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Advancing open fiscal governance at the local level

Open government champions in Mexico face significant challenges at the federal and state levels. The federal open government partnership process stalled after the espionage carried out by the previous administration and only recently got back on track. At the same time, open government processes in many states have stalled (see short summary of recent subnational…

Information, accountability & impact: Luminate’s new Financial Transparency strategy

It’s been great to see a number of the members of the Transparency and Accountability Initiative publish updated strategies over the last couple of years, with these strategies helping to shape the evolution of the transparency and accountability agenda. We’ve been happy to provide feedback on DFID’s “Open Aid, Open Societies” strategy (here), on the…

Open Government beyond OGP: Reflections from Veracruz, Mexico

January 16, 2019 Michael Moses, Managing Director for Programs and Learning Our Program Officer at the Hewlett Foundation, David Sasaki, was tweeting recently about the Open Government Partnership (OGP), as part of the conversation spurred by this piece by Alex Howard. David, who knows Mexico very well having worked there for a number of years,…

Siguiendo el Dinero en Latinoamérica: Reflexiones desde Condatos

September 15, 2017 Jorge Florez, Global Integrity www.globalintegrity.org | @GlobalIntegrity | @j_florezh Katherine Wikrent, Open Contracting Partnership www.open-contracting.org/ | @opencontracting | @K_Wikrent Eduard Martín-Borregón, PODER www.projectpoder.org/ | @ProjectPODER | @emartinborregon To read this blog in English, please click here. Hace unas semanas tuvimos la gran oportunidad de compartir con innovadoras en el uso de datos abiertos para el desarrollo de América Latina en Abrelatam/Condatos 17 en San José de Costa…

Following the Money in Latin America: Reflections from Condatos

September 15, 2017 Jorge Florez, Global Integrity www.globalintegrity.org | @GlobalIntegrity | @j_florezh Katherine Wikrent, Open Contracting Partnership www.open-contracting.org | @opencontracting | @K_Wikrent Eduard Martín-Borregón, PODER www.projectpoder.org/ | @ProjectPODER | @emartinborregon Para leer este blog en español, haga clic aquí This blog also appears on Open Contracting Partnership A couple of weeks ago we had the opportunity to share with innovators in…

Siguiendo el Dinero y Abriendo el Gobierno al Nivel Local en México

To read this blogpost in english, please click here. A inicios de mes conversé con representantes de institutos estatales de acceso a la información en México sobre cómo apoyar el progreso hacia una gobernanza fiscal más abierta a nivel local (La presentación utilizada en el evento está acá). El evento marcó el inicio de una segunda…