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Ley de Transparencia España (Ley 19/2013)

La Ley 19/2013, de 9 de diciembre, de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información Pública y Buen Gobierno (texto consolidado), tiene por objeto ampliar y reforzar la transparencia de la actividad pública, regular y garantizar el derecho de acceso a la información relativa a aquella actividad y establecer las obligaciones de buen gobierno que deben cumplir las personas que ejercen una responsabilidad pública.

Madrid (Spain)
2013

Tromsø Convention (Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents)

The Tromsø Convention is the first binding international legal instrument to recognize a general right of access to official documents held by public authorities.

Norway
2020

Bundesgesetz über den Einsatz elektronischer Mittel zur Erfüllung von Behördenaufgaben (EMBAG)

Swiss law requiring government agencies disclose their source code when possible.

Switzerland
2023

Caught in the Web (CitW)

Caught in the Web (CitW) is a 26 month initiative supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office United Kingdom where Search for Common Ground, Hashtag Generation, and Centre for Equality and Justice work as a consortium to advance effective responses to gendered online hate speech and cyber sexual and gender based violence in Sri Lanka.

Colombo, Sri Lanka
2021
hate speech, Online Gender-Based Violence (OGBV)

Source Code Harmonization And Reuse in Information Technology (SHARE IT) Act

Bipartisan legislation that would require government agencies to share custom-developed source code with each other—thereby avoiding duplicative government contracts to build software.

Washington, DC
2024
United States (federal government)

LupaMundi

O LupaMundi - Mapa das Legislações sobre Desinformação é um mapa interativo que apresenta as leis nacionais de combate à desinformação.

Brazil
2023

Fundusz sołecki

Polish law institutionalizing the "Village Fund" form of participatory budgeting, first in rural areas and later required for the 66 largest cities

Poland

21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act

The bill’s sponsor, Representative Ro Khanna, summed it up by saying, “Government exists to serve citizens, and this bill ensures government leverages available technology to provide cohesive, user-friendly online service that people around this country expect and deserve.”

Washington, DC
United States (federal government)

El Avispero

We are a platform of more than 140 thousand activists, organizations and groups that mobilize to transform behaviors and attitudes, generating influence in public policies and thus building a more tolerant, fair, sustainable, inclusive and participatory country.

Bogotá
2016
Sustainable cities and communities, "Peace, justice, and strong institutions"