The Open Government and Water and Sanitation Declaration is an international call to bring together water and open government reformers and mobilize ambitious action that strengthens implementation of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) service delivery. It outlines targeted recommendations that leverage transparency, participation and accountability that can be utilized through Open Government Partnership and other WASH forums to increase collaboration and realize the human right to water and sanitation. The Declaration has now been endorsed by over 50 organisations including the Inter American Development Bank to help build a movement for open government action on WASH delivery challenges. The Declaration has  been used as a tool to support civil society in countries including Mexico and Indonesia to understand the type of water commitments that need to be prioritised in the OGP Partnership.  To learn more information read about the Declaration check out the launch video here and the Declaration in Spanish or English .

WRI has been working since 2015, with TAI Mongolian partners, to support communities to use an environmental rights approach to address community concerns about the impact of mining on thier health. Together a coalition of community based organisations have  successfully pushed officials to revoke licenses from companies who repeatedly violated Mongolia’s laws, and secure funding for local development priorities.

On March 3, 2018, states in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region met in Escazú, Costa Rica, for the 9^th Meeting of the Negotiation Committee for Principle 10. A historic moment, 24 states in the LAC region reached a consensus to approve an Agreement on Principle 10 – access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters.

The Jamaican TAI Coalition helped in saving Goat Island , an area within the Portland Bight Protected Area that was at risk for a Mega Port Project  by the Chinese demanding transparency and participation in the decision-making process.

After three years of engagement with local community members as part of TAI's STRIPE project, the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry  passed a new regulation that requires over 111 documents, maps, and reports to be made “proactively available periodically” to the public. 

UNEP’s Governing Council reached a major milestone in implementing Principle 10 of the 1992 Rio Declaration on Development and Environment in the adoption of guidelines for national legislation on access to information, public participation, and access to justice.

In 2014, After 10 years of campaigning by TAI partners the Environmental Law and Economics Institute and the  Access to Information Task Force, Paraguay enacted an access to public information law.

 In 2014, TAI successfully influenced the the adoption of UNEP's first access-to-information policy. 

The Access Initiative (TAI)  influenced the development of a model African Union access to information law

In June 2012 at Rio +20, nine Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) governments pledge to begin negotiations on a regional instrument on access rights.

In 2011, partners of The Access Initiative in India successfully convinced the government to implement progressive regulations governing India’s National Green Tribunal—a court dedicated to hearing environmental disputes throughout the country.

 In 2010, Partners in The Access Initiative advocated successfully for the creation of special environmental  tribunals and improved rules of procedure.

In  2009, Bolivia reforms constitution to include new rights for citizens to be consulted on decisions that affect the environment. 

In 2008, The Access Initiative partners in Indonesia and Thailand established stronger protections for the public’s access rights.

In 2007, Ecuador enacted a new law requiring the government to consult citizens on environmental matters.