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  • Member Since 2016
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Current Action Plan

2023-2025

Action Plan 4

  • Number of Commitments: 15
  • Policy Area Focus: Not specified

Germany’s fourth action plan features commitments on a range of topics, mainly in the fields of transparency and open data. The most promising commitments come from the coalition agreement and include the introduction of a Federal Transparency Act and transparency guidelines for public-private partnerships (PPPs). Civil society mentioned that the co-creation process did not offer them sufficient opportunities to shape the content of the action plan. The IRM restates recommendations to institutionalize the OGP process for better co-creation of future action plans. (More)


Contact

Sebastian Haselbeck Policy Advisor, Division of Modern Government, Federal Chancellery sebastian.haselbeck@bk.bund.de

Commitments


Resources

  1. Germany Action Plan Review 2023-2025

    2024, IRM Report, Web page

  2. Germany Action Plan Review 2023-2025 – For Public Comment

    2024, Report Comments, Web page

  3. Germany Action Plan 2023-2025 (June)

    2023, Action Plan, Web page

  4. Inception Report – Action plan – Hamburg, Germany, 2022 – 2024

    2023, Inception Report, Web page

  5. Inception Report – Action plan – Detmold, Germany, 2022 – 2025

    2023, Inception Report, Web page

  6. Germany Co-Creation Brief 2022

    2022, IRM Report, Web page

  7. Action plan – Detmold, Germany, 2022 – 2025

    2022, Action Plan, Web page

  8. Action plan – Hamburg, Germany, 2022 – 2024

    2022, Action Plan, Web page

  9. Germany Transitional Results Report 2019-2021

    2022, IRM Report, Web page

  10. Germany Transitional Results Report 2019-2021 – For Public Comment

    2022, Report Comments, Web page

  11. Hamburg – Letter of Support (2022)

    2022, Letter, Web page

  12. Detmold – Letter of Support (2022)

    2022, Letter, Web page

  13. Germany Action Plan Review 2021-2023

    2022, IRM Report, Web page

  14. Germany Action Plan Review 2021-2023 – For Public Comment

    2022, Report Comments, Web page

  15. Germany Self-Assessment Report 2019-2021

    2021, Self Assessment, Web page

  16. Germany Action Plan 2021-2023

    2021, Action Plan, Web page

  17. Germany Design Report 2019-2021

    2020, IRM Report, Web page

  18. Germany Mid-Term Self-Assessment 2019-2021

    2020, Self Assessment, Web page

  19. Germany Design Report 2019-2021 – For Public Comment

    2020, Report Comments, Web page

  20. Germany Implementation Report 2017-2019

    2020, IRM Report, Web page

  21. Germany Implementation Report 2017-2019 – For Public Comment

    2020, Report Comments, Web page

  22. Germany End-of-Term Self-Assessment 2017-2019

    2020, Self Assessment, Web page

  23. Germany Action Plan 2019-2021

    2019, Action Plan, Web page

  24. Germany Design Report 2017-2019

    2019, IRM Report, Web page

  25. Germany Design Report 2017-2019 – For Public Comment

    2019, Report Comments, Web page

  26. Germany – Letter of Candidacy for 2019 Steering Committee Elections

    2019, Letter, Web page

  27. Germany Mid-Term Self-Assessment Report 2017-2019

    2018, Self Assessment, Web page

  28. Germany National Action Plan 2017-2019

    2017, Action Plan, Web page

  29. Germany Letter of Intent to Join OGP

    2017, Letter, Web page


Current Data

The data below is updated periodically, most often after large numbers of new action plans and IRM reports.

Commitment Performance

The following variables answer the question “Did this commitment open government?“, and focus on how government practices have changed as a result of the commitment’s implementation.

Key

No IRM data

Pending IRM Review

Major
Outstanding
Starred Commitments
Action Plan 1
4
0
1
Action Plan 2
0
Action Plan 3
Action Plan 4

Global

Most per action plan
4
7

Regional

Most per action plan
4
7

How to Get More Starred Commitments

Starred commitments in OGP are one of the ways the IRM designates promising reforms. The graph below shows where the major areas for improvement in action plan design and implementation should take place based on past action plans.

Key

Stars (Global average 7%)

Focus on implementation

Focus on design

Pending IRM review

No IRM data

Focus on design

Focus on objectives and impact (ambition/potential impact)

Focus on relevance to open government

Focus on verifiability

Action Plan 3
Action Plan 4

Public Participation

This table shows: 1) the level of public influence during the development and implementation of OGP action plans, 2) whether consultations were open to any member of the public or only to those invited; and 3) whether a forum existed that met regularly.

Key

Participation was closed

Participation was open to any interested party

No IRM data

Forum

Pending IRM review

Definitions

Collaborate: Iterative dialogue and public helped set agenda

 

Involve: Government gave feedback on public inputs

 

Consult: Public gave input

 

Inform: Government provided public with information on plan

Collaborate
Involve
Consult
Inform
No Consultation

Development

Action Plan 1
Action Plan 2
Action Plan 3
Action Plan 4
Collaborate
Involve
Consult
Inform
No Consultation

Implementation

Action Plan 1
Action Plan 2
Action Plan 3
Action Plan 4

OGP Global Report Data

The data below is drawn from the 2019 OGP Global Report. You can view and learn more about the report here.

Selected Dimensions of Open Government

This section captures how each OGP member can play a leadership role, based on IRM-based findings and third-party scores. This list does not cover all of open government and OGP members are not required to take any action.

Action implications

These are recommendations on the role that each OGP member might play in each policy area. The recommendations are derived from a combination of the IRM-based findings and third-party scores.

IRM-based findings

Reflect the performance of commitments in a particular policy area, as assessed by the IRM.

 

(NC) No Commitments
(CA) Commitment(s) in the policy area.
(IR) IRM-Reviewed: At least one IRM-assessed commitment.
(C) Was Complete: At least one commitment was substantially or fully completed.
(A) Was Ambitious: At least one commitment with moderate or transformative potential impact.
(ER) Showed Early Results: At least one commitment opened government in a “Major” or “Outstanding” way.

Third-party scores

Reflect “real-world” performance, i.e., performance outside of the OGP framework. Scores are comprised of various indicators collected by respected organizations.

Anti-Corruption

Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)

Civic Space

Action Implications
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
Action Implications
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
Action Implications
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)

Open Policy Making

Action Implications
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
Action Implications
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)

Access to Information

Action Implications
Implement for Results
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
Action Implications
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)

Fiscal Openness

Action Implications
Implement for Results
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
Action Implications
Implement for Results
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
Action Implications
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)

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