The Institute on Governance (IOG) is a Canadian

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focused on developing better

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in the public sphere, both in Canada and internationally. The organisation also uses the

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title, ''Institut sur la gouvernance''.Motsi, G.
Two Key Questions For Horizontal Policy Making & Implementation
Policy Brief No. 34, ''Institute on Governance'', published in 2009, accessed on 14 February 2025 IOG is headquartered in

Ottawa Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...

, with a second office in

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and extensive operations in

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. It has roughly 40 staff, and the current president is Toby Fyfe. The IOG publishes policy documents and briefs on

civil society Civil society can be understood as the "third sector" of society, distinct from government and business, and including the family and the private sphere.good governance Good governance is the process of measuring how public institutions conduct public affairs and manage public resources and guarantee the realization of human rights in a manner essentially free of abuse and corruption and with due regard for t ...

, political systems and forms of government, politics and society.

History

The IOG was founded in 1990 in Ottawa by Timothy Plumptre, who acted as director and president until 2006. Its budget was C$1.5 million and it counted 18 staff (11 research, 7 administrative/support, 1 visiting) in 2003. A paper published by the institute in 2009 listed its current activities at that time as embracing government modernization, board and organizational governance, aboriginal governance, partnership building, health and innovation, and international programming. Maryantonett Flumian served as IOG president between 2008 and 2018, during which time the IOG more than doubled in size. This period also saw the IOG expand beyond its traditional focus in the national capital area into projects in

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, Ontario,

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and

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, as well as multiple overseas projects, including a multi-year project in Iraq.

References

External links

Homepage of the Institute on Governance
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