May 23, 2018 Alan Hudson, Executive Director Last week at the Open Gov Hub we hosted a discussion with Michael Woolcock, one of the co-authors – along with Matt Andrews and Lant Pritchett – of “Building State Capability”. A full write-up, including insightful contributions from Sandra Naranjo, the former Vice President of Ecuador, and Rachel…
May 3, 2018 Alan Hudson, Executive Director My role was to provide some commentary on a number of government-led projects that had been selected by INAI as the best examples of using proactive transparency to enable people and organizations to make better decisions and take more effective action. The projects covered a range of spheres…
April 4, 2018 Africa Integrity Indicators team The 2018 edition of the Africa Integrity Indicators data is available! We invite interested stakeholders to examine the data and share any feedback that can help increase the quality and usefulness of the data. Please get in touch with us by May 30th. What is the Africa Integrity…
***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…
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,…
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…
