End of Commitment Report – Implementation of a pilot project on data disclosure for testing the standard of open data in infrastructure on the platform

Name of Evaluator

Mariana Zvarych

Email

[email protected]

Member Name

Ternopil, Ukraine

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 – Ternopil, Ukraine, 2021 – 2023

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...

Implementation of a pilot project on data disclosure for testing the standard of 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... in infrastructure on the platform

Title

Implementation of a pilot project on data disclosure for testing the standard of open data in infrastructure on the platform

Action

The project envisages the introduction of a new online platform called Ukrainian Social Infrastructure (USI), which is designed to support and strengthen active citizens in order to increase civil society participation in monitoring 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 and accountability of state and local authorities on social infrastructure construction and repair projects. Increase the level of transparency and accountability in the field of infrastructure, involve the public in monitoring the implementation of infrastructure projects, and ensure effective interaction between local authorities and the public.

Problem

The introduction of a new online platform called Ukrainian Social Infrastructure (USI) will increase the participation of civil society in monitoring the transparency and accountability of state and local authorities on projects for the construction and repair of social infrastructure. Filling in the data will improve the transparency of construction work.

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

not started

Provide a brief explanation of your answer:

The overall level of progress in implementing Commitment №2 – not started.
The commitment was not implemented due to the full-scale war and the cessation of activities of the partner civil society organization responsible for its implementation. Therefore, the project is not planned for realization.

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

Key factors:
External: the full-scale war in Ukraine, which made it impossible to launch and implement the pilot project.
Internal: the cessation of activities of the partner civil society organization with which this commitment was developed.
How they were addressed:
These factors were not addressed. Due to martial law and the absence of an active partner, the implementation of the commitment became impossible, and the project is not planned for realization.

1.3 Was the commitment implemented as originally planned?

The commitment implemented was completely different from the plan.

Provide a brief explanation of your answer:

No, the commitment was not implemented as originally planned. The implementation of the pilot project did not start due to the full-scale war and the cessation of activities of the partner civil society organization. Therefore, the commitment will not be realized.

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?

No

Degree of result:

Did not change

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

Failure to implement Commitment No. 2 did not have a direct impact on the community’s residents or open data practices, as the project was never launched. The plan was to create a mechanism for disclosing open data in the field of social infrastructure, which would provide citizens with accessible information for making decisions and increasing transparency. However, due to wartime circumstances, this initiative remained unrealized, and therefore, the expected positive changes in the field of open data did not occur.

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?

Not Applicable

Degree of result:

Did not change

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

No

Degree of result:

Did not change

2.1.4 Other Results

Not Applicable

Degree of result:

Did not change

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

No

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 key barrier to implementing Commitment No. 2 was the state of war. This demonstrated that when formulating commitments, it is necessary to foresee alternative implementation mechanisms and involve several stakeholders to avoid a complete halt of the initiative in case of force majeure. For future action plans, it is worth incorporating more resilient partnership models and ensuring flexibility in implementation.