The OGP Gazette is a monthly update of technical information provided by the OGP Support Unit and IRM. It is intended to help OGP stakeholders stay up to date on official decisions and the technical aspects of National Action Plans and reporting.
Calendar
Participant calendars: What are you working on right now?
OGP countries and OGP Local participants are organized in two large groups according to the year - even or odd - in which they present their two-year Action Plan (AP). This division is important because it determines when countries and OGP Local participants are due to co-create Action Plan and Self-Assessment reports, and when they will receive their IRM reports. The list of participants in each of the groups varies, as new entities join and others experience delays. For 2018, the list is as follows:
Even
Albania
Armenia
Austin
Australia
Basque Country
Bojonegoro
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Buenos Aires
Bulgaria
Cabo Verde
Canada
Chile
Cote d’Ivoire
Croatia
Czech Republic
Dominican Republic
Ecuador*
El Salvador
Elgeyo-Marakwet County
Estonia
France
Georgia
Greece
Guatemala
Honduras
Iași
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
Jalisco
Jamaica
Jordan
Kaduna State
Kenya
Kigoma
Kyrgyzstan
La Libertad
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madrid
Malawi
Malta
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro**
Morocco
Nariño
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Ontario
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Paris
Portugal*
Romania
São Paulo
Scotland
Sekondi-Takoradi
Senegal*
Seoul
Serbia
Seychelles*
Sierra Leone
South Cotabato
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Tbilisi
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Odd
Afghanistan
Argentina
Azerbaijan Republic**
Burkina Faso
Colombia
Costa Rica
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Ghana
Israel
Latvia
Liberia
Mexico
Nigeria
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Slovak Republic
Spain
South Africa
*New members **Currently in inactive status
Odd year countries and OGP Local participants (action plans beginning in an odd year):
Have started to implement their 2017-2019 National Action Plans.
Even year countries and OGP Local participants (action plans beginning in September of an odd year):
Will finalize the implementation of their 2016-2018 National Action Plans and will soon start the co-creation of their 2018-2020 Action Plans.
The IRM Data Dashboard is a reference for frequently asked questions about general IRM data, such as the number of OGP action plans, total number of commitments, or number and percentage of starred commitments. The dashboard reflects data provided in the IRM-Support Unit Commitments Database and is updated as the database is updated.
Data on progress reports for 2016-2018 action plans
Data on end of term reports for 2015-2017 action plans
This data can be found in the “non-IRM assessed commitments” tab of the database. While these action plans have been tagged for OGP Thematic Tags, their inclusion will not change IRM assessed variables (i.e. specificity, OGP value relevance, potential impact, completion, starred commitments).
Steering Committee Announcements
The Steering Committee met in Washington D.C. on December 5 and 6 for a working-level meeting hosted by the lead civil society co-chair, Nathaniel Heller (Executive Vice President for Integrated Strategies at Results for Development, R4D). A summary of the meeting’s discussions and all decisions can be found here.
OGP Events & Announcements
OGP Global Summit
Together with OGP, the Government of Canada is hosting the 6th Open Government Partnership Global Summit in Ottawa, Canada, from May 29-31st, 2019. In the spirit of co-creation, OGP Global Summit agendas are designed with the community through an open call for proposals. The call for proposals will open in early 2019, as will registration. Further information is available at www.ogpsummit.org.
The Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) is seeking individuals to carry out research at the national and local levels in over 10 localities to assess government progress on implementation of their OGP Action Plans including:
This guide showcases a selection of 12 commitments from 2015 and 2016 action plans that the OGP Independent Reporting Mechanism awarded “star” status. They represent major steps forward in relevant policy areas and are transforming business as usual. These bold new reforms should encourage a race to the top among OGP members by highlighting ambitious and innovative approaches to tackling major public policy challenges.
Starting in 2016, OGP began a publication series to capture ‘early results’ of open government commitments. In the governance world, it can take a long time to see how open government policies materialize into concrete social, economic and political benefits for citizens. But as we have learned from seven years of OGP, the journeys of reformers fighting to bring policies to fruition are eye-opening experiences which are critical to understanding the ultimate impact that policies had or did not have.
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