Macedonia End-of-Term Report 2014-16 – For Public Comment

In 2017, 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 Macedonia’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 development and first year of implementation of the action plan July 2014 through June 2016.

In Macedonia, findings from the IRM researcher, Neda Korunovska of Reactor, are summarized below:

“During the implementation of the second OGP national action plan, released recordings of illegal surveillance revealed significant shortcomings in areas relevant to OGP. Despite this, the government completed one third of its commitments, and the OGP framework set up a model for best practices in broad participation and collaboration with civil society.”

And in Macedonian:

Во текот на имплементацијата на вториот национален акциски план за ОВП, објавените снимки од нелегалното прислушување открија значителни недостатоци во области кои се релевантни за ОВП. И покрај тоа, Владата исполни една третина од заложбите, а рамката на ОВП постави модел на најдобри практики за широко учество и соработка со граѓанското

The version of the report for public comment is available in English and Macedonian below. The two-week public comment period closed 12 July 2017.