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Promoting
more open and
accountable tax
systems: The role of
international
principles and
standards, a
joint publication of
GIFT and IBP
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The
International Budget
Partnership’s Tax Equity
Initiative and the Global
Initiative for Fiscal
Transparency just
published a study to determine
the information and tools that
civil society organizations
typically need to be able to
engage in constructive
dialogues with governments on
the national level and on tax
reform and administration.
With the support of the Gates
Foundation and the World Bank
Group, GIFT and IBP wanted to
extract a set of lessons on
the conditions, settings,
processes, and methods
required to promote strong
civil society engagement in
the revenue side of fiscal
transparency.
Authored by IBP
Senior Research Fellow Paolo
de Renzio and GIFT
Network Director Juan Pablo
Guerrero, the
research sought to address
questions about the conditions
that are necessary to promote
strong civil society
engagement on tax policy and
administration and how civil
society can be equipped with
the tools and information
necessary for the public to be
able to engage in domestic tax
debates and tax reform
processes.
Read the full brief here.
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Datacon
Mexico 2021: Open
Contracting Data and the
Budget Cycle
May
11, 2021
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IBP
launches global
scorecard of
#accountability in
the management of
COVID funds
May
24, 2021
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How
open and accountable has
your government been in
their COVID response? On May
24, the International Budget
Partnership launched its
global scorecard of
#accountability in the
management of COVID funds
through an event themed Managing
COVID Funds: the
Accountability Gap.
The rapid assessment of 120
countries’ performance in
managing pandemic relief
funds attracted more than
800 people from government
ministries, civil society
organizations, supreme audit
institutions, development
partners, and other
stakeholders.
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How
did your country score? You
can visit the new site to
dig into the rich data, the
data map, good practices
from a wide range of
countries, as well as key
findings: https://internationalbudget.org/covid/.
If you missed the recording
of the launch event, you can
watch it here.
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Open
Government Week: The
focus on fiscal
transparency
user-engagement
initiatives
continues!
May
17-21, 2021
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The
2021 Open
Government Week (OGW) is
a global call to action to
transform the way governments
serve their citizens. For one
week in May, open government
champions, leaders and
thinkers from around the world
hosted and attended events to
share ideas, discuss
solutions, and commit to new
levels of citizen
participation in government.
This year, the third edition
of the #OpenGovWeek included
activities such as webinars,
hackathons, public debates,
and other events to get
citizens, governments, and
civil society organizations
involved in open government
efforts. You can check out
what happened all around the
globe by looking at the OGW
map: https://www.opengovweek.org/map/.
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We are
glad that as part of this
global call, our vibrant
community of stewards and
partners hosted the
followingevents as part of our
fiscal transparency for
user-engagement initiatives:
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Bogotá
Make sure to keep an
eye on Bogota’s
(Colombia)
Dataquest, where
citizens are invited
to explore the
city’s open data and
present public
spending initiatives
targeting the
achievement of the
Sustainable
Development Goals
(SDGs).
Watch the recording
of the launch of the
initiative, hosted
by the General
Secretary of the
Mayorship, as well
as Open
Data Charter
on May 18, here.
Interested to join
the Bogota
Dataquest? Check out
the more details and
sign up here.
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Ecuador
The Office of the
Presidency hosted
the panel: “Open
Government Ecuador –
Paths towards new
initiatives”, where
our Network
Director, Juan Pablo
Guerrero,
highlighted GIFT’s
experience on fiscal
transparency and
public participation
in the use of public
resources. The panel
was also
participated in by
representatives of
OGP, CAF and the
Fisheries
Transparency
Initiative – FiTI.
Find GIFT’s
presentation (in
Spanish)
here.
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Guanajuato
In preparation for
the launch of their
user-engagement
initiative for 2021,
the Ministry of
Finance of
Guanajuato hosted
the panel Fiscal
Transparency and
Open Data, in
partnership with the
Division of
Administrative
Economic Sciences of
the University of
Guanajuato. The
event targeted
students and
academics from the
university and
highlighted the
journey of the state
towards having their
first Fiscal
Transparency Portal,
featuring open data
in standardized
formats.
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Indonesia
The Ministry of
Finance is currently
hosting a Dataquest
to promote the use
of budget data
through data
analytics with
specific,
descriptive,
predictive and
prescriptive
analysis. The
initiative targets
to engage students,
academics and
practitioners.
You can check the
event’s website
for details as well
as their Instagram
account for
up-to-date
information.
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Philippines
By design, OGW is
for anyone who
believes citizens
should play a vital
role in shaping the
policies that affect
their lives. To
achieve this, the
Department of Budget
and Management,
Department of the
Interior and Local
Government and the
Presidential
Communications
Operations Office
joined forces to
feature activities
designed to (1)
engage citizens in
the implementation
of the current
Action Plan and
sustaining open
government
initiatives; (2)
provide a platform
to discuss emerging
budget concerns to
strengthen fiscal
transparency; (3)
open a dialogue with
development partners
on the role of
citizen
participation; and
(4) highlight gender
mainstreaming and
inclusion.
For this, in the
context of OGW, they
hosted an official
launch of their
#BetterBudgetDataquest
and
#DataRallyFromHome
last May 20.
Watch the recording
of the event,
including details
and video
explanation of all
the campaign
mechanics here.
The presentations
used during the
launching can also
be accessed here.
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IMF-Blog:
Checking the
Receipts from
Pandemic-Related
Spending
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The
IMF just published a brief
update on measures focused
on accountability and
transparency in the crisis
response, as well as broader
governance and
anti-corruption reforms are
also progressing in the
context of multi-year IMF
financing arrangements.
Read more about it here.
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| Accountability
Research Center’s Learning
Exchange Report. Citizen
Participation in Auditing
in Latin America: The
Future Agenda by By
Marcos Mendiburu | Published
by: Accountability Research
Center, ControlaTuGoberino,
Fundar, Oxfam México,
Auditoría Superior de la
Federación, Comunidad PIRC,
Red por la Rendición de
Cuentas | Available in English
and Spanish |
IMF’s
podcast: Budgeting for
Gender Equity
In this podcast, Chrystia
Freeland, Canada’s Deputy
Prime Minister and its
first-ever female Finance
Minister and IMF Managing
Director, Kristalina
Georgieva, discuss policies to
help prevent the covid-19
pandemic from rolling back
gains in women’s economic
opportunities, and how Canada
has aligned its gender
strategy with the budget
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Why
PFM is Key for the
Effective Roll Out of
COVID-19 Vaccines | by
Hélène Barroy, Federica
Margini, Triin Habich
In this article, the authors
describe PFM “stress points”
in each phase of the budget
cycle that may arise
throughout the vaccine
roll-out. The article also
uses country examples to
illustrate possible ways to
overcome these barriers.
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First-ever
#OGPLocal Innovation
Awards!
Learn how to submit your
innovative initiatives to
receive targeted support to
drive results and share your
reform’s impact with the
global #OpenGov community:
http://bit.ly/local-awards .
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Public
Sector Economics 2021
Conference: Paper and
Abstract Submission Deadline
Extended!
The deadline for
abstracts/papers submission
has been extended to May 31,
2021. Authors will be informed
whether their submissions have
been accepted for the
Conference by June 30, 2021.
Please read the call for
conference papers and consider
submitting your article to the
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