Indonesia End-of-Term Report 2013-2015 – For Public Comment

We invite you to comment on the Independent Reporting Mechanism’s Year 2  Report for Indonesia’s third 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 two-week public comment period closed on 27 February 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 Indonesia’s third action plan. The report covers the full action plan implementation period: May 2014 through December 2015.

The findings from the report are summarized below in English:

“The third Indonesian national action plan expanded the scope of activity and progress in land 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 public procurementTransparency in the procurement process can help combat corruption and waste that plagues a significant portion of public procurement budgets globally. Technical specifications: Commitments that aim t... More. Progress, however, was stalled due to shifting internal priorities for implementation of the action plan. This limited overall effect of the action plan on opening government practice. Going forward, prioritizing public facing policy reforms in response to citizen-driven movements could lead to more meaningful changes in government practice.”

and in Bahasa:

“Rencana aksi nasional Indonesia ketiga memperluas lingkup kegiatan dan kemajuan dalam transparansi lahan dan pengadaan publik. Akan tetapi, kemajuan agak terhambat akibat pergeseran dalam prioritas internal untuk implementasi rencana aksi dimaksud. Hal ini secara umum membatasi hasil untuk membuka pemerintah. Ke depan, prioritas pada reformasi kebijakan yang bersinggungan dengan publik menanggapi gerakan yang diprakarsai warga dapat menghasilkan perubahan yang lebih bermakna dalam praktik pemerintah.”

Comments are welcome on the following link, below, or by e-mail to: irm@opengovpartnership.org. Please specify in your email if you wish for your comments to remain anonymous.