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Advancing open fiscal governance at the local level

Open government champions in Mexico face significant challenges at the federal and state levels. The federal open government partnership process stalled after the espionage carried out by the previous administration and only recently got back on track. At the same time, open government processes in many states have stalled (see short summary of recent subnational…

Open Government beyond OGP: Reflections from Veracruz, Mexico

January 16, 2019 Michael Moses, Managing Director for Programs and Learning Our Program Officer at the Hewlett Foundation, David Sasaki, was tweeting recently about the Open Government Partnership (OGP), as part of the conversation spurred by this piece by Alex Howard. David, who knows Mexico very well having worked there for a number of years,…

Siguiendo el Dinero: un recorrido por México

By Jorge Florez, Project Manager & Balam Barcelo, Investigador del IMCO* – Versión en Inglés acá, May 13, 2016   Estamos encantados de haber pasado dos semanas compartiendo con socios locales en México para apoyar sus esfuerzos por diseñar e implementar compromisos para seguir el gobierno; compromisos para facilitar que los ciudadanos puedan entender cómo…