EU for Integrity Programme for the Eastern Partnership

Meet Oleksandr Yarema, the State Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers and co-chair of the OGP Coordination Council in Ukraine. We sat down with Oleksandr on the sidelines of the OGP Europe Regional Meeting to learn about his efforts over the years to promote civil society and public participation in decision-making, ensure access to public information, and, more recently, aid the reconstruction efforts in Ukraine.

Conoce a Oleksandr Yarema, secretario de estado del Gabinete de Ministros y copresidente del Consejo de Coordinación de OGP en Ucrania. Platicamos con Oleksandr durante el Encuentro Regional de OGP de Europa sobre sus esfuerzos por promover la sociedad civil…

Georgia’s open government reforms have encompassed several transformational activities over the years. Examples include creating and publishing public registries and platforms depicting important public data. Georgia is currently implementing 28 commitments from its 2018-2020 OGP action plan, which includes activities…

Discover practical tips from Georgian OGP Local members for more effective co-creation.

In this episode, Khadija Ismayilova shares how her reporting on government corruption led to blackmail, intrusive surveillance, and unjust imprisonment and how we can create spaces for journalists to hold power to account without fear of retaliation.

In this episode, Viktor Nestulia talks about the democratic history of Ukraine, how the war has impacted his family and community. And importantly, about the need for open government values to lead the country’s reconstruction.

The OGP Independent Reporting Mechanisms explores how Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine can leverage their future action plans as they pursue EU membership.

OGP is seeking expressions of interest from researchers interested in working with the OECD Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia on data collection for a matrix of high-level corruption cases in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine. 

There have been a total of 69 locally-focused OGP commitments in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) in national action plans and among the OGP Local members from the region. Tbilisi joined the OGP Local program in 2016, and several municipalities from…

Against the backdrop of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Council made a historic decision to grant Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova European Union (EU) candidate status. The EU committed to giving the same status to Georgia, pending fulfillment of a set of conditions.

By the end of 2021, Ozurgeti and Khoni two municipalities in Georgia implemented their commitment and submitted all their evaluation and learning reports. What have they learnt?