Israel Action Plan Review 2023-2025 – For Public Comment

In 2025, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM)The Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) is OGP’s accountability arm and the main means of tracking progress in participating countries. The IRM provides independent, evidence-based, and objective ... published the 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... Review for Israel’s fourth action plan. The report provides a technical review of the action plan’s characteristics and the strengths and challenges the IRM identifies to inform a stronger implementation process.

In Israel, the IRM’s findings are summarized below:
The development of Israel’s fourth action plan restarted its OGP process after its last action plan ended in 2019. Political instability and a lack of high-level political support negatively affected the ambitionAccording to OGP’s Articles of Governance, OGP commitments should “stretch government practice beyond its current baseline with respect to key areas of open government.” Ambition captures the po... of the action plan. The Israel–Gaza war disrupted implementation of the plan and led to its revision in August 2024.

The report is available in English and Hebrew. The public is invited to review and comment on this report from 26 March until 8 April 2025. Comments can be submitted here, below, or by email to irm@opengovpartnership.org