Republic of Korea End-of-Term Report 2016-2018 – For Public Comment

In 2020, 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 South Korea’s third 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... (2016-2018). The report covers the full action plan implementation period of October 2016 to June 2018.

In South Korea, the IRM researcher Jee In Chung’s findings are summarized below:

“The Korean government has continued to show its strong determination and dedication in carrying out the third national action plan’s (NAP3’s) 13 commitments, of which 10 commitments have been assessed as complete, and three commitments as substantially completed. Many of the commitments that were assessed as complete focused in areas of open dataBy opening up data and making it sharable and reusable, governments can enable informed debate, better decision making, and the development of innovative new services. Technical specifications: Polici..., e-government, anti-corruption, and citizen participatory projects. Future action plans would benefit from clearer formulation of the commitments and their intended results.”

And in Korean:

“대한민국 정부는 제3차 국가실행계획 13개 공약을 이행하는 데 계속해서 강력한 결의와 헌신을 보이고 있으며 이 중 10개 공약은 완료, 3개 공약은 상당 수준 완료 평가를 받았다. 완료 평가를 받은 공약들은 대부분 공공데이터, 전자정부, 반부패, 시민참여사업 분야에 집중되어 있다. 이 공약들에서 의도한 결과를 보다 구체화하는 것이 향후 실행계획에 도움이 될 것이다.”

The version of the report for public comment is available in English and in Korean below. The two-week public comment period closed 12 August 2020.