Action plans are at the core of a member’s participation in OGP. They are the product of a co-creation process in which government and civil society define ambitious commitments to foster transparency, accountability and inclusion.

Once the action plan has been submitted, the real work starts: Implementation. There are a few options during this phase. Business as usual: government implements, civil society criticizes. Or the version where both sides build a partnership, working together, setting up on-going coordination mechanisms, drawing on each-others expertise. A hybrid, with some organizations on the inside and a few others on the outside undertaking monitoring efforts is the third option.

As we encourage OGP participants to address key societal challenges through transformative reforms in their action plans, we also realize they need support in raising ambition, broadening ownership and political leadership, and ensuring credible implementation of these reforms.