Europe Regional Meeting
The OGP Europe Regional Meeting will take place on October 11-12, 2022 in Rome, Italy.
Current Action Plan
2021-2023
Action Plan 3
- Number of Commitments: 59
- Policy Area Focus: Not specified
France’s third action plan touches on more topic areas and includes more institutions than any previous action plan. However, there was a lack of meaningful dialogue with civil society during the co-creation process, and most of the 59 commitments have unclear potential for results or lack sufficient detail to be assessed. To revitalize the OGP process, the government could approach implementation of commitments with greater ambition than written in the plan and in greater collaboration with civil society.
France’s third action plan contains 59 commitments. It carries over topics from its previous action plan, such as citizen engagement in environmental policy, lobbying transparency, procurement transparency, and aid transparency. It also covers new areas, such as transparency of COVID-19 funding and citizen participation in health and education policy. The government took a conscious choice to have a broad plan, that would “initiate and support a cultural change within the public administration”. More
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Contact
Point of Contact
Alban Praquin
Direction Interministérielle de la Transformation Publique
alban.praquin@modernisation.gouv.fr
Resources
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France Co-Creation Brief 2023
2023, IRM Report, Web page
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France – Contrary to Process Letter (August 2022)
2022, Letter, Web page
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France Action Plan Review 2021-2023
2022, IRM Report, Web page
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France Action Plan Review 2021-2023 – For Public Comment
2022, Report Comments, Web page
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France Action Plan 2021-2023
2022, Action Plan, Web page
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France Transitional Results Report 2018-2020
2021, IRM Report, Web page
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France Transitional Results Report 2018-2020 – For Public Comment
2021, Report Comments, Web page
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France End-of-Term Self-Assessment 2018-2020
2021, Self Assessment, Web page
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France Design Report 2018-2020
2019, IRM Report, Web page
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France Design Report 2018-2020 – For Public Comment
2019, Report Comments, Web page
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Paris, France Action Plan 2019 – 2021
2019, Action Plan, Web page
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Paris Final IRM Report 2017
2019, IRM Report, Web page
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Paris, France – Notification of Late Action Plan (Cohort Shift) – January 2019
2019, Letter, Web page
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Paris Final IRM Report 2017 – For Public Comment
2019, Report Comments, Web page
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France End-of-Term Report 2015-2017
2018, IRM Report, Web page
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France End-of-Term Report 2015-2017 – For Public Comment
2018, Report Comments, Web page
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France Action Plan 2018-2020
2018, Action Plan, Web page
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France End-of-Term Self-Assessment 2015-2017
2018, Self Assessment, Web page
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France 2017 Late SAR Letter – February 2018
2018, Letter, Web page
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France – Cohort Shift Letter – January 2018
2018, Letter, Web page
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OGP Letter – France – November 2017
2017, Letter, Web page
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France Mid-Term Progress Report 2015-2017
2017, IRM Report, Web page
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France Mid-Term Progress Report 2015-2017 – For Public Comment
2017, Report Comments, Web page
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France – Letter of Intent to Join OGP
2017, Letter, Web page
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Open Climate Governance Primer
2017, Resource, Web page
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Paris, France Action Plan
2016, Action Plan, Web page
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France’s First Mid-Term Self-Assessment
2016, Self Assessment, Web page
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DemocracyOS France Endorsement Letter
2016, Letter, Web page
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Open Knowledge Foundation France Endorsement Letter
2016, Letter, Web page
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Cresspa Endorsement Letter
2016, Letter, Web page
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France National Assembly Action Plan 2015-2017
2015, Action Plan, Web page
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France, First Action Plan, 2015-2017
2015, Action Plan, Web page
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Plan d’action de l’Assemblee nationale 2015-2017
2015, Action Plan, Web page
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France SC Application Letter
2015, Letter, Web page
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Open Government Awards Booklet
2015, Web page
Commitment Performance
The following variables answer the question “Did this commitment open government?“, and focus on how government practices have changed as a result of the commitment’s implementation.
Key
No IRM data
Pending IRM Review
How to Get More Starred Commitments
Starred commitments in OGP are one of the ways the IRM designates promising reforms. The graph below shows where the major areas for improvement in action plan design and implementation should take place based on past action plans.
Key
Stars (Global average 7%)
Focus on implementation
Focus on design
Pending IRM review
No IRM data
Focus on design
Focus on objectives and impact (ambition/potential impact)
Focus on relevance to open government
Focus on verifiability
Public Participation
This table shows: 1) the level of public influence during the development and implementation of OGP action plans, 2) whether consultations were open to any member of the public or only to those invited; and 3) whether a forum existed that met regularly.
Key
Participation was closed
Participation was open to any interested party
No IRM data
Forum
Pending IRM review
Definitions
Collaborate: Iterative dialogue and public helped set agenda
Involve: Government gave feedback on public inputs
Consult: Public gave input
Inform: Government provided public with information on plan
OGP Global Report Data
The data below is drawn from the 2019 OGP Global Report. You can view and learn more about the report here.
Selected Dimensions of Open Government
This section captures how each OGP member can play a leadership role, based on IRM-based findings and third-party scores. This list does not cover all of open government and OGP members are not required to take any action.
Action implications
These are recommendations on the role that each OGP member might play in each policy area. The recommendations are derived from a combination of the IRM-based findings and third-party scores.
IRM-based findings
Reflect the performance of commitments in a particular policy area, as assessed by the IRM.
(NC) No Commitments
(CA) Commitment(s) in the policy area.
(IR) IRM-Reviewed: At least one IRM-assessed commitment.
(C) Was Complete: At least one commitment was substantially or fully completed.
(A) Was Ambitious: At least one commitment with moderate or transformative potential impact.
(ER) Showed Early Results: At least one commitment opened government in a “Major” or “Outstanding” way.
Third-party scores
Reflect “real-world” performance, i.e., performance outside of the OGP framework. Scores are comprised of various indicators collected by respected organizations.
Anti-Corruption
Action
Implication
Implication
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Third-Party
Score (0-4)
Score (0-4)
Civic Space
Action
Implication
Implication
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Third-Party
Score (0-4)
Score (0-4)
Open Policy Making
Action
Implication
Implication
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Third-Party
Score (0-4)
Score (0-4)
Access to Information
Action
Implication
Implication
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Third-Party
Score (0-4)
Score (0-4)
Fiscal Openness
Action
Implication
Implication
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Third-Party
Score (0-4)
Score (0-4)
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