Using transparency, participation, and accountability to achieve the Global Development Program’s goals
When the Global Development Program began in Mexico, conditions were just right for its transparency and access to public information agendas. The “democratic bonus” and the new Ley de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública (transparency and access to public information law) allowed CSOs to demand greater access to public information and better government transparency.
This is why the Hewlett Foundation adapted its Transparency, Participation, and Accountability (TPA) Strategy towards the use of public information to improve public service provision.
In 2003, the foundation approved the creation of the Global Development Program (GDP). Since the program’s main objective was to create the right conditions for economic growth, it adopted two goals to carry out this objective. One of these goals was to increase the amounts and effectiveness of global and local development funds by enhancing transparency, participation, and accountability.
With its objectives and goals set, the GDP funded organizations in Mexico that guaranteed access to public information and produced technical recommendations to extend the national rights under the Ley de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública to sub-national entities.
