Austin Preliminary IRM Review 2017 – For Public Comments

We invite you to comment on the Independent Reporting Mechanism’s 2017 Preliminary Review for Austin’s OGP action planAction plans are at the core of a government’s participation in OGP. They are the product of a co-creation process in which government and civil society jointly develop commitments to open governmen.... The two-week public comment period closed on 30 November 2017.

In 2016, OGP started a pilot program for subnational participants. The program consists of 15 subnational governments who submitted action plans and signed onto the Subnational Declaration at the Paris Global OGP Summit, and are implementing them from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017. 

As part of the pilot status of the reports, the IRM is releasing the 2017 Preliminary Review for Austin with an evaluation of process and commitmentOGP commitments are promises for reform co-created by governments and civil society and submitted as part of an action plan. Commitments typically include a description of the problem, concrete action... form (specificity, relevanceAccording to the OGP Articles of Governance, OGP commitments should include a clear open government lens. Specifically, they should advance at least one of the OGP values: transparency, citizen partic..., and potential impact). The final report will be released in the first trimester of 2018.