Making transparency proactive in Nuevo León (MXSPG0003)

Commitment ID

MXSPG0003

Commitment Title

Making transparency proactive in Nuevo León

Problem

The public information that institutions proactively make available is insufficient, difficult to access (media and formats) and fails to take into account the population’s information needs for the construction of socially useful knowledge in Nuevo León. Currently, the Law of Transparency and Access to Public Information of the State of Nuevo León contemplates that the obligated subjects of this Law must promote and implement proactive transparency policies ensuring their accessibility. However, proactive transparency exercises are isolated and lack social innovation to solve other public problems. This public problem stems from multiple causes. First, the information that public institutions proactively make available lacks a citizen perspective. Second, the means and formats for consultation are complex and difficult to access. Additionally, digital media is privileged, without taking into account the digital divide. Third, the methodological tools and technical training aimed at implementers are limited. Therefore, the implementation of proactive transparency exercises presents deficiencies for the interpretation, implementation and social innovation of the Guidelines to conform the catalogs and to carry out the publication of information of public interest; as well as for the issuance and evaluation of proactive transparency policies, issued by the National Transparency System.

Status quo

According to the 2021 Open Government Metric, the State of Nuevo León has a score of 0.35 for the "Proactive Transparency" component, which corresponds to the publication of useful information for citizens beyond mandatory information; the national average is 0.38. On the other hand, in the component of "Access to Information from the citizen perspective", which measures the quality of the response that a person receives when requesting information from the regulated entities, Nuevo León has a score of 0.62 (overall average: 0.64). Finally, for the "Open Data" component, Nuevo León has a score of 0.10. The Open Government Metric is an exercise to measure the scope of government openness in public offices in Mexico, from a citizen perspective. It is specified that the Metric is measured on a scale of 0 to 1, where 1 is indicative of a totally open government and 0 of a government without openness. Additionally, the State Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data developed an analysis of compliance with transparency obligations. Specifically, it was determined that only 39.3% of all reporting entities publish information that answers the questions most frequently asked by the public, provided for in article 95 section LIV of the Law on Transparency and Access to Public Information of the State of Nuevo Leon.

Action

This commitment consists of generating a proactive transparency guide, which allows the regulated entities of the state of Nuevo León to have a guiding methodological tool that facilitates the identification, generation, publication and dissemination of proactive transparency practices in a clear and simple way for the population, from a citizen perspective. The construction of this instrument should be carried out through a collaborative process that contemplates 1) the generation of a diagnosis to determine the characteristics that favor the consultation of information by the population; 2) the identification of existing content and good national and international practices and 3) participatory processes to identify information needs and priority thematic content from the social perspective. Finally, the publication of the guide will be promoted through official media, including its use and implementation in the public entities that are part of the Coalition. The objective of the commitment is to increase the implementation of new proactive transparency exercises by public institutions that respond to the population's demand for information based on the criteria defined in this guide.

How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem described above?

The obligated subjects of the state of Nuevo León will have a guide to generate proactive transparency practices that allow the strengthening of the offering of information of high public interest through optimal formats and channels for consultation from a perspective of easy access. Likewise, it will be encouraged that this guide be published in official sources to generate a turning point in the practices and policies of the public institutions of the State of Nuevo León that are dedicated to this matter. Also, it is considered decisive to promote the use of the guide in order to detonate the generation of new exercises for the construction of socially useful knowledge. To monitor the above, a follow-up report will be made on the implementation of the guide, in which non-governmental actors will participate.

What long-term goal as identified in your Open Government Strategy does this commitment relate to?

This commitment is related to strengthening an effective and transparent government that is proactively accountable. By virtue of this, it is intended to generate an instrument that allows proactive transparency practices that allow the population to clearly and easily know the information generated within the scope of its powers, to reduce information asymmetries, optimize procedures and services, promote informed decision-making and trigger accountability.Likewise, the generation of this proactive transparency guide seeks to endorse the potential of the Nuevo León Abierto Coalition to be a creative, articulated, transformative, and multisectoral space that allows promoting public policies and government decisions that center on the people under the principles of open government.

Primary Policy Area

Right to Information, Social Accountability

Primary Sector

Other/NA

What OGP value is this commitment relevant to?