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Submit standalone commitments or nominate commitments in new and current action plans to the challenge.

Submit Standalone Commitments

The purpose of this form is to submit standalone actions or commitments that are NOT part of OGP action plans. Any public sector institution across all branches and levels of government of an OGP member can submit such actions. Information submitted here will be reviewed for relevance to the Challenge by the OGP Support Unit/IRM and submitters will be notified of the outcomes of this review.

Offline Template - Standalone Commitments Form

For Planning purposes only. Download this offline template to plan your responses to submit the Open Gov Challenge commitment form. Once the content is final, please submit the information in your offline template through the official Open Gov Challenge Standalone Commitments Form.

Nominate OGP reforms to the Open Gov Challenge

Use the updated OGP commitment template to nominate reforms to the Open Gov Challenge here.

Submitted Commitments

Explore actions, reforms, and commitments submitted to address the 10 policy areas of the Open Gov Challenge.

Ukraine
Implement a Whole-of-Government Anti-Corruption Strategy
The government committed to implementing the new strategy in 15 priority areas, such as the lack of effective verification for beneficial ownership information. A key element will be monitoring the progress of implementation through a public platform.
This commitment can ensure that implementation of the whole-of-government anti-corruption strategy is done transparently, enabling public oversight and feedback on its progress.
Challenge Theme: Anti-Corruption
Learn more about this commitment here.
Brazil
Open Contracting for Federal Infrastructure Projects
The government committed to improving open contracting policies for infrastructure projects and increasing public engagement on project planning, implementation, and evaluation, such as by creating a permanent space for dialogue. The commitment will focus on increasing data interoperability and integration in the public procurement portal and disclosing information on all federal infrastructure projects. 
This commitment has the potential to increase public engagement in public infrastructure contracts throughout the entire project cycle. It also uses a whole-of-government approach by coordinating reform with key sectoral ministries through the Comptroller’s Office. 
Challenge Theme: Anti-Corruption
Colombia
Open, Accessible, and Inclusive Court Rulings
The government committed to increasing the public’s understanding of the Constitutional Court’s work, with a focus on youth and various Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities. This includes consulting the public on which judicial decisions to translate to plain language, publishing children’s books on their constitutional rights, translating court decisions on ethnic group protections into native languages, and publishing court rulings online for public scrutiny. 
This commitment uses open justice approaches to increase understanding of what the Constitutional Court does, especially among vulnerable groups, and to encourage the use of data related to the court’s rulings.
Challenge Theme: Justice
Costa Rica
Reduce the Backlog of Court Cases
The government committed to reducing the backlog by publishing all court case data on its centralized Continuous Improvement Model platform, which will allow the public to monitor progress.
By opening case backlog data, this commitment can increase the public’s understanding of the judicial system and allow them to monitor progress, which are key elements to advancing open justice.
Challenge Theme: Justice
Learn more about this commitment here.
Finland
Strengthen National Dialogues
The government committed to increasing participation in national dialogues and simplifying the results to better shape public policy-making.
This commitment has the potential to expand this form of participation across a diverse set of government institutions.
Challenge Theme: Public Participation
Learn more about this commitment here.
Dominican Republic
National Strategy for Civic Space
The government committed to creating a national strategy for civic space to guarantee the rights to assembly, association, and expression. 
This commitment has the potential to create an enabling environment for civil society and civic action. 
Challenge Theme: Civic Space
Learn more about this commitment here.

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