Indonesia Mid-Term Report 2016-2017 – For Public Comment

In 2018, 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 progress report for Indonesia’s fourth 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 development and first year of implementation of the action plan October 2016 through July 2017.

In Indonesia, the IRM report’s findings are summarized below:

“Indonesia’s fourth action plan focused on improving public participationGiving citizens opportunities to provide input into government decision-making leads to more effective governance, improved public service delivery, and more equitable outcomes. Technical specificatio..., complaints-handling, public information disclosure, and data governance. While the action plan touched on major open government themes for Indonesia, many commitments involved internal performance indicators. Moving forward, Indonesia should more closely follow OGP’s co-creation standards in developing the next action plan by prioritizing fewer, more impactful commitments and institutionalizing the multistakeholder forum. Indonesia should also develop a clear strategy to more effectively incorporate subnational units into the national action plan.”

And in Indonesian:

“Rencana aksi keempat dari Indonesia menaruh perhatian pada peningkatan partisipasi publik, pelayanan pengaduan, pengungkapan informasi publik, dan pengelolaan data. Walau rencana aksi menelisik tema-tema besar pemerintah terbuka untuk Indonesia, banyak dari komitmen di dalamnya yang melibatkan indikator-indikator kinerja internal. Kedepannya, Indonesia harus secara lebih dekat memperhatikan standar-standar yang dibuat bersama dengan OGP dalam membangun rencana aksi selanjutnya dengan memprioritaskan komitmen-komitmen yang lebih sedikit, namun lebih berpengaruh, serta membangun kelembagaan dari forum multipihak. Indonesia juga harus membangun strategi yang jelas untuk menggabungkan unit-unit subnasional ke dalam rencana aksi nasional secara lebih efektif.”

The version of the report for public comment is available in English and Indonesian here. The two-week public comment period closed 6 November 2018.