Transparency
Accessible, understandable and reusable public information in open formats.
Articulating paradigm
Open Government: the paradigm that runs through the entire Network.
Open Government is not just another work area: it is the conceptual framework that gives meaning and coherence to everything the Foundation does. The three engines (Observatory, Citizen Oversight and Institute), the six work areas and the seven Vice Chairs share this fundamental orientation: to build a State that can be understood, evaluated and improved collaboratively among public actors, private sector, academia and civil society.
What we mean by Open Government
A State that can be understood, evaluated and improved.
Open Government is one that goes beyond publishing information and moves toward a different relationship with citizens: one where the State listens to demands, explains its decisions, allows follow-up on results and enables participation in the design and evaluation of public policies.
"An Open Government is one that can be understood, evaluated and improved in collaborative work, based on trust between public actors, private sector, civil society and academia."
This approach, promoted internationally by the Open Government Partnership (OGP) and ECLAC, rests on four pillars that guide both the public agenda and the Network's institutional work.
Four pillars · One method
Transparency, participation, accountability and innovation.
The four principles are universal, but collaboration is what unites them: it is the method that turns principles into everyday institutional practice.
Citizen participation
Institutionalized spaces where citizens influence decisions and evaluations.
Accountability
Explain decisions, show results and take responsibility for commitments made.
Technological innovation
Digital tools, open data and AI at the service of public purpose.
Collaboration (method)
Collaboration is the method that articulates the four principles and turns them into practice.
Framework based on the Open Government Partnership (OGP) and ECLAC study LC/TS.2025/14.
How it runs through the Network
Open Government in every work area.
Open Government is the lens that makes clear why each engine and each Vice Chair exists, and how they connect with each other.
Observatory
Produces open data that operationalizes transparency with rigorous methodological standards.
Citizen Oversight
Enables citizen participation and accountability through complaint channels, public maps and collective advocacy.
Institute
Trains the people who apply the principles day-to-day: without capacities there is no real Open Government.
Work areas
The 6 work areas translate the principles into concrete sectoral agendas.
Vice Chairs
Each Vice Chair articulates a strategic domain from a collaborative perspective.
Innovation with AI
The AI & Innovation Unit of the Executive Direction puts emerging technology at the service of traceability, analysis and accessibility.
Our own guiding concept
Corporate Open Government (COG).
RIEA proposes extending the principles of Open Government —transparency, participation, accountability and innovation— to the corporate sphere, both public and private. We call this Corporate Open Government (COG): a framework of the Foundation's own that translates international open government standards into everyday organizational governance.
COG rests on one conviction: the challenges of integrity can no longer be addressed only through regulation or complaints. They require organizations —from the State, private sector, academia and civil society— that open up, dialogue, are accountable and act collaboratively. COG is the concrete way RIEA proposes to do this, and it is the common methodological umbrella for the three engines.
Where it plays out
Concrete fields of application.
Central State modernization
Digital tools, open electronic files, system interoperability and real-time auditing.
Local governments and municipalities
Replicable municipal open government models, binding participation and territorial open data.
Open justice
Tracking the full lifecycle of cases, publication of accessible rulings and citizen participation in judicial policies.
Private sector with robust compliance
Extending COG principles to companies, in coordination with Law 20.393 and Law 21.595 on economic crimes.
Regional articulation
Dialogue with ECLAC and international standards.
RIEA aligns its Open Government agenda with the regional and international spaces that shape the public conversation on integrity and open government in Latin America. Particularly relevant is the ongoing dialogue with ILPES-ECLAC —where our Vice Chair for Open Government serves as an international consultant—, with the Open Government Partnership (OGP) which Chile joined in 2011 and where it has delivered six Action Plans, and with OECD and UN frameworks on institutional integrity.
The official launch of RIEA at ECLAC in 2026 is a milestone consolidating this positioning and projecting Chile's agenda in the region.
Let's work together
Open Government is built collaboratively.
If your institution, organization or project seeks to implement Open Government principles —or the COG approach in the corporate sphere—, we can accompany you with proven methodologies and regional articulation.
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