Romania 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 Romania’s third 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 August 2016 through September 2017.

In Romania, findings from the IRM report are summarized below:

“Romania’s third action pan saw an inclusive process and addressed priority areas such as anti-corruption, 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... and service delivery. However, commitmentOGP commitments are promises for reform co-created by governments and civil society and submitted as part of an action plan. Commitments typically include a description of the problem, concrete action... activities lacked specificity and their overall completionImplementers must follow through on their commitments for them to achieve impact. For each commitment, OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) evaluates the degree to which the activities outlin... More remains limited. The next action plan would benefit from focusing on a smaller number of well-defined commitments that clearly identify expected outcomes.”

And in Romanian:

“Cel de-al treilea plan de acțiune al României a vizat un proces de co-creare incluziv și a abordat domenii prioritare precum anticorupția, datele deschise și furnizarea de servicii. Cu toate acestea, activitățile angajamentelor nu au fost bine definite, iar finalizarea lor generală rămâne limitată. Următorul plan de acțiune ar beneficia de concentrarea pe un număr mai mic de angajamente bine definite care să identifice în mod clar rezultatele așteptate. “

The two-week public comment period closed June 13, 2018.