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Blogpost l On the eve of a disappointing FOI law, Spanish civic organizations meet the challenge
18 June 2013 | blogpost, citizen monitoring, europe and cis, nat initiative, open government, public service deliveryCorruption is the second biggest concern for Spaniards, right after unemployment, according to quarterly polls.(...) The Spanish public bodies keep this information locked away from its citizens. ...
Blogpost l G8 countries must work harder to open up essential data
18 June 2013 | blogpost, g8, international obligations, open data, public dataOpen data and transparency will be one of the three main topics at the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland next week. Today transparency campaigners released preview results from the global Open Data...
Blogpost l Serbian citizens take on corruption in the health sector
17 June 2013 | accountability, blogpost, citizen reporting, health sector, initiative, technologyIn Serbia, the health system is publicly financed from obligatory health insurance. It promises universal medical coverage for everyone. However, for many reasons, some physicians take bribes from...
Blogpost: Could Big Data provide alternative measures of poverty and welfare?
12 June 2013 | alternative measurements, big data, blogpost, data-revolution, inequality, mdgs, poverty, social progress, well-beingEmmanuel Letouzé is a PhD Candidate at UC Berkeley and a regular consultant for the UN and the OECD, currently serving as a Non-Resident Adviser at the International Peace Institute and an adviser on...
Scotland l Measuring Social Progress: Is Scotland really innovative?
11 June 2013 | bhutan, blogpost, canada, indicators, measure progress, scotland, well-being measurementsSpeaking at the OECD World Forum last year Professor Stiglitz used his platform to highlight three countries that were leading the way on measuring wellbeing: Canada, with its Canadian Index on...
Blogpost l How to start a transparency revolution
06 June 2013 | access-to-data, blogpost, g8, transparencyIn less than two weeks, on 17th and 18th June in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, world leaders will converge for the G8 Summit. The UK government has shown great leadership in setting a ground-breaking...
Blogpost l A New Deal for Fragile States
06 June 2013 | blogpost, country-led assessment, fragile states, post-2015, post-conflictPARIS – Today, roughly one-quarter of the world’s population lives in conflict-affected and fragile states. Despite vast sums of money spent aiding such states over the last 50 years, armed conflict...
Blogpost l Can a mobile app help you be a responsible citizen?
24 May 2013 | anti-corruption assessment, blogpost, citizen empowerment, citizen reporting, europe and cis, mobile phonesCitizens in Montenegro are now equipped with a new mobile app “Be Responsible,” to help them transform them into vigilant reporters, scanning the country for illegal waste dumps, misuse of official...
Lebanon: What are the governance prospects for the petroleum sector? | Middle East Strategic Perspectives
22 May 2013 | arab states, blogpost, financial accountability, resource governance, rule-of-lawMiddle East Strategic Perspectives is publishing a series of articles and presentations to shed light on the emerging Lebanese oil and gas sector. For our second edition, we have solicited Valérie...
Blogpost l Transparency and accountability: Bringing the politics back in
22 May 2013 | accountability, blogpost, citizen engagement, citizen reporting, democratic governance, transparencyOver the past two decades, citizen-led initiatives to hold power holders to account have taken the world by storm. The promise embedded in such efforts – that more enlightened and engaged citizens...