Finland Action Plan Review 2023-2027 – 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 Finland’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 Finland, the IRM’s findings are summarized below:

Finland’s fifth OGP action plan continues advancing priorities such as civic participation, public service training, 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.... The commitments mostly pursue incremental improvements to government practices. The national dialogues, which Finland started in the previous action plan, could yield promising results if the government creates stable mechanisms to utilize input from the dialogues in policy-making processes. The action plan could also improve access to information if government institutions reach a broad agreement for publication of open data in emergency situations.

The report is available in English and in Finnish. The public comment period closed 26 March 2024.