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Participants are generally keen to better understand the use of public resources around them, specifically public infrastructure that impacts their environment and lives, such as the bridges, roads, hospitals and schools they see on their commute home, and the sports and cultural facilities they use. [...] The value of these initiatives These initiatives are useful as they: o Enable governments to engage on the public spending data they publish in open and collaborative settings; o Generate a knowledge building experience on ways for the government to promote public participation; o Inform both the government and potential users of the data; o Promote and incentivize the use of published information. [...] Selected examples of what initiatives have achieved Below are some examples of what these initiatives have achieved in different countries: o Argentina: The Ministry of Finance changed the way open budget data and physical goals information is published, and improved dialogue towards enhancing the development and monitoring of the Mother and Child Care program budget performance targets. [...] o Colombia: The Rally (2018 and 2019) and the Dataquest (2019) impacted the National Development Plan, including through a provision to incorporate cross-cutting budgets in the budget process. [...] o Indonesia: Dataquests have benefitted from the continuous involvement of the highest authorities in the Ministry of Finance, including the Minister herself, and motivated the publication of standardized budgetary data, and the permanent availability of selected open data.