***This post originally appeared on the Open Gov Hub’s blog on April 2, 2018*** Open Gov Hub piloted a new study visit for mayors across Albania to learn how to make their government more open, accountable, and responsive to their citizens. The goals of this program were to facilitate peer learning and collaborations between the…
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March 28, 2018 Michael Moses, Director of Learning and Programs ***This post was originally published by New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) on March 26, 2018*** To tackle complex, systemic problems you need a plan: enter theory of change (ToC). But like any plan, a theory of change must be reviewed and adapted as new information comes to light,…
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March 27, 2018 Alan Hudson, Executive Director (and the Global Integrity team) Over the last few months, we’ve spent quite a bit of time providing feedback on donors’ strategies as regards transparency and open governance. Here are our thoughts about the Hewlett Foundation’s sub-strategies on “Active Citizens and Accountable Governments”, and our feedback on the associated…
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March 22, 2018 Jorge Florez, Research Manager – Global Integrity Katherine Wikrent, Data Scientist – Open Contracting Partnership Carey Kluttz, Senior Program Manager – Open Contracting Partnership Chelsey Lepage, Program Manager – Reboot New York City is at the forefront of open data at the city level in the US. The city has an open…
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***This blog originally appeared on the Open Gov Hub’s blog on March 8, 2018*** On February 28, the Open Gov Hub organize a special panel event entitled, How Can Supreme Audit Institutions Help Curtail Corruption? The purpose was to compare and learn about how different Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) – the highest government oversight bodies…
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February 22, 2018 Alan Hudson, Executive Director 2017 was a challenging year for champions of open governance, including for those of us enduring at close quarters the democratic reversals and increasingly closed governance of a Trump-led US administration. Political transitions and turbulence around the world have posed challenges to the open governance agenda, including in several…
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