Rebuilding Trust in Justice, Together
After years of distrust, the Costa Rican courts established a collaborative process for the public to determine how the judiciary should be reformed.
Open Data Empowers Public to Opt for Better Healthcare
Uruguay’s citizens were not able to fully understand the healthcare system and the choices it provided them. To fix this, an easy-to-use website empowered citizens in their decisions.
Indigenous Voices Find a Way to Be Heard
By building stronger ties with its Indigenous populations, and including them in policy development, Costa Rica is better able to serve all of its diverse citizens.
Open Money, Open Government
Through the Treasury, the South African government has invested in opening up budget information at the national and provincial levels. This has seen South Africa becoming a global leader in the Open Budget Survey.
Argentina’s Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence
Following massive protests against gender-based violence in the region, Argentina commits to providing an overview of all funding dedicated to combatting violence against women.
Win-Win: How Improving Public Care Empowers Women
Mexico has conducted a pilot project that highlights the shortcomings of the public care system and how the burden of making up for them falls disproportionately on women. By listening to those most affected, concrete solutions and public policy recommendations are offered to improve care and alleviate gender inequality.
Increasing Oversight, Decreasing Police Violence
The unchecked use of violence and intimidation by the Nigerian police is a serious threat to the functioning of its civic space. By including commitments to rebuild civic space and introduce police oversight processes, the Nigerian government shows that it is working to strengthen the ties to its public.
Leading the Way For a More Transparent and Sustainable Fishing Economy
With the future of the world’s fisheries facing serious threats due to overfishing, Seychelles is the first nation to publish its report in Partnership with the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI). This small island nation is working to protect the future of this sector, upon which its people and economy are massively dependent.
Transparency Leaves Nowhere For Corruption to Hide
By creating a beneficial ownership register, which makes information on company owners more accessible and transparent to the public, Armenia makes serious advances in its efforts to eradicate political and corporate corruption.
Shining a Light on the Dark Work of Shadow Companies
The UK leads the way with a pioneering beneficial ownership register, in an effort to stem corruption and strengthen measures against money laundering and tax evasion.