Openness Index of the Local Self-Government

The Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society, within the USAID’s Civic Engagement Project, assessed the state of good governance in 17 units of local self-government in the Republic of North Macedonia for 2020. The assessment is the result of a survey based on the Openness Index.

The visualization shows the performance of local government in the field of good governance with a focus on four principles: accessibility, efficiency, integrity and transparency.

The domain that connects all four principles is open data.

The visualization has been prepared in Macedonian, Albanian and English.

The entire evaluation is available at the following link.

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