Greece End-of-Term Report 2014-2016

In early 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 end of term report for Greece’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.... The report covers the full action plan implementation period of 1 July 2014 through 30 June 2016.

In Greece, the report was written by the IRM researcher team at Openwise. Their findings are summarized below:

“Following the debtOpenly disclosing information about government debt enables informed decision-making, mitigates the risk of financial instability, and allows citizens to hold their governments accountable for respons... More crisis, government instability stalled implementation of the second Greek action plan. The commitments, focused on access to information and parliamentary 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, lacked sufficient detail to lead to meaningful reforms. This action plan tackled key areas such as taxation 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...; implementation of the third action plan will focus on engaging key stakeholders from the public sector and civil society in a continuous effort to pursue meaningful reforms.”

And in Greek:

“Η κρίση χρέους και η κυβερνητική αστάθεια καθυστέρησαν την εφαρμογή του δεύτερου Ελληνικού σχεδίου δράσης. Οι δεσμεύσεις εστίαζαν στην πρόσβαση στην πληροφορία και την κοινοβουλευτική διαφάνεια, στερούνταν επαρκούς εξειδίκευσης για να οδηγήσουν σε ουσιαστικές μεταρρυθμίσεις. Το παρόν σχέδιο δράσης καταπιάστηκε με θέματα όπως τα φορολογικά και τα ανοιχτά δεδομένα, ενώ η εφαρμογή του τρίτου σχεδίου δράσης θα εστιάσει στην εμπλοκή ενδιαφερομένων από το δημόσιο τομέα και την κοινωνία πολιτών σε μια συνεχή προσπάθεια επιδίωξης ουσιαστικών μεταρρυθμίσεων.”

The final report is available below. The two-week public comment period closed on 19 January 2017.