Inception Report – Action plan – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2021 – 2023
- Action Plan: Action plan – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2021 – 2023
Overview
Name of Evaluator
Rolando Muzzin
Member Name
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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 – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2021 – 2023
Section 1.
Compliance with
co-creation requirements
1.1 Does a forum exist?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The open government “forum” is implemented through the “Open State Roundtable”. The “Open State Roundtable” is a space for collaboration between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches and organizations of civil society, academia and the private sectorGovernments are working to open private sector practices as well — including through beneficial ownership transparency, open contracting, and regulating environmental standards. Technical specificat... More to promote open government initiatives. The objective of the Roundtable is to work collaboratively in the development, implementation and monitoring of public policies to share information, build knowledge, develop initiatives and solve specific public problems and challenges based on the pillars of Open Government – accountability, collaboration, 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 , innovation and citizen participationAccording to OGP’s Articles of Governance, citizen participation occurs when “governments seek to mobilize citizens to engage in public debate, provide input, and make contributions that lead to m... More. It functions as a space for co-creation and monitoring of the City’s Open Government Action Plans before the Alliance for Open Government.
Provide references here (e.g. interviews):
Public repository – Open Government Roundtable
1.2 Is the forum multi-stakeholder?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The methodology of the co-creation processCollaboration between government, civil society and other stakeholders (e.g., citizens, academics, private sector) is at the heart of the OGP process. Participating governments must ensure that a dive... was proposed by the GCBA. Then a shared document was sent and meetings were held with CSOs prior to the tables to propose changes and improvements. The Open Government Roundtable is made up of multiple actors. All members of the Table will be representatives of the institutions of which they are part, so the change of participating individuals does not affect its composition. The members of the Board perform their duties ad honorem. It is intended that all the actors that make up the Table have equitable representation and that all the actors are involved in the Open Government agenda.
Provide references here (e.g. interviews):
Public repository – Open Government Roundtable
1.3 Does the forum hold at least one meeting with civil society and non-governmental stakeholders during the co-creation of the action plan?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The Co-creation methodology was proposed by the Open State Roundtable. This forum is an institutionalized area integrated by multiple actors. The successful proposal was that at least five co-creation meetings were held between stakeholders and representatives of the city government. The first table was intended for civil society organizations, the axis was open state and digital transformationGovernments are working to increase access to and quality of government services, improve transparency, and create opportunities for participation by using information and communications technologies.... More and genderOGP participating governments are bringing gender perspectives to popular policy areas, ensuring diversity in participatory processes, and specifically targeting gender gaps in policies to address gov... More. The theme of the second meeting was Dialogue and control table on 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 theme of the third meeting was the Generation of information on the trans population. The fourth meeting the topic was Housing and Urbanism, Climate Change and Sustainable Mobility and EducationAccountability within the public education system is key to improving outcomes and attainment, and accountability is nearly impossible without transparent policies and opportunities for participation ... and Culture, this meeting was held with neighbors. The fifth meeting was held with civil society organizations with specific issues raised by civil society. The CSOs that make up the MEAB and the representatives of the other powers participated in the co-creation tables. Similarly, CSOs met to exchange proposals with other CSOs.
Provide references here (e.g. interviews):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nBbruQm62g3bnT9Jp9GltR01QBWi6QP3/edit
1.4 Has the action plan been endorsed by the stakeholders of the forum or steering committeeThe Steering Committee is OGP’s executive decision-making body. Its role is to develop, promote and safeguard OGP’s values, principles and interests; establish OGP’s core ideas, policies, and ru.../group?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
All non-governmental actors committed and attended each of the proposed meetings. The selection of intervening actors has been strategic and functional for the fulfillment of the goals to be achieved in each of the commitments assumed.
Provide references here (e.g. interviews):
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iX0MhNFemx0gNZAdP0do2VRfv0JWugpS
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wxbEN-09j_ZFC1op1RpA7LF3m4p61pKJ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iE6eZksTfsyzlqLOiITdJvaDF3KdIOn8/view?usp=sharing
Section 2.
Recommended practices
in co-creation
2.1 Does the government maintain a Local OGP website or webpage on a government website where information on the OGP Local process (co-creation and implementation) is proactively published?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires proactively publishes information on all processes concerning OGP. This information meets all the requirements. It has no access barriers, includes information on the local open government process, development and implementation of commitments. It has evidence of the public consultations that contain the development of the plan, it also offers information on the creation of the multi-stakeholder consultation forums, and the supporting documentation for the implementation of the commitments is available.
Provide references here (e.g. interviews):
2.2 Did the government provide information to stakeholders in advance to facilitate informed and prepared participation in the co-creation process?
No
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
According to the evidence gathered, no information was sent on the thematic areas in which the commitments were to be worked on. The only information that was shared with all stakeholders was the meeting schedule and topic agendas for each meeting.
2.3 Did the government ensure that any interested member of the public could make inputs into the action plan and observe or have access to decision-making documentation?
No
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
Through the evidence gathered, it is implied that the CSOs were not summoned sufficiently in advance and did not have the resources that will enable a better co-creation activity. In the same way, CSOs comment that the commitments that were worked on correspond to policies in progress. CSOs were unable to generate inputs in commitments to work and this is a difficulty for open government policies. CSOs suggested changing this methodology for the next plans of Open Government.
2.4 Did the government proactively report back or provide written feedback to stakeholders on how their contributions were considered during the creation of the action plan?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
An email was sent to the people involved who had participated sending proposals to give them a return, and in the event that this proposal is included in the schedule of the next roundtables, they were informed so that they can participate in the thematic roundtable. In the event that the roundtable for the co-creation of the thematic axis of your proposal is scheduled for another instance, the appropriate person will also be informed.
Provide references here (e.g. interviews):
2.5 Was there an iterative dialogue and shared ownership between government and non-governmental stakeholders during the decision making process, including setting the agenda?
No
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The information collected only allows us to know that the GCABA presented the proposals received to the Forum. After that, no form of participation or feedback was opened on the proposals presented.
2.6 Would you consider the forum to be inclusive and diverse?
No
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
There is no evidence to suggest participation by CSOs from LGBTQIA + communities or youthRecognizing that investing in youth means investing in a better future, OGP participating governments are creating meaningful opportunities for youth to participate in government processes. Technical ... More groups. Nor can it be observed CSOs that represent indigenous communities or whose main objective is equal opportunities between different genders. It was not possible to obtain evidence that records areas of work on these topics where the recipients of possible policies to be implemented participate.
Provide references here (e.g. interviews):
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iX0MhNFemx0gNZAdP0do2VRfv0JWugpS
Section 3. Initial evaluation of commitments
Strengthen the reuse of open data and the community
1.1 Is the commitment verifiable?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The main objective of the commitment is to improve communication and bond with the community. It is proposed to do it through the opening of permanent articulation spaces. The new communication channels are also expected to address the highest priority issues. When analyzing the milestones, the strengthening of the government’s link with civil society organizations is contemplated. Regarding the objective of identifying the highest priority topics for users, it is not clear how it will be achieved through the identified milestones. It could be observed that the development of the course will contemplate current issues and prioritized problems associated with them.
Both objectives are strongly related, and will be duly verifiable through the points presented here. The engagement has five milestones. Milestones 1,2 and 3 will be verified through meeting minutes. Milestone 4 will be verified through a document that will be generated collaboratively about the data course. Milestone 5 can be verified through administrative records, it corresponds to the data course program.
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CzTFRkDJ1iTihUEjlzFRgU_sdkEQBpua/view
1.2 Does the commitment language/activities clearly justify relevanceAccording to the OGP Articles of Governance, OGP commitments should include a clear open government lens. Specifically, they should advance at least one of the OGP values: transparency, citizen partic... to OGP values?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The commitment has a strong imprint on open data and open government. The main objective of the commitment is to improve communication and bond with the community. It is proposed to do it through the opening of permanent articulation spaces. The new communication channels are also expected to address the highest priority issues. Seeks that the new communication channel is transparent, participatory and integrates accountability towards the citizen. The government seeks to open more information to the citizen in an effective way. Citizen demand will be crystallized through a permanent interaction mechanism. The communication will make it possible to identify those data that are not usable enough or do not refer to useful information. Regarding participation, it will open new communication channels and link the contents and results of the exchanges in a free and open course for the citizen. In this way, accountability will be strengthened and will have a more dynamic dimension that will improve the quality of communication.
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CzTFRkDJ1iTihUEjlzFRgU_sdkEQBpua/view
1.3 Please select one option that best describes the commitment:
a continuation of ongoing practice in line with existing 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..., policies or requirements.
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The commitment responds to the statement “a continuation of ongoing practices in accordance with existing legislation, requirements or policies”. Although the objective of the commitment is challenging and ambitious, the action is substantive from an area of the government that has been working for years on issues of open government, transparency and accountability. The new way of engaging with the open data community may mark a turning point in the government-citizen relationship.
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CzTFRkDJ1iTihUEjlzFRgU_sdkEQBpua/view
1.4 Please select one option that best describes the commitment:
will result in a change of the rules, practices or policies that govern a policy area, public sector and/or relationship between citizens and is binding or institutionalized across government or specific institution(s).
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The activities of the commitment constitute a change in the rules, practices, policies that govern an area of public policy, public sector and / or the relationship between citizens and the State, as well as binding and institutionalized changes throughout the Government or in a specific institution. The data course that was planned to be designed is a collaborative and shared objective between the government and civil society organizations. The expected impact of this last product could be decisive for the open government policies to be implemented in the future.
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CzTFRkDJ1iTihUEjlzFRgU_sdkEQBpua/view
1.5 Are there any recommended changes to the design of the commitment to help improve its implementation?
The commitment is highly specific. The language is clear, the activities and deliverables are verifiable, measurable and time-bound. According to open government recommendations, formal institutions such as OGP are predictors of results. In this particular commitment, the government could develop regulations to organize the open data community in a segmented way to achieve greater precision in the demands that originate there. Institutional arrangements will be the critical element of the engagement for you to achieve your goal. The strengthening of dialogue must be reflected in practices that go beyond periods of democratic government and changes in institutional structures. Effective leadership is also a fundamental piece but not enough, it is necessary that the people who occupy government functions have open government policies present in the design of each government action. This commitment clearly goes in that direction and from the design adopted instruments that will make a government with greater transparency, participation and accountability to the citizen.
However, as part of this evaluation, we conducted an interview with Andres Bertona who is a member of the Legislative Directory Organization. This organization was part of both the Forum and the co-creation of commitments and Andres expressed that in this case the discussion tables were not convened with enough time to discuss the ideas and proposals of the CSOs convened, that does not help to achieve a fully inclusive co-creation with the social actors involved in the problems and he believes that it should be reviewed for future calls.
2. Commitment :
Forum for the articulation and coordination of access to public information and transparency of the three branches of the State
2.1 Is the commitment verifiable?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The commitment has a clear language about the identified problem, the actions that it will take to achieve the desired objective that is planned chronologically in a series of temporally measurable milestones and to meet specific objectives. The verification is given from contrasting the common diagnosis between the organisms of the three powers of the state and the civil society organizations regarding the problem at present and the final balance that will be made once the co-creation is completed. Seven milestones were developed for the engagement. Milestones 1, 2 and 3 can be verified from the roundtable documentation. Milestone 4 corresponds to a document that should account for the collective generation of good practice guidelines. Milestone 5 will be training within the three powers, it will be verified through administrative records. Milestones 6 and 7 your verification will be meeting documentation as they correspond to meetings and work balance.
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14xeBQ-f7q2cfcT7CBvTc6BvkbnTBR5Bh
2.2 Does the commitment language/activities clearly justify relevance to OGP values?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
This commitment is closely related to the main OGP values. This is so since what is being found, from the identification of a problem, is the generation of an institutionalized space between areas of the three powers of the state of the City of Buenos Aires that manages to strengthen access to public information and increase transparency in the exchange processes between the government areas involved. In addition, it seeks to achieve this task by including organizations and civil society actors in the debate and generation of proposals for improvement, something that is essential to strengthen government management.
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14xeBQ-f7q2cfcT7CBvTc6BvkbnTBR5Bh
2.3 Please select one option that best describes the commitment:
a new regulationGovernment reformers are developing regulations that enshrine values of transparency, participation, and accountability in government practices. Technical specifications: Act of creating or reforming ..., policy, practice or requirement.
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
This commitment has among its main actions the creation of a working group that will promote the development of public policies related to transparency and access to information. That is why it can be said that something new is being generated, something that although it was carried out informally, what is sought in this way is to institutionalize this policy and the work group is an example of something new within this requirement.
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14xeBQ-f7q2cfcT7CBvTc6BvkbnTBR5Bh
2.4 Please select one option that best describes the commitment:
will result in a change of the rules, practices or policies that govern a policy area, public sector and/or relationship between citizens and is binding or institutionalized across government or specific institution(s).
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
This commitment, once completed, will undoubtedly result in a change in the rules and practices to carry out the coordination of public policies on access to information and transparency for areas of the three powers of the state. An institutionalization of these coordination practices will be achieved, which will make it possible to achieve common standards of agreement and will strengthen spaces for the exchange of experiences between the State and civil society organizations. In this way, the relationship between government areas and citizens will be strengthened.
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1psIHXxwuGjS-EmksZUyFKbiK6arh-IDm
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14xeBQ-f7q2cfcT7CBvTc6BvkbnTBR5Bh
2.5 Are there any recommended changes to the design of the commitment to help improve its implementation?
This commitment is designed taking into account the OGP values and from its origin it detects a problem that must be resolved institutionally, which will make a government management more efficient, effective and open to the community. Its methodological structure is solid and takes into account the multiple edges that make up the problem. Something that could be important for a better implementation is to think about carrying out the trainings for the members of the areas of the three powers of the State involved in an initial moment of co-creation. Among the milestones raised, the training of the areas that generate the information, are in fifth place. It could be thought to do these trainings before several times of debate, analysis and diagnosis have been covered.
On the other hand, and taking into account the recommendations and considerations of the civil society organizations that participated in the co-creation of the commitments, we believe it is important to mention that, according to the CSOs, the debate was delimited by proposals in which the government had already come working previously and that there were no spaces for organizations to make significant contributions and comments since most of the definitions were already well advanced. Proposals from the government itself were prioritized, and ideas contributed by civil society were not taken into consideration. An example of the recommendations of the organizations was mentioned to us by Andres Bertona, member of the OSC Legislative Directory and is linked to this commitment. The idea is to carry out an Open State Plan, this means that it is necessary for each State power to have at least one particular commitment, it should not only be the executive branch that drives these proposals for the co-creation of commitments, there must be initiatives from the legislative and judicial powers.
3. Commitment :
Opening of data on access to LGBTQ community rights
3.1 Is the commitment verifiable?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The commitment is clearly thought out and structured to achieve a reliable and effective data collection that serves to generate public policies designed to solve problems in the LGBTQ community. First, the problem is presented before commenting, then the pertinent actions are reported to try to solve the difficulties regarding the generation of data and evidence to finally be published and openly debated among the actors involved.
The objective of the commitment is clear and is designed to operate directly on a specific problem. The goals or milestones of this commitment are presented in a schedule with start and end dates, responsible for carrying them out and they are measurable and assessable in all instances in the milestones, the short-term achievements to be achieved can be found defined
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14xeBQ-f7q2cfcT7CBvTc6BvkbnTBR5Bh
3.2 Does the commitment language/activities clearly justify relevance to OGP values?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
This commitment contains in its conformation the OGP values that are linked to generating spaces for the identification of public problems, generation of information and data. Then these data are published and spaces for debate and sharing are formed between civil society associations and the Government. A sample of this innovative, creative and inclusive process among the actors involved is the so-called “Shared Information RepositoryAccess to relevant information is essential for enabling participation and ensuring accountability throughout the OGP process. An OGP repository is an online centralized website, webpage, platform or ...” which is in line with the OGP values expressed in transparency, participation and political and social responsibility.
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iX0MhNFemx0gNZAdP0do2VRfv0JWugpS
3.3 Please select one option that best describes the commitment:
a continuation of ongoing practice in line with existing legislation, policies or requirements.
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
This commitment is framed in an initiative of the General Directorate of Coexistence in Diversity, which already has public policies related to the rights of the LGBTQ Community. In fact, one of the initiatives of this area of government is the collection of data on the public policies that are carried out. Therefore, this commitment is posed as a continuity of existing policies.
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1stisfih7JJ_tmjqZid-1_UatFlfNQrLd/view
3.4 Please select one option that best describes the commitment:
is a positive change to a process, practice or policy but will not generate a binding or institutionalized change across government or specific institution(s).
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The fundamental objective of this commitment is to make the current situation of the LGBTQ community visible in order to include them in open government processes. In addition, it seeks to generate data and information to improve existing public policies in this area of Government and to be able to strategically think about future policies. The generation of a specific area is not an objective of this commitment to institutionalize it in some norm, regulation or law.
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14xeBQ-f7q2cfcT7CBvTc6BvkbnTBR5Bh
3.5 Are there any recommended changes to the design of the commitment to help improve its implementation?
Although theoretically and methodologically this commitment is very well planned and is formed taking into account the OGP guidelines, there is a recommendation to take into account in this commitment. On the one hand, they are seeking to access the reality of the LGBTQ Community through two NGOs, one of them is Fundacion Huesped and the other is Directorio Legislativo. Although these two organizations have initiatives on issues of the LGBTQ community, neither is properly an organization that is part of the LGBTQ Collective. They are not organizations that originate from the struggles or conflicts of the Trans, Queer, Gay collective or any of the existing gender diversities. I believe that by not generating a co-creation with a specific actor of this group, there may be problems when collecting data or diagnosing the priority problems to be solved. One change that could be thought of is the inclusionOGP participating governments are working to create governments that truly serve all people. Commitments in this area may address persons with disabilities, women and girls, lesbian, gay, bisexual, tr... More in the co-creation roundtables of a civil society organization that is part of the LGBTQ Collective.
In addition, taking into account comments from Civil Society Organizations that participated in the co-creation process with the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, we highlight that said organizations expressed the need to be convened with sufficient notice and with sufficient information about the conversations to be carried out in each instance of co-creation. This allows, according to the organizations, not only to expand the number of organizations and people who contribute to the process, but also to reach those moments with previously prepared contributions and to increase the quality of the debate. In this sense, were the words of Andres Bertona, member of the Legislative Board, in an interview that we conducted and where he also highlighted that with issues of the minority agenda it is important to deepen the communication and dissemination channels on which the commitments are dealt with of OGP, what are its benefits and the importance of generating spaces for debate and co-creation so that LGBTQ organizations lose “fear” to participate in these instances.
4. Commitment :
Participation of children and adolescents as subjects of rights in the design of public policies.
4.1 Is the commitment verifiable?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The co-creation commitment has a series of guidelines that were pre-established in its methodological proposal where it makes clear the generation of objectives from the sharing of the most relevant problems for the theme of childhood and adolescence. To achieve an effective involvement of every individual and organization that wants to be part, a precise but not extremely technical language was used, this helps to generate clearer communication channels. The monitoring of the different milestones of the commitment is also easily accessible and this is positive so that all the actors involved can monitor the steps to follow in the co-creation process
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pHeGdQWw1Go1QJufgZ0MMYzLOkqJnDVQ
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u6CMiq33IesqLwVtcgDmf0AZfvyTkplY/view
4.2 Does the commitment language/activities clearly justify relevance to OGP values?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
This commitment is closely related to the main values of OGP. This is so since what is being found, from the identification of a problem, is the generation of an institutionalized space between areas of the three branches of the state of the City of Buenos Aires that manages to strengthen access to public information. and increase transparency in the exchange processes between the government areas involved. In addition, it seeks to achieve this task by including civil society organizations and actors in the debate and generation of proposals for improvement, something that is essential to strengthen government management.
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pHeGdQWw1Go1QJufgZ0MMYzLOkqJnDVQ
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u6CMiq33IesqLwVtcgDmf0AZfvyTkplY/view
4.3 Please select one option that best describes the commitment:
a new regulation, policy, practice or requirement.
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The commitment is framed in a theme that has pre-existing public policies, it is not a totally new theme since there are government areas in charge of policies for children and adolescents. But it is worth mentioning that the idea of generating a commitment to co-creation in these themes is something new and the objective of creating a Childhood Index that will serve to measure the quality of public space, accessibility in mobility and access to health, is also something new. Therefore we could say that the commitment implies the generation of a new policy or practice
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u6CMiq33IesqLwVtcgDmf0AZfvyTkplY/view
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eBVYyaNF8Chwqqm7ArgKeUJCIQqvj5M4/view
4.4 Please select one option that best describes the commitment:
will result in a change of the rules, practices or policies that govern a policy area, public sector and/or relationship between citizens and is binding or institutionalized across government or specific institution(s).
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
This commitment has the characteristics of influencing the planning of public policies on issues of childhood and adolescence. It seeks to generate data on problems in this area and that this is an input to later implement comprehensive policies that link different areas of the Government and civil society organizations. If the objectives set are successfully carried out, the commitment would imply a change in the ways of thinking and implementing policies with a transversal approach focusing on the perspectives of children.
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u6CMiq33IesqLwVtcgDmf0AZfvyTkplY/view
4.5 Are there any recommended changes to the design of the commitment to help improve its implementation?
It would be important to deepen the participation of sectors that work on issues related to childhood and adolescence. The health sector has interdisciplinary teams that work on children’s issues in public hospitals in the City and could provide another perspective on one of the axes of the commitment. It is also important to achieve greater specificity in the objectives set to achieve greater efficiency when carrying them out in the different stages of co-creation.
5. Commitment :
Urban woodland management in the City of Buenos Aires through the Open Government perspective
5.1 Is the commitment verifiable?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The co-creation commitment has a series of guidelines that were pre-established in its methodological proposal where it makes clear the generation of objectives from the sharing of the most relevant problems for the urban tree theme. In order to achieve an effective involvement of each individual and organization that wants to be a part, a precise but not extremely technical language was used, this helps to generate clearer communication channels. The monitoring of the different milestones of the commitment is also easily accessible and this is positive so that all the actors involved can keep track of the steps to follow in the co-creation process
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k9yYyi6OU07n70n1PC2ib7D1PN6_NqgL/view?usp=share_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tpqxG2nEbAyF3Pv-XBlE6i1YjMlEfbVx/view?usp=share_link
5.2 Does the commitment language/activities clearly justify relevance to OGP values?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
This commitment is closely related to the main values of OGP. This is so since what is being found, from the identification of a problem, The commitment proposes solving the problem of the difficulties to systematize the available information regarding urban trees.This generates distances between citizens and the government: residents do not have a clear and direct communication channel to channel their demands on the subject and they do not have a tool available to visualize the state of the trees on their sidewalks. At the same time, information such as: species suitable for sidewalks, species suitable for green spaces, pruning season, among others, is unknown. In addition, it seeks to achieve this task by including civil society organizations and actors in the debate and generation of proposals for improvement, something that is essential to strengthen government management
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVPf_ssts= /
5.3 Please select one option that best describes the commitment:
a new regulation, policy, practice or requirement.
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The commitment is part of an issue that has pre-existing public policies, it is not a totally new issue since there are government areas in charge of environmental policies and, especially, on urban trees. But it is worth mentioning that the idea of generating a commitment to co-creation on these issues is something new and the objective of creating an inventory of trees that serves to measure the quality of public space and care for the environment is also something new. Therefore, we could say that the commitment implies the generation of a new policy or practice
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVPf_ssts= /
5.4 Please select one option that best describes the commitment:
will result in a change of the rules, practices or policies that govern a policy area, public sector and/or relationship between citizens and is binding or institutionalized across government or specific institution(s).
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
This commitment has the characteristics of influencing the planning of public policies on issues of urban trees, and especially on environmental issues. It seeks to generate data on problems in this area and that this is an input to later implement comprehensive policies that link different areas of the Government and civil society organizations. If the proposed objectives are successfully carried out, the commitment would imply a change in the ways of thinking and implementing policies with a transversal approach focused on urban environmental perspectives
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MqeYjpqfCr6_f0hkw2a3YDfN2NS-JuX3/view?usp=sharing
5.5 Are there any recommended changes to the design of the commitment to help improve its implementation?
It would be important to deepen the participation of sectors that work on issues related to environmental issues and mainly, organizations that protect urban biodiversity.
The environmental sector has multiple actors who work on the issue of trees and the different species of plants in the City and could provide another perspective on one of the axes of the commitment. It is also important to achieve greater specificity in the objectives set to achieve greater efficiency when carrying them out in the different stages of co-creation.
In the same sense, it is necessary to design a system for monitoring the results of each milestone production.
6. Commitment :
Plain Language: a tool to guarantee simple, fast and effective communication between the State and citizens.
6.1 Is the commitment verifiable?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The commitment has a clear language about the identified problem, the actions that it will take to achieve the desired objective that is planned chronologically in a series of temporally measurable milestones and to meet specific objectives. The verification is given from contrasting the common diagnosis between the organisms of the legislative and executive areas of the state and the civil society organizations regarding the problem at present and the final balance that will be made once the co-creation is completed. In the round table meetings, the importance of carrying out, once the instances of training, evaluations of the impact of the commitment, being able to observe how far the scope of it has come when it comes to apply it.
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zi711wXAI0bE02ERta9ZyLbbyl4rcDvK/view?usp=sharing
6.2 Does the commitment language/activities clearly justify relevance to OGP values?
Yes
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
This commitment is closely related to the main values of OGP. This is so since what is being found, from the identification of a problem, is the generation of an institutionalized space between areas of the three branches of the state of the City of Buenos Aires that manages to strengthen access to public information and increase transparency in the exchange processes between the government areas involved. In addition, it seeks to achieve this task by including civil society organizations and actors in the debate and generation of proposals for improvement, something that is essential to strengthen government management.
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dmz6uiPGFMA_UkfvJBNBke1O8uqJfn5K/view?usp=sharing
6.3 Please select one option that best describes the commitment:
a new regulation, policy, practice or requirement.
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The defined commitment has a new practice to be implemented within the responsible areas.
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dmz6uiPGFMA_UkfvJBNBke1O8uqJfn5K/view?usp=sharing
6.4 Please select one option that best describes the commitment:
is a positive change to a process, practice or policy but will not generate a binding or institutionalized change across government or specific institution(s).
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
The defined commitment has a new practice to be implemented within the responsible areas. Even so, the co-creation roundtables defined the priorities to continue the work in all areas of government.
Provide evidence for your answer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dmz6uiPGFMA_UkfvJBNBke1O8uqJfn5K/view?usp=sharing
6.5 Are there any recommended changes to the design of the commitment to help improve its implementation?
According to the evidence collected from interviews with the actors involved, the following suggestions and questions can be made:
-The form of monitoring in terms of production would be missing.
-Prototypes within the legal and technical body.
-What impact will it have on the public?
-It was good that it was face-to-face, much more enriching. I would maintain the presence.
-They were more open to integrating ideas, there were live ideas and they were added. The legislature was added for example
-CSOs that are not in the network could be recruited.
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