Serbia 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 Serbia’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 Serbia, the IRM’s findings are summarized below:

Serbia’s fifth action plan includes promising commitments on electronic people’s initiatives and access to environmental data. The level of 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 commitments is similar to the previous action plan, with space for setting more rigorous milestones. Since this is Serbia’s first four-year action plan, the government can use the midterm refresh to strengthen the commitments’ ambition.

The report is available in English and in Serbian. The public comment period ended 12 September 2024.