Mongolia Action Plan Review 2023-2027 – For Public Comment

In 2024, 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 Mongolia’s fifth 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 Mongolia, the IRM’s findings are summarized below:

Mongolia’s fifth action plan intends to pass promising 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... on extractive 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 and media freedom. It also aims to support participatory evaluation of government policies and services. Its commitments could go further to take advantage of the new four-year implementation period. Development of the action plan significantly strengthened government-civil society collaboration on OGP, despite gaps in financial and high-level political support.

The public comment period closed 16 July 2024.