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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,…

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…

Australia’s third action plan includes promising commitments to introduce new legislation on automated decision-making by government, political donation transparency, and whistleblower protection. The action plan renewed Australia’s engagement in OGP following a period of inactivity and re-engaged the Open Government…

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…