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,…

Opening Up On Fiscal Governance: Our feedback on OSF’s new strategy

March 27, 2018 Alan Hudson, Executive Director (and the Global Integrity team) Over the last few months, we’ve spent quite a bit of time providing feedback on donors’ strategies as regards transparency and open governance. Here are our thoughts about the Hewlett Foundation’s sub-strategies on “Active Citizens and Accountable Governments”, and our feedback on the associated…

Using open contracting data to boost competitiveness and inclusion: A New York City Treasure Hunt

March 22, 2018 Jorge Florez, Research Manager – Global Integrity Katherine Wikrent, Data Scientist – Open Contracting Partnership Carey Kluttz, Senior Program Manager – Open Contracting Partnership Chelsey Lepage, Program Manager – Reboot New York City is at the forefront of open data at the city level in the US. The city has an open…

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…