IRM Report

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…

Ireland’s third action plan renewed Ireland’s engagement in OGP. The action plan established legislation to improve the enforcement of “cooling-off period” for public officials switching to the private sector. Most of the other commitments were implemented as planned, but did…

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.…