How are governments transforming the way they engage with citizens by making education systems more transparent, accountable, and inclusive? Through initiatives like open budgeting and social auditing, citizens can actively participate and ensure policies align more closely with their needs.

In this episode we hear about examples from Bangladesh with Syeed Ahamed, the founder of E!quality, which aims to strengthen social accountability. Alessandro Bellantoni, Director of Policy and Partnerships for the Open Government Partnership (OGP), discusses what open government can do for people, highlighting some recent examples, challenges, and thoughts on the future. And Muriel Poisson, Team leader for Knowledge Generation and Mobilization at IIEP-UNESCO also shares some of the latest findings of IIEP’s research on open government in the education sector.

Produced by Alexandra Waldhorn and Sarah Elzas, who edited and mixed the episode.

Music by Robert Meunier