As an activist, feminist, and founder of the Foundation for Women’s Studies, Mabel Bianco has dedicated her life to ensuring and enhancing women’s rights in Argentina. Learn how she partnered with government institutions and other civil society organizations to mainstream gender in open government initiatives to provide equal opportunities, prevent gender-based violence, and more.
Government budgets are often complicated and technical, so simply publishing them does not necessarily make them accessible to most citizens. In South Africa, the data the government made public was static and unintegrated, and civil society actors observed that citizens were not using the data as extensively as they could. To address this, the National … Continued
Germany is working to become a more welcoming place for immigrants and refugees to begin a new life. By creating a friendly competition, local governments strengthened community integration, while simultaneously enhancing idea sharing.
Argentina’s new Open Government Federal Program aims to enhance collaboration between national and local governments. The program aims to promote the implementation of open government projects at the local level, diversify the open government community, strengthen capacity-building, and promote collaborative public policy design.
With the help of an online platform, residents of the rapidly-growing twin cities of Sekondi-Takoradi in Ghana will be able to monitor all aspects of building contracts and permits. This represents a major turning point in an industry rife with corruption and secrecy.
For a century, the legacy of Austin’s racial segregation policies has meant exclusion and deprivation for the city’s Black and Latinx inhabitants. The city’s government, by building a tool that actively measured city initiatives’ success, was able to spark change.
Tackling the problem of sanitation in partnership with citizens, landlords, and different associations, Sekondi-Takoradi was able to move forward to a safer, cleaner metropolitan area.
Reformers in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine are creating social inclusivity, climate neutrality, and economic growth within the community and raise public awareness of the proper management of solid waste. Learn about the Green City Action Plan they’re developing and implementing and how they’re creating an interactive waste management space to change the lives of community members.
Reformers in West Sumbawa, Indonesia are implementing the Yasinan Forum, an equitable, inclusive, dependable government platform that enables citizens to convey their aspirations and problems directly to the government at the sub-district and village level. Bringing the complainant service closer to citizens and making it easier for organizers to respond to public complaints quickly will … Continued