Informe de resultados de Estonia 2022-2024

Estonia’s sixth OGP plan de acciónLos planes de acción son el núcleo de la participación de un gobierno en OGP. Son el producto de un proceso de co-creación en el que el gobierno y la sociedad civil desarrollan conjuntamente compromisos de gobierno abierto... improved the framework for co-creative and evidence-based policymaking within the public sector. While civil society organizations actively contributed to action plan implementation, opportunities remain to improve the depth and timeliness of government feedback. The Government Office’s central role effectively supported compromisoLos compromisos de OGP son promesas de reforma creadas conjuntamente por los gobiernos y la sociedad civil y presentadas como parte de un plan de acción. Los compromisos suelen incluir una descripción del problema, una acción concreta... ambiciónDe acuerdo con los Artículos de Gobernanza de OGP, los compromisos de OGP deben "extender la práctica del gobierno más allá de su línea de base actual con respecto a áreas clave de gobierno abierto". La ambición captura el po... y terminaciónLos implementadores deben cumplir con sus compromisos para lograr el impacto. Para cada compromiso, el Mecanismo de Informes Independientes (IRM) de OGP evalúa el grado en que las actividades describen... Más levels. However, broadening the circle of government implementers could help build stronger ownership of future OGP action plans.

Resultados tempranos

Both commitments identified as promising in the Estonia’s 2022–2024 Action Plan Review achieved moderate resultados tempranosLos primeros resultados se refieren a cambios concretos en la práctica gubernamental relacionados con la transparencia, la participación ciudadana y/o la rendición pública de cuentas como resultado de la implementación de un compromiso. OGP's Ind... Más durante la implementación.

Estonia’s sixth OGP action plan advanced both participación públicaBrindar a los ciudadanos la oportunidad de contribuir a la toma de decisiones del gobierno conduce a una gobernanza más eficaz, una mejor prestación de servicios públicos y resultados más equitativos. Especificaciones técnicas... y gobierno transparenciaDe acuerdo con los Artículos de Gobernanza de OGP, la transparencia ocurre cuando "la información en poder del gobierno (incluidas las actividades y decisiones) es abierta, completa, oportuna y está disponible gratuitamente para el público... Más. It spurred significant advances in evidence-based policymaking (Commitment 2) with the government developing user-friendly guidelines for structured policy experiments, training public officials, and funding projects that foster experimental public sector innovation. It also paved the way for improvements in public participation (Commitment 1) by bringing government and civil society together to create an open government roadmap that offers concrete solutions to current problems in public participation.

Cierre

The action plan contained five activities, clustered into two commitments. One sought to foster public participation in policy making, and the other sought to strengthen evidence-based policymaking. As with previous action plans, most activities were either fully or substantially completed. Successful activities, such as the creation of a framework for experimental policy making (Activity 2.1) were characterized by a holistic approach to changing public governance practices. Meanwhile, the development of an open government roadmap (Activity 1.2), while substantially completed, could benefit from a more robust implementation mechanism to ensure the sustainability of its outcome.

While ambitious in their long-term vision, commitments involving the development of digital tools did not achieve notable results during this action plan cycle. The public interface for a new digital policy co-creation tool (Activity 1.1) faced delays extending beyond the action plan cycle,^{[ 1 ]} while the data-driven decision support system (Activity 2.2) remained in a prototyping stage, which, at the time of review, leaves its impact on government transparency uncertain.

Participación y Co-Creación

The Government Office continues to oversee the OGP process in Estonia. The Open Government Development Committee (ARVAK) acts as a foro de múltiples partes interesadasEl diálogo regular entre el gobierno y la sociedad civil es un elemento central de la participación de OGP. Genera confianza, promueve la resolución conjunta de problemas y empodera a la sociedad civil para influir en el diseño, imple... (MSF) where government and civil society organizations (CSOs) jointly monitor action plan development and implementation. Civil society actively participated in the implementation of all commitments, with the scope and depth of participation varying. It ranged from occasional consultations to significant contributions towards implementation.

The government regularly updated CSOs on implementation progress throughout the action plan cycle. However, in the period before and after the OGP Global Summit in September 2023 (May 2023-February 2024), there were no meetings between government and civil society to discuss action plan implementation. Overall, civil society stakeholders would like to have received more in-depth and timely information during commitment implementation. They also noted that active engagement in MSF activities could be strengthened. Beyond the action plan, the government worked closely with civil society to design the agenda for the 2023 OGP Global Summit, inviting CSOs to organize their own events.

Implementación en contexto

Key highlights of the 2022–2024 action plan period included Estonia’s co-chairing of the OGP Steering Committee and hosting of the OGP Global Summit in Tallinn in September 2023. According to the Government Office, organizing the summit was the most time- and resource-intensive activity in the action plan cycle.^{[ 2 ]} However, with the two commitments mostly led by the Government Office, coordination during the implementation stage required minimal effort, which helped them complete most of the milestones.^{[ 3 ]}

Estonia’s success in implementing the commitments was enabled by the availability of funding, with the majority of activities financed through the European Union’s Cohesion Policy funds. Meanwhile, the rapid development of large language models and generative AI further shaped the technological direction of the government’s data-driven decision support tool (Activity 2.2).

Although Estonia held parliamentary elections in 2023, the political changes did not affect action plan implementation.^{[ 4 ]} However, the elections led to an almost year-long parliamentary deadlock.^{[ 5 ]} In response, the government expedited the drafting of new bills at an unprecedented speed, setting extremely short deadlines for stakeholder consultations. Collectively, these circumstances undermined Estonia’s own standards for good legislative practices and public participation.