Czech Republic End-of-Term Report 2014-2016

In late 2016, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM)The Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) is OGP’s accountability arm and the main means of tracking progress in participating countries. The IRM provides independent, evidence-based, and objective ... published the end of term report for the Czech Republic’s second action planAction plans are at the core of a government’s participation in OGP. They are the product of a co-creation process in which government and civil society jointly develop commitments to open governmen.... The report covers the full action plan implementation period of July 2014 through June 2016.

In the Czech Republic, the IRM researcher Pavel Černý, a lawyer with Frank Bold Advokáti s.r.o. law firm report’s findings are summarized below:

“All commitments were either completed or substantially completed by the end of term. While implementation was strong in this action plan, most of commitments focused on internal steps with minor influence on open government practices.”

And in Czech:

” Všechny závazky byly na konci hodnotícího období buď zcela, nebo částečně dokončeny. Ačkoli míra implementace akčního plánu byla vysoká, většina závazků se zaměřovala na interní kroky v rámci veřejné správy, a tudíž měla pouze omezený dopad na otevřenost vládnutí.”

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