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.
Through the “Territories of Innovation and Participation in Health – TIPS” program, reformers are broadening the spectrum of social participation in health in Bogotá from the current minimal levels of information and consultation in the management of health issues to achieve greater citizen involvement, empowerment, and decision-making power.
When his community was hit by COVID-19, Jimmy used a citizen audit tool to investigate how the government was spending response and recovery resources. Learn how Colombia is empowering citizens to follow the money to ensure an open response and open recovery.
Buenos Aires is a city full of buses and people. By publishing transport data and allowing residents to use it, the government was able to collaborate and to create a more effective transportation system.
The Active Transparency Index is a methodology co-designed by government and civil society to measure and monitor compliance of the active transparency obligations of public institutions. An interactive dashboard showcases each institutions performance and ranks them according to compliance, thus fostering access to information and public accountability. The Index can be a valuable tool that … Continued
Rural citizens of La Libertad in Peru will be able to find drinking water as well as submit reports on the location and quality of drinking water in their region, following the launch of an interactive map platform.
Ecuador forges a path to environmental justice by ratifying and starting to implement a historic agreement to protect the environment and give democratic power to its people.