Inception Report – Action plan – Gwangju, Republic of Korea, 2021 – 2022
Overview
Name of Evaluator
KIM, Yeong-seon
Member
Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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...
Section 1.
Compliance with
co-creation requirements
1.1 Does a forum exist?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
Gwangju city has officially organized an OGP forum, called OGP public-private committee.
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1.2 Is the forum multi-stakeholder?
Yes
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It consists of the Innovation Communication Planning Office representing the government and nine related civil society organizations.
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1.3 Does the forum hold at least one meeting with civil society and non-governmental stakeholders during the co-creation of the action plan?
Yes
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The forum held two meetings.
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1.4 Has the action plan been endorsed by the stakeholders of the forum or steering committeeThe Steering Committee is OGP’s executive decision-making body. Its role is to develop, promote and safeguard OGP’s values, principles and interests; establish OGP’s core ideas, policies, and ru.../group?
Yes
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I was able to confirm it through the action plan and confirmation of forum members.
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Section 2.
Recommended practices
in co-creation
2.1 Does the government maintain a Local OGP website or webpage on a government website where information on the OGP Local process (co-creation and implementation) is proactively published?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
I was able to search web pages through the search portal. And I checked that the information was updated periodically well.
https://barosotong.gwangju.go.kr/boardList.do?boardId=BD_0011&pageId=platform132
2.2 Did the government provide information to stakeholders in advance to facilitate informed and prepared participation in the co-creation processCollaboration between government, civil society and other stakeholders (e.g., citizens, academics, private sector) is at the heart of the OGP process. Participating governments must ensure that a dive...?
Yes
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I confirmed that the government used SNS to provide related information in advance to facilitate stakeholders’ informed and prepared participation in the co-creation process.
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2.3 Did the government ensure that any interested member of the public could make inputs into the action plan and observe or have access to decision-making documentation?
Yes
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The government publicly received proposals from citizens to select the agenda for the action plan, and also collected citizens’ opinions on the agenda received. In addition, the government also conducted a period of receiving citizens’ opinions on the draft implementation plan.
https://barosotong.gwangju.go.kr/programList.do?customId=OGP&pageId=platform135
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- 광남일보OGP공모.png
- 안건공모-뉴스보도.pdf
- 210218-OGP-안건공모아시아경제.pdf
- 게시용-열린정부파트너십OGP안건공모현황.pdf
- 시민의견수렴-결과.pdf
- 열린정부-전력적-비전수립을-위한-시민-의견수렴계획안-1.pdf
2.4 Did the government proactively report back or provide written feedback to stakeholders on how their contributions were considered during the creation of the action plan?
Yes
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The government provided feedback to stakeholders through SNS and meeting materials.
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2.5 Was there an iterative dialogue and shared ownership between government and non-governmental stakeholders during the decision making process, including setting the agenda?
Yes
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The opinions of non-governmental stakeholders were widely reflected throughout the decision-making process.
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2.6 Would you consider the forum to be inclusive and diverse?
Somewhat
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The forum consists of various environmental-related social organizations, but participation in social organizations by field such as educationAccountability within the public education system is key to improving outcomes and attainment, and accountability is nearly impossible without transparent policies and opportunities for participation ..., culture, and welfare is insufficient.
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Section 3. Initial evaluation of commitments
Building a Citizen-Friendly EnergyEnsuring universal access to sustainable, dependable, and affordable energy is critical to every aspect of prosperity. Increasing public oversight and transparency in the energy sector can help to ens... Information Platform
1.1 Is the commitment verifiable?
Unclear
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Quantification and quantification of achievement goals are required.
– e.g.) Education and promotion: 00 (0% of the population), 0 policy discussions, 0 policy development cases
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1.2 Does the commitment language/activities clearly justify 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... to OGP values?
Yes
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The relevance of citizen participationAccording to OGP’s Articles of Governance, citizen participation occurs when “governments seek to mobilize citizens to engage in public debate, provide input, and make contributions that lead to m... More is clear.
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1.3 Please select one option that best describes the commitment:
a continuation of ongoing practice in line with existing legislationCreating and passing legislation is one of the most effective ways of ensuring open government reforms have long-lasting effects on government practices. Technical specifications: Act of creating or r..., policies or requirements.
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The main content of the commitment is to gather opinions on citizens’ policies. It delivers the collected civic opinions to another public-private council so that they are to be policied but does not directly policy them.
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1.4 Please select one option that best describes the commitment:
is a positive change to a process, practice or policy but will not generate a binding or institutionalized change across government or specific institution(s).
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It conducts activities in which citizens’ opinions can be policied. However, there is no guarantee that the gathered voices will be institutionalized.
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1.5 Are there any recommended changes to the design of the commitment to help improve its implementation?
It is necessary to specify the achievement goals.
It is positive that milestones have been changed from two surveys to one policy debate and one survey.
2. Commitment :
Making Climate Change Management Policy with Citizens
2.1 Is the commitment verifiable?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
It is easy to verify how much platform construction has progressed.
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2.2 Does the commitment language/activities clearly justify relevance to OGP values?
Yes
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Related to transparencyAccording to OGP’s Articles of Governance, transparency occurs when “government-held information (including on activities and decisions) is open, comprehensive, timely, freely available to the pub... More, technology, and innovation
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2.3 Please select one option that best describes the commitment:
a continuation of ongoing practice in line with existing legislation, policies or requirements.
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It is mainly about building a platform for information disclosure. It does not directly cause changes in existing systems and policies.
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2.4 Please select one option that best describes the commitment:
is a positive change to a process, practice or policy but will not generate a binding or institutionalized change across government or specific institution(s).
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It promotes citizens’ energy saving through information sharing. However, it does not generate binding results.It promotes citizens’ energy saving through information sharing. However, it does not generate binding results.
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2.5 Are there any recommended changes to the design of the commitment to help improve its implementation?
It would be nice if there was a process to reflect citizens’ opinions in building a platform.It would be nice if there was a process to reflect citizens’ opinions in building a platform.
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