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Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Member Since 2016
  • Action Plan 2

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Current Action Plan

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Scotland is currently implementing five commitments from their 2021-2025 action plan.

This action plan features commitments related to financial transparency, climate change, health and social care, citizen participation, and data and digital.

Contacts

Doreen Grove Head of Open Government, The Scottish Government Doreen.Grove@gov.scot
Amy Watson The Scottish Government Amy.Watson@gov.scot
OGP Civil Society

www.opengovernment.org.uk/networks/scotland/
OGP Government

www.gov.scot/policies/improving-public-services/open-government-partnership/
Multi-Stakeholder Forum

www.gov.scot/groups/open-government-partnership-steering-group/
Lead Ministry

www.gov.scot/

Commitments

Resources

  1. Mid-term Assessment – Action plan – Scotland, UK – July 2024

    2024, Self Assessment, Web page

  2. Fiscal Openness in Nordic+ Fact Sheet (June 2024)

    2024, Research Product, Web page

  3. Updated Milestones – Action Plan 2021-2025 – Scotland

    2024, Action Plan, Web page

  4. Bringing Organized Interest Groups into Decision-Making

    2023, Guidance Document, Web page

  5. Inception Report – Action plan – Scotland, United Kingdom, 2021 – 2025 (extended version)

    2023, Inception Report, Web page

  6. Inception Report – Action plan – Scotland, United Kingdom, 2021 – 2025

    2023, Inception Report, Web page

  7. IRM Report on Local Action Plans

    2022, IRM Report, Web page

  8. 2022 OGP Youth Toolkit

    2022, Guidance Document, Web page

  9. Action plan – Scotland, United Kingdom, 2021 – 2025

    2021, Action Plan, Web page

  10. Nordic+ Fact Sheet (August 2021)

    2021, Research Product, Web page

  11. Scotland Design Report 2018-2020

    2019, IRM Report, Web page

  12. Scotland Design Report 2018-2020 – For Public Comment

    2019, Report Comments, Web page

  13. Scotland IRM Report 2017

    2019, IRM Report, Web Page

  14. Scotland IRM Report 2017

    2019, IRM Report, Web page

  15. Scotland Action Plan 2018-2020

    2018, Action Plan, Web page

  16. Scotland IRM Report 2017 – For Public Comment

    2018, Report Comments, Web page

  17. Scotland Preliminary Review 2017 – For Public Comments

    2017, Report Comments, Web page

  18. Scotland, United Kingdom Action Plan

    2016, Action Plan, Web page

  19. SCVO Endorsement Letter

    2016, Letter, Web page

Current Data

The data below is updated periodically, most often after large numbers of new action plans and IRM reports.

Commitment Performance

The following variables answer the question “Did this commitment open government?“, and focus on how government practices have changed as a result of the commitment’s implementation.

Key

No IRM data

Pending IRM Review

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Major
Outstanding
Starred Commitments
Action Plan 1
1
0
0
Action Plan 2
0

Global

Most per action plan
4
7

Regional

Most per action plan
4
7

How to Get More Starred Commitments

Starred commitments in OGP are one of the ways the IRM designates promising reforms. The graph below shows where the major areas for improvement in action plan design and implementation should take place based on past action plans.

Key

Stars (Global average 7%)

Focus on implementation

Focus on design

Pending IRM review

No IRM data

Focus on design

Focus on objectives and impact (ambition/potential impact)

Focus on relevance to open government

Focus on verifiability

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Public Participation

This table shows: 1) the level of public influence during the development and implementation of OGP action plans, 2) whether consultations were open to any member of the public or only to those invited; and 3) whether a forum existed that met regularly.

Key

Participation was closed

Participation was open to any interested party

No IRM data

Forum

Pending IRM review

Definitions

Collaborate: Iterative dialogue and public helped set agenda

 

Involve: Government gave feedback on public inputs

 

Consult: Public gave input

 

Inform: Government provided public with information on plan

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Collaborate
Involve
Consult
Inform
No Consultation

Development

Action Plan 1
Action Plan 2
Collaborate
Involve
Consult
Inform
No Consultation

Implementation

Action Plan 1
Action Plan 2

OGP Global Report Data

The data below is drawn from the 2019 OGP Global Report. You can view and learn more about the report here.

Selected Dimensions of Open Government

This section captures how each OGP member can play a leadership role, based on IRM-based findings and third-party scores. This list does not cover all of open government and OGP members are not required to take any action.

Action implications

These are recommendations on the role that each OGP member might play in each policy area. The recommendations are derived from a combination of the IRM-based findings and third-party scores.

IRM-based findings

Reflect the performance of commitments in a particular policy area, as assessed by the IRM.

 

(NC) No Commitments
(CA) Commitment(s) in the policy area.
(IR) IRM-Reviewed: At least one IRM-assessed commitment.
(C) Was Complete: At least one commitment was substantially or fully completed.
(A) Was Ambitious: At least one commitment with moderate or transformative potential impact.
(ER) Showed Early Results: At least one commitment opened government in a “Major” or “Outstanding” way.

Third-party scores

Reflect “real-world” performance, i.e., performance outside of the OGP framework. Scores are comprised of various indicators collected by respected organizations.

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Anti-Corruption

Beneficial Ownership
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Open Contracting
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER

Civic Space

Freedom of Assembly
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Freedom of Association
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Defending Journalists and Activists
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER

Open Policy Making

Participation in Lawmaking
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Regulatory Governance
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER

Access to Information

Right to Information
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Open Data (Water / Sanitation)
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Open Data (Health)
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Open Data (Education)
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER

Fiscal Openness

Transparency
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Participation
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Oversight
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER

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