Denmark Implementation Report 2017-2019 – 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 Implementation Report for Denmark’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... (2017-2019). The report covers the level of completionImplementers must follow through on their commitments for them to achieve impact. For each commitment, OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) evaluates the degree to which the activities outlin... and the results of the action plan.

In Denmark, the IRM researcher Mikkel Otto Hansen (Nordic Consulting Group)’s findings are summarized below:

“Denmark’s third action plan focused on increasing 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..., improving transparencyAccording to OGP’s Articles of Governance, transparency occurs when “government-held information (including on activities and decisions) is open, comprehensive, timely, freely available to the pub... More in the public sector, and promoting open government globally. Notably, the action plan resulted in the creation of a new portal with data on day-care facilities (CommitmentOGP commitments are promises for reform co-created by governments and civil society and submitted as part of an action plan. Commitments typically include a description of the problem, concrete action... 3) as well as strengthening the volunteer sector in Denmark (Commitment 9). However, while most commitments were either fully or substantially completed, their influence on opening government was generally marginal.”

And in Danish:

“Danmarks tredje handlingsplan fokuserede på åbne data, forbedring af gennemsigtigheden i den offentlige sektor og promovering af åbne data globalt. Det er værd at bemærke, at handlingsplanen resulterede i oprettelsen af en ny portal, der indeholder data vedr. dagtilbudsområdet (forpligtelse 3) såvel som initiativer, der har styrket frivilligsektoren (forpligtelse 9). Selvom de fleste forpligtelser blev helt eller væsentligt færdiggjort, var deres indflydelse på at åbne regeringen generelt marginal.”

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