Denmark Action Plan Review 2023-2025 – For Public Comment

In 2024, 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 Denmark’s fifth 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 Denmark, the IRM’s findings are summarized below:

Denmark’s fifth action plan focuses on civic participation, digital innovation, and 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.... Most of the commitments started before the action plan with modest potential to stretch existing practices. The Agency for Digital Government should ensure that Denmark meets OGP’s Participation and Co-Creation StandardsCollaboration between government, civil society and other stakeholders is at the heart of the OGP process. The Participation and Co-Creation Standards are intended to support this collaboration throug... during implementation through regular dialogue with civil society and reporting on the progress of the action plan.

The report is available in English and in Danish. The public comment period closed 23 January 2024.