Italy End-of-Term Report 2014-2016 – For Public Comment

In 2017, 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 end of term report for Italy’s second 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 report covers the full action plan implementation period of June 2014 through July 2016.

In Italy, the IRM researcher Andrea Menapace report’s findings are summarized below:

“Italy’s second action plan reflects recent efforts to fight corruption. Most of the commitments were still in their preliminary phase during the mid-term period, with low completionImplementers must follow through on their commitments for them to achieve impact. For each commitment, OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) evaluates the degree to which the activities outlin... after the second year of the action plan. Moving forward, the new found 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... and 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 third action plan’s consultation should advance part of the second action plan’s commitments.”

 And in Italian:

“Il secondo piano di azione riflette i recenti sforzi in materia di lotta alla corruzione. La maggior parte degli impegni erano ancora in fase preliminare durante la fase di intermedia di revisione, e hanno dimostrato un basso livello di implementazione registratosi nel secondo anno del piano di azione. Guardando al fuuro, il ritrovato slancio e l’ambizione della fase di consultazione per il terzo piano di azione dovrebbero consentire l’avanzamento di parte degli impegni previsti dal secondo piano di azione.”

The version of the report for public comment is available below. The two-week public comment period closed 23 May 2017.