Two Sunlighters recently spent 10 days in Ukraine, meeting with local activists that are fighting corruption and increasing accountability. While there, we learned some valuable lessons to integrate into our own work.
Continue readingSunlight announces new project to foster greater transparency in Ukraine
Thanks to the Mott Foundation, Sunlight is embarking on a new project to foster greater transparency and accountability in Ukraine.
Continue readingAdvocacy efforts renew hope for anticorruption movement in Ukraine
A year after the Euromaidan revolution in Ukraine, public opinion on the new government is mixed. However, new bills to enhance transparency and accountability may restore hope in reforms.
Continue readingLooking back on PDF Poland 2015
Sunlight Policy Director John Wonderlich recently attended Personal Democracy Forum Poland-Central Eastern Europe in Warsaw. The event highlighted the reform work being done to support accountability in the region, which is both crucial and truly inspiring.
Continue readingCivil society in Ukraine takes a stand for open government
Transparency International Ukraine, with the support of broader Ukrainian civil society, has sent an open letter to Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk demanding that the country fulfills commitments to the Open Government Partnership.
Continue readingCivil society in Ukraine seizing the momentum for real reform
Ukrainian transparency watchdogs might be winning an important battle for more accountable politics as they try to reveal the size and sources of the funding, as well as the scope of spending in the presidential elections.
Continue readingExplore Ukrainian influence battles with foreign lobbying docs
The struggle in Ukraine has spilled into the halls of Washington. Search our FARA documents to see which government officials have contacted by the lobbyists on behalf of dissidents and pro-government groups.
Continue readingUkraine lobbying exposes holes in foreign agent registration
Ukraine's embattled rulers may have connected lobbyists swarming Congress or even the White House pleading the case of President Viktor Yanukovich — but because of a change to disclosure requirements for agents of foreign powers, the public may never know.
Continue readingGuess who’s coming to TCamp13: countdown to TCamp edition
“Guess Who’s Coming to TCamp” is a mini-series we started last year to introduce some of the faces you'll see at TransparencyCamp. We're now in the homestretch before TCamp 2013, and are highlighting some more international guests and TransparencyCamp scholars joining us in Washington, DC on May 4 and 5.
For the last two years, we invited a number of advocates, journalists, policy makers, developers and others from all over the world to join us for TCamp and a series of informal meetings in the days before TransparencyCamp. This year, we opened up the process for participants outside the U.S. and invited people to join us through an online application process. We had an overwhelming response to the program with over 400 applicants. Thanks to our generous funders, we will welcome 23 people from a wide range of countries. Here`s our map:
Last week we brought you Oluseun Onigbinde from Nigeria, Juha Yrjola from Finland and Pamela Mutale Kapekele from Zambia. Today we'll learn a little bit about Fabrizio Alfredo Scrollini Mendez from the UK (via South America), Amira Khalil from Egypt, Bibhusan Bista from Nepal, Thejesh Gangaiah Nagarathna from India, and Vadym Hudyma from Ukraine.
Continue reading“Global Open Gov: What’s The Secret Sauce?” (Part 2)
In this second in a three-part series, guest blogger Matt Rosenberg continues to reflect on the Open Government Partnership Egypt,... View Article
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