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Current Action Plan

2021-2025

Action Plan 5

  • Number of Commitments: 6
  • Policy Area Focus: Not specified

Latvia’s fifth action plan contains six commitments that aim to improve public trust in institutions by focusing on public participation and transparency. They aim to strengthen public participation frameworks and engage citizens in decision-making across multiple policy areas, promote engagement with young people, encourage the use of plain and accessible language by government, promote open data usage among the public, and support civic participation in local government.

Commitments 1 and 3 are promising commitments and analysed together in this review. They seek to introduce formal participatory mechanisms, broaden engagement, and develop a culture of participation in government institutions. Commitment 6 is another promising commitment that would implement the introduction of legal requirements for local governments to conduct innovative participation methods, and put into practice the standards and recommendations on using participatory mechanisms that were established in the previous action plan. (More)

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Contact

Point of Contact

Janis Citskovskis Director of State Chancellery
Inese Kušķe Consultant, Department For Public Administration Policy, State Chancellery inese.kuske@mk.gov.lv

Commitments

Resources

  1. Bringing Organized Interest Groups into Decision-Making

    2023, Guidance Document, Web page

  2. Latvia Action Plan Review 2022-2025

    2022, IRM Report, Web page

  3. Latvia Action Plan Review 2022-2025 – For Public Comment

    2022, Report Comments, Web page

  4. Latvia Transitional Results Report 2019-2021

    2022, IRM Report, Web page

  5. Latvia Transitional Results Report 2019-2021 – For Public Comment

    2022, Report Comments, Web page

  6. Latvia – Contrary to Process Letter (February 2022)

    2022, Letter, Web page

  7. Latvia Action Plan 2021-2025 (December)

    2022, Action Plan, Web page

  8. Nordic+ Fact Sheet (August 2021)

    2021, Research Product, Web page

  9. Latvia Design Report 2019-2021

    2020, IRM Report, Web page

  10. Latvia Design Report 2019–2021 – For Public Comment

    2020, Report Comments, Web page

  11. Latvia Implementation Report 2017-2019

    2020, IRM Report, Web page

  12. Latvia Implementation Report 2017-2019 – For Public Comment

    2020, Report Comments, Web page

  13. Latvia Action Plan 2019-2021

    2020, Action Plan, Web page

  14. Latvia Design Report 2017-2019

    2019, IRM Report, Web page

  15. Latvia Design Report 2017-2019 – For Public Comment

    2019, Report Comments, Web page

  16. Implementing SDG16+ Through the Open Government Partnership

    2019, Perspective, Web page

  17. Latvia End-of-Term Report 2015-2017

    2018, IRM Report, Web page

  18. Latvia End-of-Term Report 2015-2017 – For Public Comment

    2018, Report Comments, Web page

  19. Latvia 2017 Late SAR Letter – February 2018

    2018, Letter, Web page

  20. OGP Letter – Latvia – November 2017

    2017, Letter, Web page

  21. Latvia National Action Plan 2017-2019

    2017, Action Plan, Web page

  22. Latvia Mid-Term Progress Report 2015-2017

    2017, IRM Report, Web page

  23. Latvia Letter of Intent to Join OGP

    2017, Letter, Web page

  24. Latvia Mid-Term Progress Report 2015-2017 – For Public Comment

    2017, Report Comments, Web page

  25. Latvia Mid-Term Self-Assessment 2015-2017

    2017, Self Assessment, Web page

  26. Latvia IRM Report 2012 – Public Comments Received

    2016, IRM Report, Web page

  27. Latvia Action Plan 2012

    2015, Action Plan, Web page

  28. Latvia IRM Progress Report 2012-2013

    2015, IRM Report, Web page

  29. Latvia Self Assessment Report 2013 (English)

    2015, Self Assessment, Web page

  30. Latvia National Action Plan 2015-2017

    2015, Action Plan, Web page

Current Data

The following data is updated periodically, most often after large numbers of new action plans and IRM reports.

Commitment Performance

The following variables answer the question “Did this commitment open government?“, and focus on how government practices have changed as a result of the commitment’s implementation.

Key

No IRM data

Pending IRM Review

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Major
Outstanding
Starred Commitments
Action Plan 1
0
Action Plan 2
3
0
3
Action Plan 3
2
0
0
Action Plan 4
0

Global

Most per action plan
4
7

Regional

Most per action plan
4
7

How to Get More Starred Commitments

Starred commitments in OGP are one of the ways the IRM designates promising reforms. The graph below shows where the major areas for improvement in action plan design and implementation should take place based on past action plans.

Key

Stars (Global average 7%)

Focus on implementation

Focus on design

Pending IRM review

No IRM data

Focus on design

Focus on objectives and impact (ambition/potential impact)

Focus on relevance to open government

Focus on verifiability

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Public Participation

This table shows: 1) the level of public influence during the development and implementation of OGP action plans, 2) whether consultations were open to any member of the public or only to those invited; and 3) whether a forum existed that met regularly.

Key

Participation was closed

Participation was open to any interested party

No IRM data

Forum

Pending IRM review

Definitions

Collaborate: Iterative dialogue and public helped set agenda

 

Involve: Government gave feedback on public inputs

 

Consult: Public gave input

 

Inform: Government provided public with information on plan

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Collaborate
Involve
Consult
Inform
No Consultation

Development

Action Plan 1
Action Plan 2
Action Plan 3
Action Plan 4
Collaborate
Involve
Consult
Inform
No Consultation

Implementation

Action Plan 1
Action Plan 2
Action Plan 3
Action Plan 4

OGP Global Report Data

The data below is drawn from the 2019 OGP Global Report. You can view and learn more about the report here.

Selected Dimensions of Open Government

This section captures how each OGP member can play a leadership role, based on IRM-based findings and third-party scores. This list does not cover all of open government and OGP members are not required to take any action.

Action implications

These are recommendations on the role that each OGP member might play in each policy area. The recommendations are derived from a combination of the IRM-based findings and third-party scores.

IRM-based findings

Reflect the performance of commitments in a particular policy area, as assessed by the IRM.

 

(NC) No Commitments
(CA) Commitment(s) in the policy area.
(IR) IRM-Reviewed: At least one IRM-assessed commitment.
(C) Was Complete: At least one commitment was substantially or fully completed.
(A) Was Ambitious: At least one commitment with moderate or transformative potential impact.
(ER) Showed Early Results: At least one commitment opened government in a “Major” or “Outstanding” way.

Third-party scores

Reflect “real-world” performance, i.e., performance outside of the OGP framework. Scores are comprised of various indicators collected by respected organizations.

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Anti-Corruption

Beneficial Ownership
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.00 Sources
Open Contracting
Action Implications
Implement for Results
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.80 Sources

Civic Space

Freedom of Assembly
Action Implications
No data
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
No data
Freedom of Association
Action Implications
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
4.00 Sources
Defending Journalists and Activists
Action Implications
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
3.00 Sources

Open Policy Making

Participation in Lawmaking
Action Implications
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
3.50 Sources
Regulatory Governance
Action Implications
Implement for Results
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
2.40 Sources

Access to Information

Right to Information
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.84 Sources
Open Data (Water / Sanitation)
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.60 Sources
Open Data (Health)
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
2.80 Sources
Open Data (Education)
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
2.20 Sources

Fiscal Openness

Transparency
Action Implications
Implement for Results
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
No data
Participation
Action Implications
Implement for Results
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
No data
Oversight
Action Implications
No data
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
No data

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