IRM Report

The United Kingdom (UK)’s fifth action plan led to significant early results in public procurement transparency with the adoption of the Procurement Act 2023. It also led to moderate early results in open justice, particularly remote observations of court hearings…

Norway's fifth action plan includes commitments addressing public procurement, digital inclusion, and anti-corruption. The action plan presents an opportunity to implement mechanisms for broader participation of civil society groups and other interested groups, beyond those stakeholders already participating in the…

The Philippines’ sixth action plan intends to open large government infrastructure projects to public monitoring and progress local-level access to justice and freedom of information efforts. Its commitments could go further to take advantage of the new four-year implementation period.…

Senegal’s second OGP action plan largely carries forward unfinished reforms from the first action plan. Commitments to pass an Access to Information Law, strengthen the anti-corruption legal regime, and join the Fisheries Transparency Initiative show particular promise. The election of…

Kosovo’s first action plan addresses key areas of open government, including open data, citizen participation in decision-making, public procurement, and political finance transparency. The action plan saw an ambitious co-creation process with active involvement of the National Coordinating Council, Kosovo’s…

Kenyan reformers designed a fifth action plan that promises to strengthen government transparency, particularly around priority areas of climate action, data, procurement, public debt, and parliamentary activities. Commitments build on longstanding aims of Kenya’s OGP community and includes concrete reforms…

This product reviews Latvia’s refresh process halfway through implementation of their 2021-2025 action plan. It evaluates the refresh process, any significantly amended or new commitments, and provides a general update on the status of implementation. Overview of the 2021-2025 Midterm…

The implementation of Guatemala's fifth action plan reaffirms the need to strengthen spaces for dialogue and collaboration between the Government and civil society to achieve better results. The challenge for the next action plan will be to maintain the same…

Panama's fourth action plan is one of the best developed by the country to date, with clearly defined problems and objectives, ambitious goals, and a higher percentage of commitments with potential for "substantial" results. However, it was one of those…