Strengthening civil society and citizen participation is of utmost importance. Anabel Cruz, Founding Director of the Communication and Development Institute (ICD), has spent three decades doing that work. 

In the last episode of Voices of Open Government, Anabel tells us how her experience fleeing her home country of Uruguay as a political refugee inspired her to work on democratic initiatives and why strengthening civil society is crucial in our current political climate.

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Young people have become increasingly influential in the government space, pushing campaigns and leveraging powerful tools such as social media. 

Ebenezar Wikina has spent his life advocating for positive change. 

Today Ebenezar tells us how he has managed to engage young people in civic and governmental  issues that affect their everyday lives.

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Today we’ll take a look at  Estonia, a country that is successfully building open government initiatives after being occupied by Russia for over half a century.

Our guest is Taimar Peterkop, the country’s Secretary of State and he tells us how he was inspired to dedicate his life to public service after his country reclaimed its independence in 1991.

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