Jordan End-of-Term Report 2014-2016

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 End of Term report for Jordan’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 second year of implementation of the action plan from 2014 through 2016.

With Al Hayat Center for Civil Society Development, Mai Eleimat and Dr. Amer Bani Amer wrote this report. Their findings are summarized below: 

“The Jordanian action plan was primarily centred on improving public services and had a limited focus on OGP’s mandate to improve 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 accountability in government. Moving forward, Jordan needs to ensure that it follows the OGP process of action plan development and implementation, and that it only includes OGP relevant commitments that stretch government practice.”

And in Arabic: 

كانت خطة العمل الأردنية تركز في المقام الأول على تحسين الخدمات العامة فكان لها تركيز محدود على إطار عمل الشراكة الحكومية الشفافة لتحسين الشفافية والمساءلة داخل الحكومة، وللمضي قدما يحتاج الأردن إلى التأكد من أنه يتبع نهج الشراكة الحكومية الشفافة عند اعداد خطة عمل وتنفيذها بحيث لا تشتمل إلا على التزامات تنسجم مع قيم الشراكة الحكومية الشفافة والتي تجعل الحكومة أكثر مرونة.

The final version of the report is available in Arabic and English below.  The two-week public comment period closed 15 August 2017.