Netherlands Mid-Term Report 2016-2018 – 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 1 Progress Report for The Netherlands’ 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 January 2016 through September 2017.

Fiindings from the IRM researcher Caroline Raat, are summarized below:

“The second action plan primarily includes commitments on open dataBy opening up data and making it sharable and reusable, governments can enable informed debate, better decision making, and the development of innovative new services. Technical specifications: Polici.... While more than half of commitments were substantially completed, they were not sufficiently ambitious. Moving forward, the next action plan needs to address several stakeholder priorities, such as the new Freedom of Information Act and 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 of company beneficial ownershipDisclosing beneficial owners — those who ultimately control or profit from a business — is essential for combating corruption, stemming illicit financial flows, and fighting tax evasion. Technical... More.”

And in Dutch:

“Het tweede Nederlandse actieplan bevat vooral actiepunten over open data. Hoewel meer dan de helft van actiepunten substantieel was voltooid, waren ze niet ambitieus genoeg. Voor de toekomst moeten in het volgende actieplan de prioriteiten van belanghebbenden worden opgepakt, zoals de Woo en UBO-transparantie.”

At this time, the public is invited to provide comments on the report. The two-week public comment period closed Tuesday, 8 May 2018.