Launched at the 2022 OECD Global Forum and Ministerial on Building Trust and Reinforcing Democracy, the OECD’s Reinforcing Democracy Initiative provides evidence-based guidance and good international practices to help countries reinforce democratic values and institutions.

Based on data from the Public Integrity Indicators, this report analyses the performance of countries’ integrity frameworks, and explores how some of the main challenges to governments today are increasing corruption and integrity risks for countries.

Report provides a baseline of data from 52 countries and an overview of the different dimensions of civic space, with a focus on civic freedoms, media freedoms, civic space in the digital age, and the enabling environment for civil society.