originally posted on Open Gov Hub We’ve all been in long, meandering meetings or working groups that have left us all wondering, “Why did I spend my time on this?” Since a large number of Hub member organizations are engaged in capacity building activities by educating people in some way, the Hub team held a…
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…
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…
July 31, 2018 Michael Moses, Director of Learning and Programs At this month’s OGP Summit in Tbilisi, impact took center stage (so did a robot! Wild times in Georgia). Throughout the Summit, many attendees raised questions about: whether and how OGP commitments contribute to transformative change; how commitments might more effectively address problems that matter in…