Federal Program on Open Government (AR0090)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Argentina Action Plan 2019-2022
Action Plan Cycle: 2019
Status: Active
Institutions
Lead Institution: Direction of Open Government, Undersecretariat of Public Innovation and Open Government , Secretariat of Modernization. Direction of Municipal Training, Undersecretariat of Municipal Relations, Ministry of Interior, Public Works and Housing. Acción Colectiva, CLADH, Directorio Legislativo, Fundeps, Poder Ciudadano, Salta Transparente & Nuestra Mendoza
Support Institution(s): Acción Colectiva, CLADH, Directorio Legislativo, Fundeps, Poder Ciudadano, Salta Transparente & Nuestra Mendoza
Policy Areas
Capacity Building, Public Participation, Subnational, Sustainable Development GoalsDescription
What is the public problem that the commitment will address?
Argentina is among the pioneer countries in the promotion of an Open State. Provincial and municipal governments have advanced the implementation of openness practices, which show in the development of transparency and open data portals, the institutionalization of mechanisms for FOIA requests and the creation of spaces for dialogue with citizens. The national government and civil society organizations (CSOs) have accompanied this transformation by promoting the exchange of experiences, the training in tools and the facilitation of methodologies for open government. However, the incorporation of these actions in the Argentine territory is uneven: there are municipalities and provinces with recognized trajectories in terms of transparency and citizen participation, and others in which the developments are incipient or null. Likewise, as revealed in the Open Government Review in Argentina conducted by the OECD in 2018, most provinces implement policies on transparency, and to a lesser extent on citizen participation and accountability. Another problem identified is the absence of institutionalized mechanisms - at the subnational level - that promote the co-creation of policies between government and CSOs, which makes it difficult to generate long-term commitments that highlight the principles of open government. In turn, where dialogue spaces are deployed, there are not necessarily instances of accountability on the co-created policies or mechanisms that make the co-creation a binding process. These aspects that are especially demanded by CSOs involved in the federal open government agenda. Finally, there is a low diversification of the actors that make up the open government community of practice at the sub-national level. Therefore, it becomes important to generate collaboration schemes that respond to the heterogeneity of provinces and municipalities and promote the incorporation of new actors and organizations to the openness agenda.
What is the commitment?
The commitment is to design in a participatory manner and implement a Federal Program on Open Government aligned with the values of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) that materializes the national-local articulation pillar proposed in the Resolution of the Steering Committee of May 2019, which approves a new Local Strategy.
The objectives of this commitment are the following:
● Develop an articulated and coordinated approach between the national, provincial and municipal levels to strengthen open government policies;
● Promote the co-creation of policies in provinces and municipalities;
● Expand and diversify the community of government and civil society actors that are involved in the open government agenda;
● Promote the implementation of open government policies in subnational districts according to local, sectoral demands and in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Program is thus expected to be the channel to encourage and recognize actions that contribute to an effective and extensive implementation of open government policies in local areas and in partnership with civil society.
How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem?
Starting with a consultation process, led by the national Government, to referents of provinces, municipalities and civil society, among other actors, a Federal Program on Open Government (OGP) will be designed and subnational governments will be invited to take part through the implementation of open government initiatives. The design of the Program will include the identification of incentives for the call to be successful, and the definition of terms and conditions to participate. Technical support, training in open government and co-creation methodologies, and contact with thematic networks will be offered to provinces and municipalities that wish to join the Program. Those that have not yet planned or implemented openness policies will be addressed, as well as those willing to scale up initiatives or associate them with a process framed in OGP. These components arise from lessons learnt in the implementation of Open Government Action Plans that include subnational commitments, as well as from the experience of the national Government and civil society organizations involved to date in these processes. In the framework of the Program, formats that encourage the diversified participation of actors will be identified and good practices will be recognized in differential categories (e.g. level of government, principles of open government, subject theme or SDG associated), so that progress is made visible in dissimilar contexts and with disparate developments. The support of OGP, anchored in the national-local articulation pillar of the Local Strategy, is expected to contribute to stimulating participation and recognition of initiatives. In this sense, their documentation and dissemination is also foreseen. Also, it is proposed to generate standards or indicators that allow, on one side, drawing a baseline in the field of open government and identifying different categories of local development, and on the other side that can serve as a guide for participation in the Program and for the distinction of transformative initiatives. In all cases, civil society will be involved in the design and implementation of the Program, as well as in the definition of its terms and conditions and the recognition of outstanding initiatives. This commitment enables space for the organizations involved in the open government agenda to promote dialogue with provincial and municipal actors and even to carry out technical assistance to those who join the Program.
Why is this commitment relevant to OGP values?
The commitment is mainly relevant to citizen participation, as it seeks to improve the opportunities of civil society to influence public decisions, not only those related to the design of the Program but especially those related to implementation at the municipal and provincial levels. Likewise, the commitment aims to create favorable conditions for civic participation in policy making, by generating a program that includes co-creation among its guiding principles.
Additional information
This commitment is drawn up in a coordinated and collaborative way between two national agencies, thus generating cross-cutting policies of governmental openness with territorial anchorage. The commitment is aligned and complements the open government policies at the federal level carried out by the Undersecretariat of Public Innovation and Open Government, Point of Contact before the OGP, as well as the Secretariat of Modernization through the Federal Council of Modernization and its Open Government Commission. It also complements the strategy implemented in 2017 by integrating 11 provinces into the Third National Open Government Action Plan. The commitment is linked to the lines of work of the Undersecretariat of Municipal Relations, among which technical and territorial support is provided for the design and implementation of open government policies in local governments in the frame of strategic planning and local development. This complements the initiatives implemented by the Undersecretariat in the Second and Third OGP National Action Plan.
Commitments
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Transparency in Extractive Industries
AR0079, 2019, Access to Information
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Interactive Map for Information about Indigenous People
AR0080, 2019, Capacity Building
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Budget Transparency
AR0081, 2019, Access to Information
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Opening of Information in the Public Works Contracting System
AR0082, 2019, Access to Information
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Legal Needs Survey
AR0083, 2019, Access to Information
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Public Information on Human Trafficking
AR0084, 2019, Access to Information
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Publishing Water and Sanitation Data
AR0085, 2019, E-Government
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Transparency of the National Judicial Council
AR0086, 2019, Access to Information
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Transparent Recommendations of the General Audit Office
AR0087, 2019, Anti-Corruption
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Federal Penitentiary Diagnosis
AR0088, 2019, Access to Information
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Active Transparency Initiative
AR0089, 2019, Access to Information
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Federal Program on Open Government
AR0090, 2019, Capacity Building
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Federalization of the Micaela Law
AR0091, 2019, Capacity Building
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Gender Disaggregated Employment Data
AR0092, 2019, Access to Information
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Systematize Information About Sexual and Reproductive Health Policies
AR0093, 2019, Capacity Building
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Open Congress Action Plan
AR0094, 2019, Open Parliaments
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Opening of Information on the Selection Process of Judges
AR0035, 2017, Access to Justice
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Opening of Public Information on Disciplinary Procedures for Judges
AR0036, 2017, Access to Information
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Second Stage of Portal "Datos.Jus.Gov.Ar"
AR0037, 2017, Access to Information
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Open in the Change Process Files to Open Government
AR0038, 2017, Access to Information
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Bring the Budget to Citizens: Bill Diffusion Budget and Monitoring Public Policy Priority
AR0039, 2017, E-Government
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Integrated Mining Information System
AR0040, 2017, Anti-Corruption
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Productive Data Portal
AR0041, 2017, Access to Information
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Platform on Climate Change: Information Transparency and Action
AR0042, 2017, Access to Information
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Implementation of Data Standard for Open Procurement (EDCA)
AR0043, 2017, Access to Information
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Opening Information Gender Equity in Science and Technology for Influencing Public Politics
AR0044, 2017, Access to Information
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Opening Data from the National Congress
AR0045, 2017, Access to Information
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Transparency and Participation in Health Policy: Implementation of Mechanisms to Prevent Conflicts of Interest
AR0046, 2017, Anti-Corruption
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Deepening the Openness and Transparency of Information Related to Procurement and Contracting of PAMI
AR0047, 2017, Access to Information
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Elaboration of a Bill Funding of Political Parties
AR0048, 2017, Anti-Corruption
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Monitoring of the National Action Plan for the Prevention, Assistance and Eradication of Violence Against Women 2017-2019
AR0049, 2017, Access to Information
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Publication of Audit Recommendations in Argentine Prisons
AR0050, 2017, Access to Information
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Strengthening the Regime of Financial Disclosure Reports and Interest
AR0051, 2017, Anti-Corruption
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Proactive Publication of Reports and Audits by the Office of the Comptroller General
AR0052, 2017, Anti-Corruption
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Capacity Building in the Analysis of Public Accounts for Specific Actors
AR0053, 2017, E-Government
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National Board of the Priority Projects of the Ministry of Modernization
AR0054, 2017, E-Government
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Improving the Mechanism of Popular Initiative
AR0055, 2017, Fiscal Openness
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Practical Training on Open Government
AR0056, 2017, Capacity Building
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Participatory Development of a National Plan for Equal Opportunities
AR0057, 2017, Gender
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Promotion of Mechanisms to Engage Civil Society in the Audit Cycle
AR0058, 2017, Access to Information
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Opening Spaces for Discussion and Training on the Electoral Process in Argentina
AR0059, 2017, Anti-Corruption
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Public Consultation for the Generation of Statistical Data on Education
AR0060, 2017, Capacity Building
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Strengthening the Area of Citizen Participation "Commitment to Education"
AR0061, 2017, E-Government
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Citizen Participation in the Cycle of Cultural Policies Home Programs History and Culture of the Bicentennial
AR0062, 2017, E-Government
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Perceptions and Representations of People with Disabilities on Service Institutions
AR0063, 2017, Capacity Building
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Bureau of Policy Dialogue Habitat
AR0064, 2017, E-Government
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Young Guide
AR0065, 2017, E-Government
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Innovation Lab for Guaranteeing Rights Bodies and External Control
AR0066, 2017, Capacity Building
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Technology and Electoral Process
AR0067, 2017, Anti-Corruption
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Promotion and Strengthening Policies of Open Government in the Municipalities of the Province
AR0068, 2017, Access to Information
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Open Urban Observatory Works: Accountability and Citizen Participation
AR0069, 2017, Access to Information
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Platform Linking Civil Organizations and the Provincial Government
AR0070, 2017, Capacity Building
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Strengthening Open Government Policies: to Promote Citizen Participation in Chubut
AR0071, 2017, Capacity Building
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Institutionalization of Open Government Policies in the Province of Córdoba
AR0072, 2017, Access to Information
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Collaborative Network Between Civil Society Organizations and State
AR0073, 2017, E-Government
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Expanding Ecosystem of Access to Information in the Municipalities
AR0074, 2017, Access to Information
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Strengthening Policies Open Data in Municipalities of the Province of Mendoza
AR0075, 2017, Access to Information
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Participatory Platform for Citizen Protection
AR0076, 2017, E-Government
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Participatory Preparation of a Draft Open Government Act Provincial
AR0077, 2017, Legislation & Regulation
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Opening Information Service Justice
AR0078, 2017, Access to Information
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State Capabilities in Open Government
AR0020, 2015, Capacity Building
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Public Data Portal
AR0021, 2015, Access to Information
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Participatory Policies for People with Disabilities
AR0022, 2015, Capacity Building
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Advertising Rules
AR0023, 2015, Access to Information
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Open University
AR0024, 2015, Access to Information
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New Commitments in Average
AR0025, 2015, Public Participation
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Roundtable
AR0026, 2015, Public Participation
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Social Security Statistics
AR0027, 2015, Access to Information
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Federalization of Open Government Practices
AR0028, 2015, Capacity Building
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Pilot Platform Public Nformation
AR0029, 2015, Access to Information
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Platform "Justice 2020"
AR0030, 2015, Access to Information
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Map Support
AR0031, 2015, E-Government
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Virtual Networking Unit Technology
AR0032, 2015, E-Government
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Virtual Technological Linkage Unit - Data Management
AR0033, 2015, Access to Information
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Transparency of Information
AR0034, 2015, Access to Information
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Digital Signature
AR0001, 2013, E-Government
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Argentine Public Software
AR0002, 2013, E-Government
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National Program for Critical Infrastructure Information and Cyber Security (ICIC) and Internet Sano
AR0003, 2013, Capacity Building
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Electronic Procurement System
AR0004, 2013, Anti-Corruption
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Despapelización
AR0005, 2013, E-Government
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Expansion of the Ict Survey (ENTIC)
AR0006, 2013, Capacity Building
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Creating a Public Data Portal
AR0007, 2013, Access to Information
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Best Practices Manual Open Government
AR0008, 2013,
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New Procedures Portal
AR0009, 2013, E-Government
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State Map
AR0010, 2013, Capacity Building
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Link Training Plan and Those Responsible for Access to Information Public
AR0011, 2013, Capacity Building
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Data Processing Matrix of Decree 1172/2004
AR0012, 2013, Access to Information
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Bill to Reform the Judiciary
AR0013, 2013, Access to Information
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Federalization of the Working Groups of the Digital Agenda
AR0014, 2013, E-Government
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Open Government National Event
AR0015, 2013, Access to Information
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Hackathon Public Data
AR0016, 2013, Capacity Building
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Encouraging Participation Mechanisms Provided by Decree 1172-1104
AR0017, 2013, Access to Information
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Regulation of Law 26654
AR0018, 2013, Capacity Building
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Improved Commitment Letter Citizen Program
AR0019, 2013, Capacity Building