Global Integrity
For Examining Municipal-state Relations Affecting Budget Transparency And FOIA In Mexico
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Amount$450,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/15/2010
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Term18 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
Global Integrity is a D.C.-based, nongovernmental organization that, through a network of 900 experts in over 100 countries, generates, synthesizes, and disseminates credible, comprehensive, and timely information on governance and corruption trends around the world. For this grant, GI will be partnering with the Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad to analyze the municipal-state connections and relationships that affect implementation of state-level access to information (ATI) and budget transparency laws in the fifteen largest municipalities in Mexico. With many public services being increasingly delivered at the state and municipal levels, ATI reforms can improve the efficacy of local service delivery by providing greater transparency and by empowering citizens and advocates to demand accountability and improved performance. The ultimate goal is to develop policy proposals that address ATI implementation gaps—both legal and practical. The extensive data gathering required by the project will use a new online platform developed by GI that is also funded by Hewlett.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.globalintegrity.org
Address
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Suite 800, Washington, DC, 20005, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the videoconferencing project
A videoconferencing grant to Global Integrity will support the purchase and installation of videoconferencing systems for the OpenGov Hub based in Washington, DC. The OpenGov Hub is the location of Global Integrity’s main office and is shared with other transparency and open government NGOs. Videoconferencing equipment will facilitate communication with the organization’s recently opened Global Integrity office in Cape Town, South Africa and will also be a shared resource available to other organizations at the OpenGov Hub, including Hewlett grantee the Kiwanja Foundation as well as Development Gateway, which receives Hewlett support via a grant to the College of William and Mary for the AidData project.
for supporting Mexican Transparency and Accountability NGOs to use the Indaba Platform
Global Integrity is a Washington, DC-based organization that promotes transparent and accountable government around the world. It produces innovative research and technologies that inform, connect, and empower civic, private, and public advocates in work to promote more open societies. This grant will support the translation into Spanish of the organization's data-collecting platform Indaba, and to expand its use among Mexican transparency and accountability groups. This project draws on Global Integrity’s experience piloting Indaba with early adopters, including a fruitful partnership with the Mexican Institute of Competitiveness. We expect this grant will facilitate an increasing number of organizations in the accountability field in Mexico to become familiar with Indaba and to work systematically with it to streamline, enhance, and scale their research processes.
