Despite the representation crisis highlighted in the 2023 Latinobarómetro's report, where support for democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean has dropped from 63% in 2010 to 48%, there has been a notable increase in citizen participation in audit oversight led by Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) over the past 20 years, with digital innovation playing a key role. The … [Read more...] about How to promote citizen participation in government audits using international best practices?
Open Government
Open Data: More Than Just Publishing Data.
What do we understand by open data? Considering the various interpretations that exist regarding the concept of open data, we can say that, to a greater or lesser extent, they define open data as data published under certain technical (machine-readable) and legal (having a license that allows free use, reuse, and dissemination) characteristics. However, beyond this … [Read more...] about Open Data: More Than Just Publishing Data.
What are the 5 axes of government digital transformation ?
What is government digital transformation? For the Inter-American Development Bank, Government digital transformation is the change in corporate culture, organizational models, methods, and processes that takes advantage of information and communication technologies (ICT) to enable public institutions to meet the needs of citizens and businesses in an efficient, transparent, … [Read more...] about What are the 5 axes of government digital transformation ?
Online Courses
Course on “Open Government Strategies, Ed.1” In partnership with CEPAL, CLAD, OAS and the OGP, the IDB has organized two courses on Open Government: a Virtual Course on “Open Government Strategies, Ed.1” to be given at the OAS’s Virtual Campus, between November 10-21, and an International Course on “Strategies for Open Government at the Americas” offered in a blended mode … [Read more...] about Online Courses
Open Government – Costa Rica
The demand for effective, efficient and open governments around the world has never been greater. The Open Government Partnership, OGP, which was created on this basis, offers a unique opportunity to reinvent the citizen-State relationship. With this in mind, the OGP Regional Meeting for the Americas, to be held in Costa Rica on November 18-19, 2014, is aimed at developing … [Read more...] about Open Government – Costa Rica