OGP Multi-Donor Trust Fund: Early Reflections from the First Round of Co-Creation Awards

In 2018, the OGP Multi-Donor Trust FundWith the support of development partners and working together with the World Bank, OGP established the Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) to support World Bank client countries and local entities that part... piloted the first round of co-creation awards consisting of financial support, technical assistance and structured learning opportunities to country and local participants developing action plans. Civil society organizations (CSOs) from five national and four local OGP members were selected through a competitive proposal process to work together with their Multistakeholder Forums (MSFs) and government counterparts. The goal of these awards was to improve the quality of the OGP co-creation processCollaboration between government, civil society and other stakeholders (e.g., citizens, academics, private sector) is at the heart of the OGP process. Participating governments must ensure that a dive..., raise awareness and broaden ownership, and enhance the ambitionAccording to OGP’s Articles of Governance, OGP commitments should “stretch government practice beyond its current baseline with respect to key areas of open government.” Ambition captures the po... of commitments in their 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....

This report looks at some early reflections based on reporting from CSOs during this period, as well as the experience of the OGP Support UnitThe OGP Support Unit is a small, permanent group of staff that work closely with the Steering Committee and the Independent Reporting Mechanism to advance the goals of the Open Government Partnership...., featuring highlights and lessons that can inform future support to OGP members. The report will be updated later in 2019 when a fuller picture emerges from each of the OGP members involved, including 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 ... assessments of the quality of co-creation processes and ambition of action plans.