Ghana Progress Report 2013-2014

In January and February 2015, 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 ... will present for public comment 8 progress reports of countries whose first official year of OGP 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... implementation began on 1 July 2013 and closed on 30 June 2014. The IRM reports cover implementation of the Action Plan for each country during this first year.

In Ghana, Nicholas Adamtey, the independent researcher who authored the report, summarized the findings:

The Ghanaian government wrote an ambitionAccording to OGP’s Articles of Governance, OGP commitments should “stretch government practice beyond its current baseline with respect to key areas of open government.” Ambition captures the po... action plan. A number of commitments reflected public concerns. Some of the commitments around legislationCreating and passing legislation is one of the most effective ways of ensuring open government reforms have long-lasting effects on government practices. Technical specifications: Act of creating or r... lacked consultation and few of them were passed into law. Moving forward, the government will need to involve experienced stakeholders in each specific policy area, such as extractives organizations in the Petroleum Revenue Management Act.

The entire report is available in English using the links on this page.

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