IRM Report

France’s fourth national action plan contains 17 commitments, including a promising effort to create a legal status for citizens who participate in deliberative democracy opportunities. Compared to the previous plan, it has fewer, more targeted commitments, with a clearer focus.…

Tunisia’s fifth action plan largely continues ongoing reforms to strengthen government transparency. It includes promising commitments to continue opening data, with a focus on public project performance and environmental data. Commitments with the most promise also seek to strengthen fiscal…

Costa Rica ha iniciado un plan de acción de cuatro años que abarca seis compromisos, dándole continuidad a áreas de políticas públicas de planes anteriores y con la continua participación de los poderes ejecutivo, legislativo y judicial. Este plan marca…

South Africa’s fifth action plan takes a citizen-centric approach to government data transparency. The two commitments seek to expand open budget data and establish a framework for open data principals at the national and municipal levels. The action plan was…

Brazil’s sixth action plan includes eight commitments prioritized by government and civil society. Commitments to promote transparency and citizen oversight in infrastructure projects, and to increase transparency of scientific research both show substantial potential to deliver results. As Brazil’s first…

The Slovak Republic’s sixth action plan includes promising commitments on media freedom and beneficial ownership transparency. The co-creation process was open but a change in government and political uncertainty limited the engagement of civil society in the process. During implementation, the IRM recommends that the Office of the Plenipotentiary reengage civil society in the multi-stakeholder forum and provide frequent implementation updates.

Under Romania’s sixth action plan, sustained commitments across action plan cycles and civil society engagement led to notable results in transparency and open data. For future success, reformers can strengthen government stakeholder buy-in, support for the open government agenda nationwide, and inter-agency coordination.

The United Kingdom (UK)’s fifth action plan led to significant early results in public procurement transparency with the adoption of the Procurement Act 2023. It also led to moderate early results in open justice, particularly remote observations of court hearings…