Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
For The Open Government Partnership Support Unit
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Amount$400,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/17/2011
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Term8.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
This project will provide funding for the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Support Unit to advance the OGP processes for the coming 8 months, from November 2011-June 2012. This funding will allow the Support Unit to assist stakeholders, including government officials and civil society members, in 47 OGP countries to draft and implement national action plans on promoting transparency, empowering citizens, fighting corruption, and harnessing new technologies to strengthen governance. This work includes ensuring the participation of civil society in the OGP processes at the local and international levels. The International Budget Partnership is currently the host institution for the OGP Support Unit, while the Transparency and Accountability Initiative and the OGP Steering Committee finalize a longer term hosting arrangement for the post-June 2012 period.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.cbpp.org
Address
1275 First Street NE, Suite 1200, Washington, DC, 20002, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan research and policy institute that advances policies to help build a nation where everyone — regardless of income, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, ZIP code, immigration status, or disability status — has the resources to thrive and share in the nation’s prosperity.
for general operating support
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan research and policy institute that advances policies to help build a nation where everyone — regardless of income, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, ZIP code, immigration status, or disability status — has the resources to thrive and share in the nation’s prosperity.
for general operating support
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a nonpartisan research and policy institute that pursues federal and state policies designed both to reduce poverty and inequality and to restore fiscal responsibility in equitable and effective ways. CBPP applies deep expertise in budget and tax issues and in programs and policies that help low-income people, in order to help inform debates and achieve better policy outcomes. Among CBPP’s current priorities, its Full Employment project offers a thorough re-evaluation of key macroeconomic assumptions, particularly those related to full employment, inflation, and the business cycle. For decades, empirically suspect assumptions in these areas led to policies that contributed to slack labor markets, with the costs falling largely on the most economically vulnerable people and their communities. There is growing recognition across the economics profession that these assumptions led policymakers to implement fiscal and monetary policies that reduced employment, incomes, and opportunities for millions of working families. CBPP will continue to develop, elevate, and disseminate research on the benefits of full employment, the costs and disparate impacts of slack, and the monetary and fiscal policy agenda necessary to get and keep the U.S. labor market at full employment.