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Over the last few weeks, Global Integrity has been busy poring over National Action Plans submitted by Open Government Partnership participant countries to make sense of the heaps of commitments contained therein. Last month we presented our analysis of the plans using SMART criteria on this blog. Our assessment gave us reason to be optimistic.…

[UPDATE 23 July 2012: Application link corrected below.] JOB DESCRIPTION: OPENGOV HUB COMMUNITY MANAGER Organizational Description Global Integrity (https://www.globalintegrity.org) is an innovation lab that produces high-quality research and creates cutting-edge technology to advance the work of a global network of civic, public, and private reformers pursuing increased transparency and accountability in governments. In addition to…

Innovation as we know it is “learning through trial.” We want to prioritize innovation in our own work by taking on new approaches to test, learn, and improve, and we hope to encourage others in the transparency community to do the same. For these reasons, we are planning to launch the Innovation Fund, offering between…

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This year Rwanda celebrates its 50th anniversary of independence from Belgium and 18 years of peace since the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Part of the celebration was the International Conference on Governance and Democracy: An African Perspective, held in Kigali from June 28 – 30. Participants from around the world, including Singapore, the U.S., Caribbean…

A lack of transparency and a lot of corruption surrounding Guinea-Bissau’s 2012 election have led to instability. The small state on the West Coast of Africa, also identified as a portal for the transnational drug trade, recently headed news stories about a military coup and instigating factors that accelerated the take-over. To understand the trajectory…