IRM Report

The Netherlands’ fourth Open Government Partnership (OGP) action plan saw advancements in transparency of political parties' financing. Preliminary work was also carried out in open contracting and in finding the right balance between government transparency and confidentiality. Going forward, it…

Estonia’s fifth Open Government Partnership (OGP) action plan saw strong results in lobbying transparency, and in participation in central and local government. The commitments with the strongest results had both active leaders among public officials and committed partners or networks…

Only one of the four commitments from Sweden’s action plan saw early results from publishing open datasets. There was very limited engagement between government and civil society to oversee development and progress of the action plan. Greater political leadership in…

Government agencies’ limited funding and commitment resulted in a low level of implementation and few early open government results from Liberia’s fourth action plan. However, modest progress was made toward establishing systems to disclose public contract and beneficial ownership information.…

The drafting of Azerbaijan’s 2020–2022 Action Plan started in 2019 with the development of the roadmap. The process included a number of meetings and consultations with the wider civil society outside of the OGP National Platform. The civil society formed…

Norway’s fourth Open Government Partnership (OGP) Action Plan (2019–2022) contained 10 commitments, including digital public procurement, prevention of corruption, and beneficial ownership transparency. Most commitments saw only limited completion. Completed commitments included initiatives that existed outside the OGP framework. Key…

This report covers the implementation of Kenya’s third action plan for 2018-2021. In 2021, the IRM implemented a new approach to its research process and the scope of its reporting on action plans, approved by the IRM Refresh.[1] The IRM…

The Philippines’ fifth action plan improved access to civil society–government town hall meetings and to local government information. Its design process widened public participation in OGP, but this momentum was not sustained during implementation. Early Results: Five of the action…