Digital Repository for Pubic Administration Studies (GR0040)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Greece National Action Plan 2016-2018
Action Plan Cycle: 2016
Status:
Institutions
Lead Institution: NA
Support Institution(s): NA
Policy Areas
Capacity BuildingIRM Review
IRM Report: Greece Mid-Term Report 2016-2018, Greece End-of-Term Report 2016-2018
Early Results: Did Not Change
Design i
Verifiable: No
Relevant to OGP Values: Yes
Ambition (see definition): Low
Implementation i
Description
Context The public administration elaborates studies and researches that concern the sectors of development of human resources, introduction of organizational changes, function and innovative methods, procedures and approaches in public administration and the local government. These are executed within the framework of self-funding actions from the Ministries and the Bodies or with the form of contractor projects, remunerated working groups, or even non remunerated working groups formed by officers of the public administration and researchers. The lack of a unique mean of gathering, documentation maintenance diffusion and open service for studies and research as well as the produced knowledge extracted by them, came to cover the law 3966/2011. According to this law, the pertinence for gathering, processing, and diffusing of elements and information in subjects of developing human resources as well as the introduction of organizational changes operation and innovative methods, procedures and approaches in public administration and the local government is assigned to the National School of Public Administration and Local Government and especially in its unit for Documentation and Innovation acknowledging the role as consultant of the public administration for the prior reported issues. Within the framework of application of the law 3966/2011 the unit for Documentation and Innovation of the National School of Public Administration and Local Government, has organized operationally and has completed institutionally the procedure of gathering, the documentation and the disposition of the studies and of the data starting from the reach material that itself occupies in a wide cognitive field. That’s how had been created the Digital Repository for Pubic Administration Studies, researches. With the 1657/15-2-2012 (NNP: Β4ΩΛ4691Φ0-ΦΞ0) Ministerial decision of the deputy Minister of administrative reform and E-Government and the 4266/6-04-2012 circular by the General Secretary of the National School of Public Administration and Local Government is determined fully the procedure of submission of studies and researches. Commitment description: Procedure simplification with the ability of unique submission in Transparency platform and announcement only of the NNP and the necessary elements by the submitted evidence for the adequate registration and documentation at the digital repository of the National School of Public Administration and Local Government. Utilization of the gathered elements OGP Values: Access to the public information, accountability, participation Implementation Bodies: Implementation: Ministry of Interior& Administrative Reconstruction - the institutional level, National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government the technical and operational level. Objective To be accomplished the objectives of the law for gathering, open disposition of data, studies and researches as such to develop farther the results and their elements by all the public administration and the citizens. Means for the implementation: The normative adjustments for the accomplishment of the commitment will be contributed by the Ministry of Interior& Administrative Reform – Sector of Administrative Reform & EGovernment and the technics and operational regulations by the National School of Public Administration and Local Government
IRM End of Term Status Summary
Commitment 10: Open Public Administration Studies
Commitment 10. Digital repository of Public Administration Studies
Procedure simplification with the ability of unique submission in Transparency platform and announcement only of the NNP and the necessary elements by the submitted evidence for the adequate registration and documentation at the digital repository of the National School of Public Administration and Local Government. Utilization of the gathered elements.
Responsible Institution(s): Ministry of Interior& Administrative Reform & National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government
Supporting Institution(s): none
Start Date: July 2016 End Date: December 2017
Editorial Note: The action plan text has been abridged by the IRM. For the full version, please see https://www.opengovpartnership.org/documents/greece-national-action-plan-2016-2018/
Commitment Aim:
This commitment aimed to provide citizens with access to studies and reports that were funded using public money. According to the current regulatory framework these studies were to be uploaded to the Depository for State Treasure Studies. Because only a small percentage of studies is currently published, this commitment aspires to enforce a legal mandate to employ the Diavgeia Transparency Portal as the single point for submitting studies.[Note 120: OGP, “Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) Progress Report 2016–2018: Greece”, https://www.opengovpartnership.org/documents/greece-mid-term-report-2016-2018-public-comment] However, the commitment language is vague and thus the potential impact remained unclear.
Status
Midterm: Not Started
At the midterm evaluation there was no evidence to indicate the progress status of this commitment. It was unclear which areas the regulatory amendment should improve. Additionally, the government self-assessment report made no mention of this commitment.
End of Term: Not Started
According to the PoC there has been no progress in implementing this commitment.[Note 121: Nancy Routzouni, national point of contact, response to IRM researcher questionnaire, September 2018.]
Did It Open Government?
Access to information: Did Not Change
Since commitment implementation has not yet started there has been no change in government practice.
Carried forward?
There is no indication that this commitment will be carried forward. The government could specify the content of the regulatory intervention. A representative from Open Technologies Alliance (GFOSS) noted that it would be useful for researchers and civil society alike to develop a specific methodology to ensure that all research and studies paid for by the government are available in the system. These documents could also make use of the Creative Commons license, allowing them to be reused. The government could make the uploading of publicly funded studies and research on the Diavgeia Transparency Portal a prerequisite for completing payment for the study.[Note 122: OGP, “Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) Progress Report 2016–2018: Greece”, https://www.opengovpartnership.org/documents/greece-mid-term-report-2016-2018-public-comment
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