Germany 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 Germany’s first 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 Germany, the IRM researcher Dr. Dieter Zinnbauer’s findings are summarized below:

“Germany’s first OGP action plan resulted in significantly greater disclosure of information in areas such as the extractive industriesApplying open government values of transparency, participation, and accountability to extractive industries can decrease corruption, safeguard community interests and needs, and support environmental ..., foreign aidMore and better information about aid helps partner countries and donor institutions plan and manage aid resources more effectively, parliaments and civil society to hold governments accountable for t..., and mobility. The action plan saw high levels of completion overall, partly due to the commitments being part of pre-existing government plans.”

And in German:

“Der erste deutsche nationale OGP-Aktionsplan zielte auf eine signifikante Ausweitung der Offenlegung von Informationen in mehreren Bereichen, wie z.B. im Rohstoffsektor, in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und im Mobilitätssektor. Der Umsetzungsgrad ist durchgehend hoch, was auch teilweise damit zusammenhängen dürfte, dass die meisten eingegangenen Verpflichtungen auch Bestandteil bereits existierender Regierungspläne waren.”

The version of the report for public comment is available in English and in German below.  The two-week public comment period closed 22 July 2020.