***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…
***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…
***This blog was originally published on the Open Gov Hub blog 9/29/2017*** September 30, 2017 Nada Zohdy – Director, Open Gov Hub Click here to view this one page program overview as a PDF American democratic values and norms are facing unprecedented threats, from deep polarization, to the erosion of public trust in institutions,…
***This blog was originally published by OpenGov Hub July 26, 2017 *** Nada Zohdy, Manager, OpenGov Hub July 26, 2017 Some of the current challenges to American democracy are unprecedented, and require a collaborative and globally contextualized effort to fully understand risks and help prevent the erosion of foundational democratic norms and values. This is…
Scott Rumpsa, Director of Operations and Programs – February 15, 2017 Late last year, our colleague Nada Zohdy jointly published an article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, “Path-breaking organizations, working together in a new way, might just transform the nonprofit sector.”1 Nada runs the OpenGov Hub, a coworking space consisting of three dozen plus organizational…