Open Government for Stronger Democracies
| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Paris :
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development
2023.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009786726106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Executive Summary
- Key findings
- Key recommendations
- 1 Monitoring the implementation of the OECD Recommendation on Open Government
- Introduction
- Open Government is an umbrella concept
- Protected civic space is widely recognised as an enabler of successful open government reforms
- References
- 2 Provision 1: Open government strategies and initiatives
- 1.1: Design and implement a policy framework on the open government principles
- All Adherents are developing and implementing open government strategies and initiatives at the level of the central government.
- The OGP Action Plan plays a key role in Adherents' open government agendas.
- Open government strategies are becoming more common in Adherents.
- 1.2: Take an inclusive approach to open government policy making and implementation
- The design and implementation of open government strategies and initiatives usually benefit from collaboration with stakeholders.
- 1.3: Foster commitment to open government across the senior leadership to champion a transformation of the public sector, manage change and navigate risks
- Conclusions and way forward (provision 1)
- References
- Notes
- 3 Provision 2: Legal and regulatory framework
- 2.1: Ensure the necessary laws and regulations to enable open government policies and practices are in place
- The legal and regulatory framework for open government in Adherents is very wide.
- Provisions relating to the open government principles are often enshrined in Adherents' Constitutions.
- Recent years have seen the adoption of new laws and regulations on open government policies and practices.
- A focus on access to/freedom of information laws.
- Laws and regulations that protect civic space form the backbone of Adherents' open government agendas.
- Freedom of expression is widely protected in law, but with exceptions.
- Freedom of Peaceful Assembly is widely protected in law, but with exceptions.
- There are opportunities to strengthen the enabling environment for CSOs/freedom of association in some Adherents.
- Adherents support the implementation of their legal and regulatory frameworks on open government through guiding materials.
- 2.2: Establish adequate oversight mechanisms to ensure compliance with the existing legal and regulatory framework
- Adherents ensure compliance with existing legislation on open government through different means.
- Most Adherents have a body that oversees the implementation of the access to information law.
- Institutional protection and mechanisms to counter violations of civic freedoms that undermine civic space and open government.
- Ombudsmen institutions are actively contributing to open government efforts.
- Conclusions and way forward (provision 2)
- References
- Notes
- 4 Provision 3: Mandates, resources, and literacy
- 3.1: Provide public officials with the mandate to design and implement successful open government strategies and initiatives
- Most Adherents have de facto established an Open Government Office.
- Responsibilities of Adherent's Open Government Offices have been growing steadily.
- Open Government Offices are most commonly situated in the Centre of Government.
- 3.2: Provide public officials with the adequate human, financial and technical resources
- Human, financial and technical resources dedicated to open government have grown.
- Staff numbers dedicated to open government are on the rise in Adherents.
- Financial resources dedicated to Adherents' open government agenda.
- Open government and participation portals are becoming mainstreamed.
- 3.3: Promote awareness, knowledge, and skills for public officials and stakeholders to engage successfully in open government strategies and initiatives
- Adherents offer a wide range of trainings and courses on open government and its principles.
- Competency frameworks for public officials commonly include competencies relating to open government policies and practices.
- Conclusions and way forward (provision 3)
- References
- Notes
- 5 Provision 4: Coordination mechanisms
- 4.1: Co-ordination of open government agendas by establishing dedicated institutional mechanisms
- Adherents have set up different institutional mechanisms to co-ordinate open government strategies and initiatives.
- The creation of mechanisms to co-ordinate integrated open government approaches is a relatively recent trend.
- The Multi-stakeholder Fora have started playing a more active role in the wider open government agenda.
- 4.2: Ensure that the open government agenda and other relevant national policy agendas proceed in the same direction and contribute to common objectives
- Adherents' open government agendas sometimes remain detached from wider policy objectives.
- Conclusions and way forward (provision 4)
- References
- Notes
- 6 Provision 5: Monitoring and evaluation
- 5.1: Identify institutional actors to be in charge of collecting and disseminating up-to-date and reliable information and data in an open format
- 5.2: Develop comparable indicators to measure processes, outputs, outcome and impact in collaboration with stakeholders
- Only a small number of Adherents have designed indicators in the field of open government.
- 5.3: Foster a culture of monitoring, evaluation and learning among public officials by increasing their capacity to regularly conduct exercises for these purposes in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
- All Adherents monitor (parts of) their open government agendas.
- The system to monitor the implementation of OGP Action Plans is robust in most Adherents that are part of the OGP.
- Conclusions and way forward (provision 5)
- References
- 7 Provision 6: Public communication
- 6.1: Disseminate their open government agendas both internally and externally
- 6.2: Promote synergies between the open government and public communication communities for greater transparency, participation and stakeholders' buy in
- Conclusions and way forward (provision 6)
- References
- 8 Provision 7: Proactive disclosure
- 7.1: Proactively make available clear, complete, timely, reliable and relevant public sector data and information that is free of cost, available in an open and non-proprietary machine-readable format, easy to find, understand, use and reuse, and dis...
- 7.2: Information and data shared is to be prioritised in consultation with stakeholders
- Conclusions and way forward (provision 7)
- References
- Notes
- 9 Provision 8: Stakeholder participation
- 8.1: Putting participation at the core of open government agendas, to provide diverse opportunities for both citizens and stakeholders in all phases of the policy-cycle and service design and delivery
- Increasing the diversity of participatory processes and practices.
- The quality and impact of participatory processes vary widely among Adherents.
- Participatory processes can involve both common citizens and organised groups of stakeholders.
- 8.2: Institutionalise participatory processes and practices
- 8.3: Ensure inclusion and accessibility of participatory processes
- Protected civic space can increase inclusion in participatory processes.
- Anti-discrimination laws are central to facilitating citizen and stakeholder participation.
- Monitoring and data collection on discrimination are central to making participatory processes more inclusive.
- Funding for the CSO sector is a valuable lifeline that facilitates stakeholder participation.
- CSO strategies can strengthen government - CSO relations, thereby facilitating more effective participation in public life.
- Entities responsible for CSO registration set the tone for healthy government - civil society relations.
- Conclusions and way forward (provision 8)
- References
- Notes
- 10 Provision 9: Leverage innovation and digital technology
- 9.1: Promote innovative ways to effectively engage with stakeholders in their open government agendas
- Adherents have been moving the deliberative wave forward.
- 9.2: Leverage digital government tools to support open government objectives
- 9.3: Leverage open data in support of open government reforms
- Conclusions and way forward (provision 9)
- References
- Notes
- 11 Provision 10: Open state
- 10.1: By increasingly implementing the principle of Open State, Parliaments, the Judiciary and subnational levels of government of Adherents promote open government reforms and practices
- Subnational authorities are implementing a variety of open government strategies and initiatives.
- Parliaments across Adherents are implementing open government initiatives but lagging behind in adopting strategic approach.
- Adherents' judiciaries are gradually implementing the open government principles.
- 10.2: Collaborating and exploiting synergies among different levels of government and branches of the state in support of moving towards an open state approach
- The move towards an open state is a reality but few Adherents are taking a coordinated and integrated approach.
- Vertical collaboration and integration are happening on an ad hoc basis.
- Few Adherents have established multi-level governance mechanisms to ensure coordination and collaboration on open state.
