Data-Enabled Public Procurement Monitoring Leads to More Affordable Medicines
Sarah Speaks Up for Better Schools
In the Philippines, many schools are under-resourced and lack basic infrastructure, affecting students’ safety and ability to learn. To tackle public service issues like this, the government started engaging citizens in monitoring how their national budget was spent. Sarah shares her story of auditing public schools in Metro Manila to fight for a better education … Continued
Denis Stands Up Against Discrimination
One out of every two people in North Macedonia is facing a legal problem, and many don’t know where to turn, especially poor and marginalized populations like the Roma community. When Denis was denied entry at a public pool, he turned to a local people-centered justice organization for support. Here’s his story.
Easing Integration for Immigrants and Refugees
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.
When National and Local Work Together for Open Government
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.
Empowering Citizens To Keep Up With Urban Development
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.
Inclusion as a Key to Better Policies
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.
Indoor Plumbing: Safer City
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.