Vivien Suerte-Cortez

Vien is currently a consultant for the Thematic Policy Areas at the Open Government

Partnership.

Prior to joining the OGP, she was an independent consultant with Hivos Southeast Asia and managed the Philippine portfolio of the Open Up Contracting and the Making All Voices Count programs. She also worked at the Affiliated Network for Social Accountability in East Asia and the Pacific (ANSA-EAP) where she led the team that successfully advocated for the institutionalization of the Citizen Participatory Audit program in the Philippines’ Commission on Audit. From time to time, she has also internationally consulted on projects that involved anti-corruption, open contracting and public procurement, social accountability, stakeholder engagement, and public finance management.

Vien received her Master’s in Public Management from the Ateneo de Manila University and her Bachelor’s degree in Community Development from the University of the Philippines. She is based in the Philippines.