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Sierra Leone’s fourth action plan saw a high level of implementation and notable early results. Coalitions of reformers increased civil society engagement in parliamentary activities and advanced legal reforms to open the extractives sector. The 2023 elections spurred electoral reforms…

Ghana’s fourth action plan achieved notable early results in implementing the Access to Information Law and publishing information on companies’ beneficial owners. Gradual progress across action plans and increasingly strategic action plan design contributed to these results. Ghana’s OGP ecosystem…

The Dominican Republic fifth Action Plan 2022-2024 has solid political and institutional support. The creation of its first multi-stakeholder forum constitutes a promising milestone for the advancement of the open government agenda in the country. The action plan commitments' renew…

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:…

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.…

In 2024, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the Results Report for Ghana'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 in…

Honduras' Action Plan Review 2023-2025 identified 13 out of 14 commitments with an open government perspective and five promising commitments. The review highlights the extensive consultation process developed for the creation of the plan in the country's 18 departments, as…

Peru’s fifth action plan is notable for the participation of the multi-stakeholder forum created in 2020 and the involvement of new civil society actors. The plan includes commitments from all three branches of the state. However, there remains an opportunity…

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,…