With the launch of the Open Government Partnership barely two weeks behind us, we started to look over the country commitments announced by the eight steering committee governments. A challenge that we quickly confronted: how to “compare” the various commitments, which varied greatly in their substance, style, and format. To help provide some raw data…
Al Kags posted a really thoughtful analysis of why focusing on quick hit tech projects in the context of open government should be a priority for those engaged in the open government movement. The same day I read Al Kags’ piece, I stumbled across another useful post from the always-smart Matt Andrews at Harvard, who…
Our friends at the World Bank are looking for some help with their Public Accountability Mechanisms (PAM) initiative. (In the interest of full disclosure, the World Bank has funded some of Global Integrity’s projects.) The World Bank’s Public Accountability Mechanisms (PAM) Initiative aims at creating a set of actionable indicators to monitor transparency and…
Global Integrity is embarking on a five-year collaboration with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to generate original data on a range of governance issues across all 54 African countries. This data will strengthen future iterations of the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, an index based on four main categories: Safety and Rule of Law; Participation and…
I was fortunate enough to attend the official Open Government Partnership (OGP) launch event in New York City today, including the heads of state meeting/confab at which presidents and prime ministers spoke of their countries' aspirations and commitments under OGP. While we're hoping to do some more in-depth analysis of the eight steering committee governments'…
Are you part of a civil society organization in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, or Uganda working on improving the efficiency and equity of public spending in the health, education, and water service sectors? If so the, Transparency and Accountability Program (TAP) is looking for up to ten organizations to design and…