Sweden Mid-Term Report 2016-2018
- Action Plan: Sweden Third National Action Plan 2016-2018
- Dates Under Review: July 2016–June 2017
- Report Publication Year: 2018
- Researcher: Alina Östling
Sweden’s third action plan marks an improvement over its prior plans with a broadened focus that covers foreign aid, digital government, access to documents, and consultation. The next action plan could improve through wider consultation and clearer commitments.
Highlights
| Commitment | Overview | Well-Designed?* |
| ✪1. Digital First programme and public document access | A whole-of-government approach to improve public access to documents and data at all levels |
Yes |
| 2. Aid effectiveness | Promoting civic space and government-CSO dialogue in Sweden and beyond |
No |
| 3. CSO dialogue | New working method to bring expert voices into dialogue on key issues |
No |
* Commitment is evaluated by the IRM as specific, relevant, and has a transformative potential impact.
Process
Sweden’s consultations largely occurred during other forums on aid and government digital services. This is not inherently a problem, but there is no central forum for the intersectoral discussion and promotion of open government.
| Did not act contrary to OGP process
A country is considered to have acted contrary to process if one or more of the following occurs:
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Performance
Most of Sweden’s commitments are highly relevant and innovative, but several lack verifiability and a clear results-orientation. However, the verifiable activities seem to be proceeding according to schedule.
IRM Recommendations
- Consult a more diverse range of CSOs, provide systematic and more concrete feedback to consultation participants, and commission external evaluations of the dialogue process.
- Develop systems to prioritise high-value data releases in more sectors; monitor use and effects.
- Set concrete targets and indicators for the digitisation of the public sector, make provisions for inclusiveness and privacy, and adopt a clear open data remit for the Digital First programme.
- Develop a formal and regular consultation mechanism to facilitate meaningful dialogue on the OGP commitments.
- Improve progress monitoring of the Policy for Global Development (PGU).
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