End of Commitment Report – Strengthening the means of access to public transparency, open data and public interest data

Name of Evaluator

Carlos de la Peña Jimenez O’Farril, Daniel Rosemberg Cervantes Perez, Jesus Ponce Rubio

Email

carlos.delapena.j@gmail.com, drosemberg@gmail.com, jponce9911@gmail.com

Member Name

Mexico State, Mexico

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... Title

Action plan – Mexico State, Mexico, 2021 – 2022

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...

Strengthening the means of access to public transparencyAccording to OGP’s Articles of Governance, transparency occurs when “government-held information (including on activities and decisions) is open, comprehensive, timely, freely available to the pub... More, open dataBy opening up data and making it sharable and reusable, governments can enable informed debate, better decision making, and the development of innovative new services. Technical specifications: Polici... and public interest data

Action

Through an easily accessible and citizen-friendly technological platform, society will be informed and will have reliable and useful data. Generate a communication channel between citizens and the government, through existing technological platforms for the exercise of the right to informationThe legal right to request information from the government allows the public to follow government decision-making, participate in ensuring better decisions, and hold the government accountable. Techni..., to improve the content and quality of the information that is made transparent. Information with quality data is fundamental in public transparency, by generating updated, simple, reliable, accessible and citizen-friendly information, a bond of trust is created between society and the institutions; the interaction between the different users of the information and the generating entity complements transparency, improves information and strengthens an open government.

Problem

Deficient data processingLack of socialisation and dissemination of existing digital platforms for accessing and managing public information. Lack of information for the society in terms of public transparency. Generation of information by agencies and entities in formats that are not very accessible to citizens in general.

1.1 What was the overall level of progress in the commitment implementation at the time of this assessment?

limited

Provide a brief explanation of your answer:

Work is being done on the redesign of the platforms so that the citizen can consult the information in a more accessible way.

1.2 Describe the main external or internal factors that impacted implementation of this commitment and how they were addressed (or not).

The compromise precisely addressed the problem and now there is a satisfaction survey that allows one to leave comments or observations, which will be placed in a place of greater accessibility.

1.3 Was the commitment implemented as originally planned?

All of the commitment milestones were implemented as planned

Provide a brief explanation of your answer:

Mechanisms that allow the user to facilitate participation regarding the public information obtained were included in the digital platforms. The creation of citizen participationAccording to OGP’s Articles of Governance, citizen participation occurs when “governments seek to mobilize citizens to engage in public debate, provide input, and make contributions that lead to m... More mechanisms to improve the content and design of the platforms.

Provide evidence for your answer:

• Website: Know more, what is Open Government?
• INFOEM Youtube video

2.1.1. – Did the government disclose more information; improve the quality of the information (new or existing); improve the value of the information; improve the channels to disclose or request information or improve accessibility to information?

Yes

Degree of result:

Major

Explanation: In narrative form, what has been the impact on people or practice.

Through work groups, with the government and civil society as citizens, forums, government portals, and forms, the government has allowed the review of its work and clear accounts, making any type of information transparent, thereby strengthening the means of access to public transparency, open data, and public interest.

2.1.2. – Did the government create new opportunities to seek feedback from citizens/enable participation inform or influence decisions; improve existing channels or spaces to seek feedback from citizens/enable participation/ inform or influence decisions; create or improve capabilities in the government or the public aimed to improve how the government seeks feedback from citizens/enables participation/ or allows for the public to inform or influence decisions?

Yes

Degree of result:

Major

Explanation: In narrative form, what has been the impact on people or practice.

With the creation of the satisfaction survey, which allows first-hand knowledge of the user experience, comments or observations can be added to it, thus allowing greater accessibility.

2.1.3 Did the government create or improve channels, opportunities or capabilities to hold officials answerable to their actions?

Yes

Degree of result:

Did not change

Explanation: In narrative form, what has been the impact on people or practice.

The objective of generating the means to be able to know the experience of the users in the use of the technological tools provided was met.

2.2 Did the commitment address the public policy problem that it intended to address as described in the action plan?

Yes

Provide a brief explanation of your answer:

The objective of generating the means to be able to know the experience of the users in the use of the technological tools provided was met.

3. Provide at least one lesson or reflection relating to the implementation of this commitment. It can be the identification of key barriers to implementation, an unexpected help/hindrance, recommendations for future commitments, or if the commitment should be taken forward to the next action plan.

The implementation of this mechanism turned out to be adequate for the creation of an institutional opening, implementing the exchange of opinions between civil society and obligated subjects. In this sense, if the dissemination of more information and the improvement of its quality continues, it will facilitate the exercise of the right to information.