I represented Open Gov Partnership & Accountability Lab | accountlab.bsky.social today UN DESA United Nations for the #SDG16 conference. I made 5 key points to member states: 1/ we need to engage citizens at all levels from the hyper local (#movements!) to national (#citizenassemblies!) to international (#MDBreform).

Statement by the Kenya Open Government Partnership (#OGP) CSOs Forum on the #RejectFinanceBill2024 Protests. Full statement: we.tl/t-4MAX65GnvF. #OGPKenya.

The Community of Democracies welcomes Mantas Mantas Adomėnas as the new Secretary General as of September 1, 2024. We look forward to working together to promote and strengthen democracy worldwide. community-democracies.org/the-community-… POLITICOEurope EUobserver The Associated Press Reuters Euronews Press Office Euractiv

"the right to privacy is being weaponised to protect lawyers who enable illicit financial flows" Great piece from Andres Knobel at Tax Justice Network Bsky: @taxjustice.net on a critical case coming up at the European Court of Justics taxjustice.net/2024/06/28/ano…

Access Info Impact Award 2024 open for nominations! ❓Do you know someone who has used their right to information to positively impact society? 🏆If so, nominate them for the Access Info Impact Award! 📅Deadline 9th September ➡️More info here access-info.org/2024-08-12/cal…

After an outstanding 8-year tenure, Sanjay Pradhan has decided to step down as CEO of OGP. We have initiated the recruitment process for a new CEO to lead OGP into its next chapter. Inviting outstanding candidates to apply! More: opengovpartnership.org/chief-executiv…

OGP is searching for a CEO who can lead us into the future, building on our achievements and guiding our mission to strengthen open governance worldwide. Big benefit: you get to be my boss! Learn more: bit.ly/ogp-ceo

OGP is excited to share that the next OGP Global Summit will take place in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain 🇪🇸in late 2025! opengovpartnership.org/news/spain-to-…

🏆 Lighthouse Reports wins the Access Info Impact Award for their groundbreaking "Suspicion Machines" investigation! 🌍 This investigation exposed how discriminatory algorithms target welfare recipients based on ethnicity & gender. A huge step toward transparency in AI!

On #RightToKnowDay, we celebrate the power of transparency! Access to info strengthens democracy and empowers citizens. Congrats again to Lighthouse Reports on winning the first Access Info Impact Award for "Suspicion Machines"! 🏆🔍

🇩🇴 Hoy en Santo Domingo, el Presidente Luis Abinader y el CEO de OGP Sanjay Pradhan celebraron los avances de República Dominicana para fortalecer la apertura y el espacio cívico a través de sus compromisos de #gobiernoabierto. Aquí el video del evento: youtube.com/live/0Nmpvela-…

Committed Support: How OGP Can Amplify the Paris Agreement by Open Gov Partnership link.medium.com/LUIupFH1uNb

Public sector transparency is exacerbated when linguistic complexity obfuscates accessibility to governmental processes. Or, we can just say: Open government only works when everyone can understand! #PlainLanguageDay #opengov

The first time I ever met Helen was in Brasilia in April 2012. I hadn't even started my job. Passionate and with a big smile she challenged me on how I was going to make sure Open Gov Partnership would work for civil society. A passionate exchange followed, and a friendship began. 💔

excellent piece - now that the year of elections is coming to a close National Democratic Institute's Kristen Sample and Adam Nelson give solid idea for what needs to be next, a 'year of governance' reform.

📣 Save the Date! We are excited to share that the OGP Global Summit will be held from October 7-9, 2025. We look forward to seeing you in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain 🇪🇸 to create more transparent, participatory & accountable governments around the world. 🔗 opengovpartnership.org/events/2025-og…

Great news to start the year - looking forward to continue working with Aidan Eyakuze in this new role!

Announcing the launch🚀of the @EUpartnerships program & monitoring system: #EUSEE! Run by civil society in 86 countries, it will protect & expand #civicspace for underrepresented citizens & #CSOs to form associations, organize, and express their views. 👇🏽 hivos.org/eu-see-launch/