Europe

The UK’s sixth action plan includes promising commitments on open contracting and aid transparency, building on efforts from previous action plans. Improvements in civil society-government relations helped restore the OGP process in the UK. Stakeholders could build on this momentum…

Overview At-a-Glance Action Plan: Action plan - Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic, 2024 - 2026 Action Plan Submission: 2024 Action Plan End: August 2026 Lead Institutions: Department of the Participation and Innovation in Open Governance of Municipal Office, Head of Municipal…

Lithuania’s fifth action plan resulted in the launch of a public beneficial ownership register, allowing civil society and journalists to access this information for the first time. However, data on public procurement was not published in open format. Early Results:…

In 2024, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the Action Plan Review for the United Kingdom's sixth action plan. The report provides a technical review of the action plan’s characteristics and the strengths and challenges the IRM identifies to inform…

Ukraine’s sixth action plan includes commitments addressing the transparency of and participation in restoration processes, harmonization with European Union (EU) legislation, and restoring access to information. Most commitments will be embedded in legislation to ensure their sustainability beyond donor support.…

Italy’s fifth action plan made progress opening public spending data on the National Recovery and Resilience Plan and institutionalizing civil society-public administration cooperation on the national anti-corruption framework. Co-creation and participation practices greatly improved compared to previous action plan cycles,…

Malta’s fourth action plan addresses the justice sector and youth participation. The adoption of the action plan revitalized Malta’s OGP process after prolonged inactivity, though the commitments came from government institutions with limited input from civil society. The Ministry of…

Germany’s fourth action plan features commitments on a range of topics, mainly in the fields of transparency and open data. The most promising commitments come from the coalition agreement and include the introduction of a Federal Transparency Act and transparency…

Overview Name of Evaluator Núria Pérez Milán Email nuriaperezm@gencat.cat Member Name Cataluña (España) Action Plan Title Action plan - Catalonia, Spain, 2021 - 2023 Commitment Standardise SDG-linked datasets and provide high-quality open data for the territory as a whole, thereby…