Ghana End-of-Term Report 2015-2017 – For Public Comment

The two-week public comment period on the Independent Reporting Mechanism’s Year 2 Report for Ghana’s second 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... closed Tuesday, May 1, 2018.

In 2017, 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 Year 2 report for Ghana’s second action plan. The report covers the first year of action plan implementation: July 2016 through June 2017.

The findings from the report are summarized below :

“The action plan contained potentially transformative measures to implement open contractingA transparent procurement process, known as open contracting, increases competition, improves public service delivery, and ensures governments better value for their money. Technical specifications: C... More, increase extractives’ revenue 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 improve online access to public information. Although completionImplementers must follow through on their commitments for them to achieve impact. For each commitment, OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) evaluates the degree to which the activities outlin... More levels were higher than the midterm, the government did not fully implement any commitments. Moving forward, the Ghanaian government could prioritize the RTI Law and give serious consideration to improving the resourcing of OGP commitments in the country.”