The Open Government Partnership has created an open space for its members (and others) to share open government approaches to tackling COVID-19, either by governments or civil society, citizens or the private sector. The list of examples received so far, as well as information on submitting new examples, can be found here.

The examples shared should belong to one of the following categories:

• Citizen-led community responses, including neighborhood volunteer groups and neighborhood associations, clergy, teachers or others helping to inform the public on the risks and needed steps.
• Participatory disaster response strategies, including working with civil society and citizens.
• Building trust between government and citizens, including through strong communications and focusing on reaching vulnerable communities with the information they need.
• Transparency over forecasting models and data that are influencing government’s strategies.
• Digital platforms or apps to keep citizens informed, enable public participation and/or offer open data; Digital tools to enable public participation.
• Digital and/or crowdsourced provision of public and government services.
• Protecting data rights and privacy as corporations help lead the response in many countries.
• Tackling misinformation and disinformation online.
• Publishing proactive information for affected communities, including economic and social support.

Photo: UNDP/Turkey