By Jorge Florez, May 31, 2016 Esta semana Uruguay tendrá el honor de ser el anfitrión del Encuentro Regional de las Américas de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto. Este encuentro no puede ser más pertinente. En 14 países de la región la ciudadanía y los gobiernos están trabajando para elaborar nuevos planes de…
By Michael Moses, Director of Advocacy & Programs, May 18, 2016 The GPSA Global Partners Forum 2016 kicks off here in Washington DC tomorrow. Hundreds of practitioners from across the globe, and across the social accountability landscape, will be in attendance. Planned sessions center on various topics, including methods of state-society collaboration, the 2017 World Development…
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…
By Jorge Florez, Project Manager & Balam Barcelo, Researcher at IMCO* – Spanish Version here, May 13, 2016 We are thrilled to have spent two weeks in Mexico visiting local partners to support their efforts to design and implement commitments to follow the money – or to enable citizens to see how public resources…
By Alan Hudson, Executive Director, May 11, 2016 Corruption and how to tackle it is center-stage in London this week, with the spotlight brighter than ever as a result of the Panama Papers. This is welcome news. The Anti-Corruption Summit, hosted by the UK’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, can play an important role in…
By Michael Moses, Director of Advocacy & Programs, May 3 2016 The OGP Africa Regional Meeting is happening in Cape Town this week. The meeting presents a great opportunity for open government champions in government and civil society to reflect on the achievements of the OGP community in Africa and find inspiration to overcome…
