2017: What we did, what difference it made, and what we learned

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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Defending Democracy: Populism and Corruption

January 17, 2018 Nada Zohdy, Director – Open Gov Hub ***This post was originally published on the Open Gov Hub’s blog on January 16, 2018***   The second installment in the “Democracy Dialogues” series presented by the Open Gov Hub, Global Integrity, Sunlight Foundation, and Transparency International. Several countries throughout Europe – as well as…

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Democracy Defenders in Dialogue: Launch Event

December 16, 2018 Nada Zohdy, Director – Open Gov Hub ***This blog was originally published on Open Gov Hub’s blog on December 15, 2018***   What might American democracy defenders learn from actors in other countries who have leveraged investigative journalism techniques and advocacy to combat grand corruption? The Open Gov Hub, Global Integrity, Sunlight Foundation, and Transparency International are…

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