Provision of Open Data for Offshore Companies (GR0019)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Greece Second Action Plan for 2014-2016
Action Plan Cycle: 2014
Status: Inactive
Institutions
Lead Institution: Ministry of Finance
Support Institution(s): NA
Policy Areas
Access to Information, E-Government, Open Data, Private SectorIRM Review
IRM Report: Greece End-of-Term Report 2014-2016, Greece 2014-2015 Progress Report
Starred: No
Early Results: Did Not Change
Design i
Verifiable: Yes
Relevant to OGP Values: Access to Information , Technology
Implementation i
Description
The Ministry of Finance will provide the list of all foreign companies (offshore companies) registered in Greece in a machine readable format. The information that will be published will contain the following: Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), contact details in Greece, information on operations, company name, distinctive title and other relevant information registered for the holding company (TIN of the offshore, country, address, etc.). This information will be accessible and updated in monthly basis (at least).
IRM End of Term Status Summary
Commitment 2.6. Open data for offshore companies
Commitment Text:
The Ministry of Finance will provide the list of all foreign companies (offshore companies) registered in Greece in a machine readable format. The information that will be published will contain the following: Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), contact details in Greece, information on operations, company name, distinctive title and other relevant information registered for the holding company (TIN of the offshore, country, address, etc.). This information will be accessible and updated in monthly basis (at least). Milestones –Timescales The commitment will be completed by the end of October 2014. This includes software implementation for the population of the data sets. After that, the mechanism for publishing the data will be implemented by the end of March 2015.
Responsible institution: Ministry of Finance
Supporting institution(s): None
Start date: July 2014 End date: March 2015
Commitment Aim:
This commitment aims to provide crucial information regarding companies that might be involved in tax evasion or corporate fraud. The Ministry of Finance committed to publish a list of all foreign companies (offshore companies) registered in Greece in a machine readable format. This information would contain the following: Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), contact details in Greece, information on operations, company name, distinctive title and other relevant information registered for the holding company.
Status
Midterm: Not started
During the first year of the action plan, neither the central open data portal (data.gov.gr), the Ministry of Finance (www.minfin.gr) nor the General Secretariat of Public Revenues website (http://www.publicrevenue.gr/kpi/) showed offshore company datasets. The Openwise IRM research team learned two main reasons for this absence at a meeting with officials from the Ministry of Finance. First, it is unclear who is responsible for the Commitment within the Ministry of Finance. Second, despite the fact that commitment text refers specifically to all offshore companies without exceptions, some Ministry stakeholders find this definition problematic because technically there is more than one type of offshore company.
End of term: Not started
According to the government’s self-assessment text presented as a table within the third NAP, implementation of this commitment has not yet started.[Note 19: Greece’s Third Action Plan, 9, http://www.opengovpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2001/01/GREEK_NAP3-OGP-ENG.pdf. ] This delay is due to pending clarification of which offshore companies should fall under the commitment. The Openwise IRM research team found this problem of defining companies during midterm report interviews and encountered it again while researching for the end-of-term report.
Did it open government?
Access to information: Did not change
This commitment addresses access to information regarding offshore company data. This commitment might have had a moderate impact by imposing a level of transparency that might then have enabled structural reform in the fight against tax evasion and financial fraud. However, due to the fact that implementation has not yet begun, there is no evidence that the commitment had any effect on openness.
Carried forward?
The Ministry of Finance does not include this policy area in the third Greek action plan. As of January 2017, the General Secretariat of Public Revenue, the agency within the Ministry of Finance responsible for implementing this commitment, will be reorganised as an Independent Agency. This independence will remove the agency from government hierarchical control. The Openwise IRM research team suggest that as soon as the new Independent Agency is operational, it should be informed officially about OGP’s work and the potential impact of a renewed version of this commitment in the next NAP. Since no other independent agency undertakes OGP commitments, the possibility to complete this commitment depends on the new agency’s priorities.
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Open Immigration Data
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Open National Defense Data
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Open Ministry of Interior Data
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Open Administrative Reconstruction Data
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Open Economic Data
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Open Local Government Data
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Open Justice Data
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Open Environmental Data
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Open Culture and Sports Data
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Sports whistleblower platform
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Monitoring platform for action plan
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Amend EETT regulation
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Framework Law on Open & Participative Governance
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Participation in the Assessment of the Public Sector
GR0032, 2016, Capacity Building
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Publicity of Organisational Charts & Entities of the Public Sector
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Accountability and Settlement of Disputes Between the Citizens and the Public Sector
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Guide and Standardization for the Provision of Services & for Procedures Per Service/Entity
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Improvement of the Open Deliberation Procedure
GR0036, 2016, Capacity Building
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National Register of Line Managers of the Public Administration (Register)
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Implementation of the Assessment of Employees and Services and Control Methods
GR0038, 2016, Capacity Building
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Implementation of a System for the Selection of Managers
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Digital Repository for Pubic Administration Studies
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Geospatial Maritime Data
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Ship/Company and Seafarer Registers
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Marine and Maritime Activity
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Public Property Open Data
GR0045, 2016, Access to Information
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KPI’s for the Implementation of Public and EU Financed Projects
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Data and Statistics for Greek National Exams
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Protocol Digitization
GR0048, 2016, E-Government
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Informative Actions on Open Data for Young People in Secondary and Higher Education
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Open Education
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Provision of Open Data for Justice
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Enhanced Statistical Data of Justice Open to the Public
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Open Provision of Geo-Data
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Open-Participatory Budget
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Regional Council Platform (Open Regional Council)
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Open - Participatory Budget
GR0056, 2016, E-Government
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Capture and Evaluation Platform for Regional Technical Projects
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City Dashboard
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Online Consultation Platform
GR0059, 2016, E-Government
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Open Data Index for Cities and Local Administrations
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Linked, Open and Participatory Budgets
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School of Data for Public Servants
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The Collaborative Wikification of Public Services Procedures
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Strengthening Openness and Accessibility of the Parliament
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Institutional and Technological Upgrading of Transparency Program
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Public Participation in Decision Making
GR0013, 2014, Capacity Building
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Integration of PSI Directive on the Re-Use of Public Sector Information
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Regulatory Amendments for the Management and Provision of Open Data
GR0015, 2014, Access to Information
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Implementation of Platform for Central Distribution of Public Open Data
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Provision of Open Geospatial Data
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Provision of Open Cultural Data
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Provision of Open Data for Offshore Companies
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Open Provision of Public Sector Critical Data Sets
GR0020, 2014, Access to Information
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Open Invitations for Filling Posts in the Public Sector
GR0021, 2014, E-Government
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Public Administration Organizational Chart Publication
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Coordination and Monitoring of Open Government Policy
GR0023, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Reorganization of Inspectorate Bodies and Strategic Alliance Development Against Corruption
GR0024, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Tracking Changes on Bills (From Submission to Voting by Plenum)
GR0025, 2014, E-Government
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Usability and Functionality Improvements of the ‘Parliamentary Transparency’ Section of the Hellenic Parliament Website
GR0026, 2014, E-Government
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Improvement of the Hellenic Parliament Website and Implementation of New Standards-Technologies
GR0027, 2014, Access to Information
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Provision of Historical Parliamentary Documents to the Public
GR0028, 2014, E-Government
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Enhancement of Social Media Policy in the Hellenic Parliament
GR0029, 2014, E-Government
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On Line Provision of Exhibitions
GR0030, 2014, Capacity Building
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Capitalize on Citizen Comments and Suggestions
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Operate Central e-Procurement Information System
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Operate Central ERP Information System
GR0004, 2012, E-Government
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Operate Central HRMS Information System
GR0005, 2012, E-Government
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Open Data Regarding Prices, as Collected by Prices Observatory
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Resolve Legal Issues Regarding State Geo-Data
GR0007, 2012, Land Rights & Spatial Planning
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Offer Additional Taxation Data
GR0008, 2012, Fiscal Openness
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Augment Functionality of the Transparency Program
GR0009, 2012, E-Government
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Publicise Public Sector Procurement Information
GR0010, 2012, Anti-Corruption
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Enable Open, Transparent and Safeguarded Document Circulation
GR0011, 2012, E-Government