IRIM - Key Persons

Glass Wallet. 2009-2010. IRIM implemented a project - entitled the ‘Glass Wallet Project' - for the Open Society Forum, aimed at strengthening local government capacity regarding budget transparency. For this project, IRIM provided support training and guidelines to local governments, helping them improve their budget transparency. IRIM also trained citizens and civil society organisations on ways of participating in government budget processes. The work in this area influenced the subsequent passing of the government's ‘Law on Glass Accounts' in 2014. Evaluation of Government Agency Website Transparency. Since 2009. In 2009 IRIM implemented a project evaluating transparency of government agencies' websites; on behalf of the UNDP. Since 2014, IRIM has undertaken annual monitoring, to measure and evaluate implementation of the ‘Law on Information Transparency and Right to Information' and the ‘Law on Glass Account'. As a result of these works, there has been a database of changes to the government website