After the dust settled following the Arab Spring in 2011, Egypt’s score plummeted on the “Open Budget Index,” which measures government transparency and citizen engagement in the budget-making process. The Egyptian Center for Public Policy Studies’ project reversed the score, and citizens finally got a say in the budgeting process. ECPPS is the winner of Atlas Network's prestigious 2018 Templeton Freedom Award.
After the dust settled following the Arab Spring in 2011, Egypt’s score plummeted on the “Open Budget Index,” which measures government transparency and citizen engagement in the budget-making process. The Egyptian Center for Public Policy Studies’ project reversed the score, and citizens finally got a say in the budgeting process. ECPPS is the winner of Atlas Network's prestigious 2018 Templeton Freedom Award.