Malta End-of-Term Report 2015-2017 – 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 Year 2 End of Term Report for Malta’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 implementation of the action plan from July 2016 through June 2017.

In Malta, findings from the IRM researcher, Dr. Neil Falzon, are summarized below:

“Malta’s second action plan contained five commitments focusing on processes in the public sector including trainings, e-services, and publication of information. Three commitments were not clearly relevant to OGP values and one led to marginal improvements in opening government. The next action plan needs to include more specific, ambitious actions that advance openness and 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.... The government needs to improve the engagement of civil society to strengthen the formulation and monitoring of the action plan.”

The two-week public comment period closed Friday 22 June 2018.