Bosnia and Herzegovina Action Plan Review 2025- 2027 – For Public Comment

In 2026, 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 the 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... Review for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s third action plan. The report provides a technical review of the action plan’s characteristics and the strengths and challenges the IRM identifies to inform a stronger implementation process.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the IRM’s findings are summarized below:

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)’s third action plan includes promising commitments to simplify registration procedures for non-governmental organizations, develop an 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... portal, and regularly publish public procurementTransparency in the procurement process can help combat corruption and waste that plagues a significant portion of public procurement budgets globally. Technical specifications: Commitments that aim t... More contracts. Most commitments carry forward unfinished or partially finished reforms from the previous cycles. The complexity of public administration reform and overlapping governance processes may present challenges for implementation.

The public is invited to review and comment on this report from 8 May to 22 May 2026. Comments can be submitted here, below, or by email to [email protected]