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Kosovo’s first action plan addresses key areas of open government, including open data, citizen participation in decision-making, public procurement, and political finance transparency. The action plan saw an ambitious co-creation process with active involvement of the National Coordinating Council, Kosovo’s…

Kenyan reformers designed a fifth action plan that promises to strengthen government transparency, particularly around priority areas of climate action, data, procurement, public debt, and parliamentary activities. Commitments build on longstanding aims of Kenya’s OGP community and includes concrete reforms…

In 2024, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the Action Plan Review for the Slovak Republic's 2024-2026 action plan. The report provides a technical review of the action plan’s characteristics and the strengths and challenges the IRM identifies to inform…

This product reviews Latvia’s refresh process halfway through implementation of their 2021-2025 action plan. It evaluates the refresh process, any significantly amended or new commitments, and provides a general update on the status of implementation. Overview of the 2021-2025 Midterm…

In 2024, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the Action Plan Review for Norway's 2023-2027 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…

The implementation of Guatemala's fifth action plan reaffirms the need to strengthen spaces for dialogue and collaboration between the Government and civil society to achieve better results. The challenge for the next action plan will be to maintain the same…

Panama's fourth action plan is one of the best developed by the country to date, with clearly defined problems and objectives, ambitious goals, and a higher percentage of commitments with potential for "substantial" results. However, it was one of those…

In 2024, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the Results Report for the United Kingdom's 2021-2023 action plan. The report reviews the level of completion and early open government results for commitments in the action plan. The report is available…

Ireland's fourth action plan includes one promising commitment to pass legislation on ethics in public office. The other commitments could go further to make ambitious changes to government practices. They would benefit from developing more actionable steps to achieve objectives…