Liberia Progress Report 2013-2014

In January and February 2015, 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 ... will present for public comment 8 progress reports of countries whose first official year of OGP 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... implementation began on 1 July 2013 and closed on 30 June 2014. The IRM reports cover implementation of the Action Plan for each country during this first year.

In Liberia, Oscar Bloh, the independent researcher who authored the report, summarized the findings:

The Government of Liberia made good progress on its most ambitious milestones but many milestones saw little progress. To improve performance, the Government should consider creating an OGP secretariat that would be in charge of coordinating the OGP process, assisting agencies with implementation, and organizing regular consultation.

The entire report is available in English using the links on this page.

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