October 19, 2018 Johannes Tonn – Director, Integrity and Anti-Corruption In recent years, governments, activists, and civil society organizations alike have invested heavily in getting citizens involved in the fight against corruption. They’ve tried to help citizens identify, denounce, and take action to root out corruption, in various ways. In addition to carrying out more…
originally published on Open Gov Hub Have you ever wondered what exactly is a “hub”? What do hubs accomplish? Why is the number of hubs rapidly growing more and more worldwide these days? And, how can open government reformers leverage hubs to bring new stakeholders to engage in these issues? For answers to all these…
Data has always been central to the work of Global Integrity, from the early days of the Global Integrity Report and our assessments of the gap between policies and implementation, to our more recent work supporting partners’ efforts to address complex problems through combining data, learning and action (see What we do and why we…
August 21, 2018 Elsa Peraldi – Manager, Research The Africa Integrity Indicators team is pleased to announce that the final data for the research period 2016/2017 is now available. The data for the 6th round can be found here and we encourage you to read through a selection of findings here. The data offer valuable insights and…
originally posted on Open Gov Hub As some governments become less open, the role of whistleblowers as agents of accountability become even more important. That’s why Open Gov Hub hosted two whistleblower workshops in mid-July, as whistleblowers continue to be an important piece of promoting open governments. In collaboration with the Government Accountability Project, Open the…
***This post originally appeared on the Open Gov Hub’s blog on August 2, 2018*** A few weeks ago I had the true pleasure of visiting our affiliate Open Gov Hub and partner the iCampus in Monrovia, Liberia for the very first time (on my first trip to West Africa actually). I ran our brand new, week-long “How…