Independent Reporting Mechanism – Results Report

Note: while the transition to the full Results Report product and process will occur starting August 2022, the IRM has adapted a Transitional Results Report and will prepare final assessments for action plans ending on August 31, 2022, within four months of the conclusion of the implementation period.

Why is this helpful?

The results report supports accountability and learning. It assesses the level of 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 of 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... commitments and checks compliance with OGP standards and criteria. For example, the level of meaningful engagement and collaboration with in-country stakeholders throughout implementation. It includes insights and lessons on how change happens and the enablers or constraints in implementing promising open government reforms.

Who is this for?

The IRM team and researcher work together for over a year. In-country stakeholders participate in interviews and provide feedback on a draft results report. Results reports inform a country’s action plan process design.

What is it?

The results report contains:

• an analysis of external and internal factors that may have impacted implementation of the action plan and how they were addressed
• an overview assessment of completion for all commitments
• analysis of the results of implementation of promising commitments including what enabled or inhibited change or results (commitments not identified as promising in the action plan review that had significant results as implemented will be included)
• assessment of co-creation and participation processes throughout the OGP cycle
• lessons, insights and reflections on the action plan implementation including recommendations for the future
• a list of all the action plan’s commitments, coded and clustered, with the level of completion for each

When does it happen?

Research for the results report starts after the first year of implementation. The final results report is published four months after the end of the action plan implementation period.