IRM Reports

The United States fifth national action plan is extensive; addressing a wide range of relevant public policy issues. However, it has overall limited potential to achieve significant change in government practices. Developed primarily through a top-down approach, it largely reflects…

Ecuador's second action plan aims to create an Open State by introducing initiatives in judicial, legislative, and electoral matters, along with enhancing transparency and social control measures from the first plan. The commitments were developed through a co-creation process, representing…

Paraguay's fifth Open Government Action Plan seeks to advance an Open State by including commitments from the executive, legislative, and judicial powers[1]. Although it covers several priority issues for civil society, the commitments have mostly modest or uncertain scope. The…

The Republic of Moldova’s fifth OGP action plan covers priority areas for the country’s accession to the European Union (EU). It features promising commitments on implementation of the new access to information law and improving public participation in decision-making. Active…

This report covers the implementation of Canada’s fourth action plan for 2018–2021.[1] In 2022, consistently with the IRM Refresh,[2] the IRM began to implement a new approach to its research process and the scope of its reporting on action plans.…

Nearly half of the nine commitments in Portugal’s second action plan achieved moderate early results. While the process for co-creating Portugal’s second action plan was highly collaborative, engagement with the Multi-Stakeholder Forum (MSF) and civil society was inconsistent during the…

Nigeria’s third action plan continues open government reforms that aim to tackle corruption. Dedicated funding and a strong coalition of reformers set commitments to open the budget process and increase beneficial ownership transparency apart. Successful implementation will likely depend on…