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To Recovery and Beyond: 2021 UNESCO Report on Public Access to Information (SDG 16.10.2)
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 35 pp.
Mapping Open Data in Tajikistan
Internews;Zerkalo-Analytics (2022), 30 pp.
"New data sources related to socio-economic development should improve journalistic reporting. However, in the absence of a centralized open data repository in Tajikistan, journalists may face delays in getting quick access to important datasets. To address this challenge, Zerkalo conducted a mappin
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Mapping Open Data in Kyrgyzstan
Internews;Zekalo (2022), 25 pp.
"New data sources related to socio-economic development should improve journalistic reporting. Still, despite an abundance of open data in Kyrgyzstan, journalists may face delays in getting quick access to important datasets. Goal: To facilitate the access to development-related information for jour
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Dez anos da lei de acesso à informação: Limites, perspectivas e desafios
São Paulo: Intercom – Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação (2022), 260 pp.
"Este livro surge em defesa da Lei de Acesso às Informações Públicas, que completa dez anos da entrada em vigor em 16 de maio de 2022. A Lei 12.527/11 ou LAI, como é conhecida, é inegavelmente um instrumento importante para a promoção da participação e da cidadania para a constituição de
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Infodemia e COVID-19: A informação como instrumento contra os mitos
Artigo 19 Brasil (2021), 48 pp.
"O presente relatório propôs, através de uma análise de transparência passiva e ativa, um diagnóstico quanto à transparência e a garantia do direito de acesso à informação pública de saúde, em período sensível de calamidade no Brasil - a pandemia do novo coronavírus. O contexto de in
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Unlocking the Investigative Potential of Freedom of Information Acts
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2021), 27 pp.
"Experts say having a law for access to public information is important to enhance public transparency, but it’s only the starting point in the battle against state secrecy. How can journalists benefit from such laws and why should the news media care about it? This paper is divided into four part
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SDG 16 Data Initiative Report 2021. Impact of the Pandemic on Measuring Progress Towards SDG 16: Looking Forward, Tackling Obstacles
Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD);Governance Data Alliance;International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA);Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO);World Justice Project (WJP) (2021), 81 pp.
"Chapter 1, by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), presents an overview of indicators from the Global State of Democracy Indices, which provide complementary indicators to measure progress on SDG Targets 16.3; 16.5, on reducing corruption and brib
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Exploring the Future of Data Governance in Africa: Data Stewardship, Collaboratives, Trusts and More
Kampala: Pollicy (2021), 11 pp.
Derecho a la comunicación en América Latina
Santaigo de Cali; Guadalajara: Asociación de Universidades Confiadas a la Compañía de Jesús en América Latina (AUSJAL);Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Sello Editorial Javeriano;Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO) (2021), 287 pp.
"[...] el libro propone un diálogo a partir de tres categorías, a saber: 1) las limitaciones al acceso a la información y sus impactos en la vida política; 2) el régimen jurídico de la comunicación; y 3) los medios de comunicación y la representación política. Esta perspectiva, nos ayuda a
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Enhancing Citizens’ Access to Information at the Local Level in Ghana: Using the RTI Law (989)
Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2020), 33 pp.
Fighting Misinformation and Defending Free Expression During COVID-19: Recommendations for States
Access Now (2020), 20 pp.
"In this paper, we provide recommendations for protecting freedom of expression and opinion and the right to impart and receive information to enable governments to fight the COVID-19 health crisis in a rights-respecting manner. There will be an aftermath to the COVID-19 outbreak and the measures go
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Situación de la transparencia y acceso a información en el sector de hidrocarburos: Análisis de portales web
La Paz: Fundación Jubileo (2020), 35 pp.
"Este estudio, nuevamente, evidencia que existen grandes debilidades en la implementación de políticas de transparencia y acceso a la información por parte de las instituciones relacionadas directa e indirectamente con el sector hidrocarburos; por tanto, para contribuir con su mejora se recomiend
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Transparent for Whom? Dissemination of Information on Ghana's Petroleum and Mining Revenue Management
Journal of Development Studies, volume 56, issue 12 (2020), pp. 2135-2153
"The dominant transparency narrative in policymaking attributes a key role to the public: once citizens gain information, they are predicted to use it to demand better resource governance. Whether the public receives the available information in the first place, however, has not been scrutinised in
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Situating Open Data: Global Trends in Local Contexts
Cape Town: African Minds (2020), xiii, 243 pp.
"This book provides empirical accounts to understand the situatedness of open data along the following themes: 1) open data practices; 2) the local implementation of global trends; and 3) open data ecosystems. Many chapters in this volume simultaneously address several of these themes. The thematic
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Bangladesh Right to Information (RTI) Survey 2019
Washington, DC: World Bank (2020), viii, 123 pp.
"The Right to Information (RTI) Survey was conducted between January and March of 2019. The survey was split into five segments: a) a survey among 768 Designated Officers (DOs) in 64 districts, b) a survey among 768 Heads of Office covering both government and non-government organizations (NGOs) in
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Acceso a la información pública: Guía práctica de peticiones
Espacio Público;El Pueblo Pregunta (2020), 27 pp.
"Este manual plantea los conocimientos esenciales sobre el derecho al acceso a la información, cómo materializar su exigencia, así como los conceptos y procedimientos necesarios para realizar una solicitud de información adecuada en forma y contenido. A través del proyecto El Pueblo Pregunta, E
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Maintaining Human Rights During Health Emergencies: Brief on Standards Regarding the Right to Information
Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) (2020), iii, 24 pp.
"• General public health emergency legislation should not allocate broad discretion to public authorities to limit the right to information through subordinate legal rules but should, instead, subject this to a requirement that any restriction is either “necessity” or “strictly required by t
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Public Finance Accountability in Senegal: Challenges to Citizens' Access to Information
Accra: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2019), 13 pp.
Road to 2030: Access to Information in the Driver’s Seat
Deutsche Welle DW Akademie;Free Press Unlimited;Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2019), 68 pp.
"Spotlight report on the state of public access to information in Canada, Indonesia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Ukraine prepared for the 2019 cycle of the Voluntary National Reviews and the 2019 UN High Level Political Forum." (Subtitle)
