Evaluations

According 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 potential of a commitment to have this transformative effect. OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism…

Implementers 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 outlined in the commitment were implemented. The IRM captures this information in its…

Early results refer to concrete changes in government practice related to transparency, citizen participation, and/or public accountability as a result of a commitment’s implementation. OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) assesses early results four months after the conclusion of the action…

Through the Action Plan Review, OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) recognizes promising commitments that address a policy area that is important to stakeholders or the national context. Promising commitments must be verifiable, have a relevant open government lens, and have…

According 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 participation, and/or public accountability. Following an action plan’s submission, OGP’s Independent…

OGP commitments should be clear and specific enough to enable measurement of their progress. Verifiable commitments include specific activities that can be monitored. Following an action plan’s submission, OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) uses the “Verifiable” indicator to measure each…