding and allow citizens to vote on budget priorities. Read more here

Summary: To address concerns about undisclosed AI use and limited human oversight, the government will launch a public register of AI systems used across the Scottish public sector. The register will clearly state each system’s purpose, the data it uses, the decisions it supports, the safeguards and human review in place, and a contact point for questions. It will also function as a governance and knowledge-sharing platform for teams developing AI solutions. Read more here

Summary: Citizens in Tangier (Morocco) have limited access to information about the city’s budget and few avenues to participate in decision-making outside of formal consultations. The government committed to launching an inclusive participatory budgeting process through the creation of an online platform and in-person sessions to increase accessibility. The budget process will also set aside a specific quota to fund projects targeting women, youth, and other marginalized groups. Read more here

Summary: After receiving a two-year loan for 3.5 trillion pesos, Santiago de Cali (Colombia) committed to expanding a transparency platform on investment projects to include real-time data on the status of the loan, the projects financed, and their outcomes. Through this platform, citizens can monitor the loan, which will finance 35 projects in infrastructure, health, and housing, among others. The government will also train residents on financial literacy to improve participation in monitoring. Read more here

Summary: Between 2024 and 2025, Guatemala will invest billions of quetzals in over 2,600 projects managed by Departmental Development Councils. To prevent these funds from being diverted due to corruption, the government committed to increasing public oversight of these investments through social audits. Through a trained citizen monitory body and an investigative journalism initiative to track progress of 40 projects, the government will publish data on the audits in an open format, with a focus on monitoring the public contracting process. Read more here

Summary: Currently, Barranquilla (Colombia) does not have a single, up-to-date portal to assess social and environmental projects, which makes it difficult to track progress towards the SDGs or access climate financing. To address this, the government committed to building a platform to centralize clear, real-time data on all district projects that uses the internationally validated “green taxonomy” methodology to track how public funds are spent and the impact of projects, in line with reporting standards of the OECD, UN, and SDGs. Read more here

Summary: Though the Court of Justice of the State of Minas Gerais publishes all data required under Brazil’s access to information law, its fragmented presentation and technical language make it difficult to understand. The government committed to using easy-to-understand language, visualizations, and glossaries to help users navigate the data, conducting usability research and navigation testing, and developing a communications plan to raise awareness among the general public. Read more here

Summary: Bolívar (Colombia) wants to co-create a participatory governance model for a circular economy, which aims to reduce waste and keep resources in use for as long as possible. In this model, members of the public, especially those from marginalized groups, will actively participate in defining priorities, implementing solutions, and monitoring results. The government committed to creating at least five participation spaces in priority territories and a public tool for monitoring circular economy projects. Read more here

Summary: Mendoza (Argentina) will launch a digital participatory budget program to increase public engagement in decision-making. The city committed to creating an open source, digital platform to allow residents to present, debate, prioritize, and vote on public investment proposals with a focus on improving Mendoza’s urban, social, or cultural environment. The city will dedicate a portion of its budget (600 million pesos) to funding these projects in the first year. Read more here

Summary: In Costa Rica, there is low citizen participation in decision-making due to mistrust of public institutions and a lack of clear information. To address this, the government is working with civil society to co-create a participatory framework for restorative justice. The initiative will establish permanent spaces for dialogue, active listening, and shared decision-making in the design and evaluation of justice policies, all of which can help increase accountability. Read more here

Summary: Though the national audit office carries out an annual process to assess the performance of territorial comptrollers, this data is not easy to access and is not sufficiently analyzed. The government committed to periodically analyzing these reports and updating the findings on a public dashboard that automatically visualizes the most recent results. It also aims to train territorial comptrollers on how to use the new dashboard to apply the audit findings to their work. Read more here

Summary: To make it easier for citizens to submit and track right to information (RTI) requests, Ghana committed to launching a centralized portal that would digitize the process for the first time. This would reduce barriers to access and streamline the process across all public institutions. The government would also be able to collect real-time data on agency compliance with RTI requests, which would help the oversight body evaluate performance and propose reforms Read more here

Summary: Though Nuevo León (Mexico) currently uses public forums and multi-stakeholder bodies to discuss public policies and propose recommendations, citizens cannot easily participate and it is difficult to track the outcomes of decisions made. To address this, the government committed to developing a digital platform to centralize information about these bodies, provide real-time monitoring of their decision outcomes, and allow citizens to vote and provide feedback on initiatives. Read more here

Summary: In 2024, Guadalajara de Buga (Colombia) conducted a territory-wide, multi-stakeholder consultation process with over 1,800 residents to shape goals and priorities for its three-year plan. The municipality also created Community Councils, which are permanent spaces for public participation to identify specific problems, establish institutional commitments, and facilitate the provision of public services. The government plans to create at least 20 councils by 2027 and implement digital tools to make it easier for residents to access services. Read more here

Summary: Currently, the lack of clear, timely information available on public works projects in Bogotá (Colombia), as well as weak coordination between the public and private sectors leads to project delays and low competition among suppliers. The city committed to planning, implementing, and monitoring public works on a digital platform in line with international standards, proactively publishing key data in an open format for all projects, training citizens on how to monitor the data, and creating a multi-stakeholder group to audit strategic projects. Read more here

Summary: To protect the biodiversity and ecosystems of the Colombian Massif, Colombia committed to designing and launching a strategy to monitor threats such as deforestation, pollution, and the effects of climate change, among others. National and regional environmental authorities will work with local communities to collect, analyze, and report data for monitoring. This strategy will also align with the Kunming-Montreal Global Framework to ensure biodiversity conservation, social justice, and sustainable development. Read more here

Summary: Colombia committed to creating legal and technical frameworks to safeguard and publish documentary collections related to the country’s armed conflict and the transitional justice process. The municipality aims to apply new archival management standards to public and private entities that own documents, including archives owned by community and human rights organizations, among others. It also hopes to launch a functional platform run by the General Archive of the Nation to centralize documents and make them accessible to the public. Read more here

Summary: The Amazonas Department (Colombia) wants to increase the inclusion of indigenous communities in government planning, decision-making, resource allocation, and investments. To do this, the government aims to create a system to monitor commitments made through a permanent body that allows for dialogue between the government and the 23 indigenous communities living in the region. It will also publish data and information related to this body in an open format and in the native languages. Read more here

Summary: In collaboration with the Open Contracting Partnership and others, Nuevo León (Mexico) diagnosed structural problems in its public procurement system that limit efficiency, integrity, competitiveness, and alignment with citizen priorities. The government committed to creating a digital contracting system based on a new regulatory framework, which will align with the Open Contracting Data Standard and allow for public monitoring throughout the contracting process. Read more here

Summary: To improve public trust in government, Catalonia (Spain) committed to raising awareness on the importance of whistleblowing with public officials and residents. This will include workshops and technical training for public officials on international whistleblower standards as well as whistleblower rights and complaint channels. Following approval from the national government, Catalonia also intends to create a regional whistleblower law that aligns with the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive. Read more here

Summary: Nigeria committed to strengthening its policies and legal frameworks to ensure that everyone can benefit from its digital transformation. Specifically, the government aims to make government digital services more inclusive for underserved communities, establish a multi-stakeholder coordination body to provide oversight and a public feedback channel, and institutionalize national data governance policies to set standards for data use, sharing, and governance. Read more here

Summary: South Cotabato (Philippines) wants to ensure its publicly contracted projects are protected against corruption, delays, and poor quality of work. The government has launched a mandatory monitoring system for construction projects funded by the province. The system will allow accredited evaluators to rate contractors’ work and flag underperforming contractors, while also linking evaluation data to the national procurement website and the committee that awards bids. Read more here

Summary: In Osasco (Brazil), communities living in urban areas face heightened vulnerability due to the climate crisis. To address this, the city is launching inclusive spaces to empower residents to propose solutions to improve sanitation and drainage systems for their communities, as part of the city’s multi-year plan. Residents will participate in four-session deliberative forums, supported by trained facilitators and technical experts, with the goal of generating concrete recommendations to guide local investments and policies. Read more here

Summary: Building on past beneficial ownership data reforms, Nigeria committed to improving how this data is shared across government agencies and accessed by civil society to monitor fraud and corruption. It also aims to standardize data from the Treasury in an open format. Through these improvements, the government can better link procurement records and financial transactions to the real people behind trusts, companies, and other legal entities. Read more here