Seoul Final IRM Review 2017 – For Public Comment

In 2019, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM)The Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) is OGP’s accountability arm and the main means of tracking progress in participating countries. The IRM provides independent, evidence-based, and objective ... published its assessment report for Seoul’s first action planAction plans are at the core of a government’s participation in OGP. They are the product of a co-creation process in which government and civil society jointly develop commitments to open governmen..., prepared by the independent researcher Chenie Yoon, in collaboration with the IRM. It covers the full action plan implementation period of January 2017 through December 2017.

The IRM findings are summarized as follows:

Seoul’s action plan focused on leveraging technology to improve access to information through data disclosure and civic participation. With high-level political support, the Seoul Metropolitan Government completed most of the commitmentOGP commitments are promises for reform co-created by governments and civil society and submitted as part of an action plan. Commitments typically include a description of the problem, concrete action... milestones. However, future action plans could maximize the diversity of CSO to include more ambitious anti-corruption reforms.

The version of the report for public comment is available below. The public is invited to comment on the report here. The two-week public comment period closed 14 February 2019.