IRM Reports

Peru’s fifth action plan is notable for the participation of the multi-stakeholder forum created in 2020 and the involvement of new civil society actors. The plan includes commitments from all three branches of the state. However, there remains an opportunity…

Italy’s fifth action plan made progress opening public spending data on the National Recovery and Resilience Plan and institutionalizing civil society-public administration cooperation on the national anti-corruption framework. Co-creation and participation practices greatly improved compared to previous action plan cycles,…

Malta’s fourth action plan addresses the justice sector and youth participation. The adoption of the action plan revitalized Malta’s OGP process after prolonged inactivity, though the commitments came from government institutions with limited input from civil society. The Ministry of…

Australia’s third action plan includes promising commitments to introduce new legislation on automated decision-making by government, political donation transparency, and whistleblower protection. The action plan renewed Australia’s engagement in OGP following a period of inactivity and re-engaged the Open Government…

Germany’s fourth action plan features commitments on a range of topics, mainly in the fields of transparency and open data. The most promising commitments come from the coalition agreement and include the introduction of a Federal Transparency Act and transparency…

Senegal's first OGP action plan brought together the Senegalese open government community around concrete reforms. However, the action plan achieved limited completion and no notable results. The OGP host institution had limited ability to convene and fund OGP activities and…

Finland’s fourth OGP action plan was the country’s first to span four years (2019—2023). Finland completed most commitments despite the COVID-19 pandemic and shift of national priorities following Russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. The action plan resulted in the…

The 2022–2024 National Action Plan (NAP) largely carries forward and supplements elements of Canada’s 2018–2021 NAP, introducing commitments in two new policy areas. Despite advancing relatively positive activities and initiatives, the potential for results of most commitments and milestones is…