Transparency of Health and Education Infrastructure (GT0123)

Brief description of the commitment

This commitment is limited to the Implementation of CoST mechanisms to strengthen transparency and accountability processes in health and education infrastructure, in order to ensure broad disclosure and citizen participation in infrastructure procurement, making them more competitive. and fair, ensuring the achievement of proposed results.

What is the problem that the compromise seeks to address?

“Certain health and education infrastructure projects do not comply with current regulations that contemplate the “International Open Data Standard on Infrastructure” – OC4IDS, which limits accountability, transparency and social auditing.

What are the causes of the problem?

The format of infrastructure data in health and education is not standardized, causing noncompliance with current regulations related to the “International Open Data Standard on Infrastructure” - OC4IDS -. Likewise, the existence of administrative guidelines and mechanisms for compliance with the standard is unknown.

Description of the Commitment

What has been done so far to solve the problem?

A specific milestone was included in the 5th National Open Government Action Plan 2021-2023 for the dissemination of the “International Open Data Standard on Infrastructure” - OC4IDS - aimed at officials and representatives of civil society organizations and citizens in general, the which concluded in June 2023.

What solution do you propose?

The integration of a Multisectoral Technical Roundtable for the analysis of the current levels of compliance with the “International Open Data Standard on Infrastructure” - OC4IDS - in infrastructure projects for health and education; as well as the formulation of recommendations to be adopted by the Ministries of Public Health and Social Assistance -MSPAS- and Education -MINEDUC-.

What results do we want to achieve with the implementation of this commitment?

The application of the “International Standard for Open Data in Infrastructure” – OC4IDS – to each of the health and education projects to be executed by the executing units.

Engagement Analysis

How will you promote transparency in engagement?

Through the application of the “International Open Data Standard on Infrastructure” - OC4IDS - in infrastructure projects in health and education.

How will engagement help foster accountability?

Making pre-investment, execution and liquidation processes of public health and education infrastructure projects transparent.

How will citizen participation improve engagement in the definition, implementation and monitoring of solutions?

Through the opening of multisectoral spaces within the Multisectoral Technical Table that will be being formed and the application of methodologies contemplated by the user committees.

Engagement Planning

Activities | Expected Results | Start Date - End Date

Activity 1 Continuity of the development process in open data format of the official website of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance - MSPAS - on “health data” with emphasis on infrastructure that generates fixed capital. | That the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance -MSPAS - and the Ministry of Education - MINEDUC -, provide citizens with standardized data that can be reused, integrated, allowing immediate access to the information generated in infrastructure, generating value added to citizen. | July 2023 - January 2024

Activity 2 Continuity of the integration process of the technical table for the Analysis of health infrastructure for the implementation of recommendations raised by the Infrastructure Transparency initiative, which will include the guidelines for receiving works and presenting a report on the actions carried out in accordance with the recommendations. | That the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance -MSPAS - and the Ministry of Education - MINEDUC - make available to the public through their websites relevant information as detailed and updated as possible on health and education infrastructure, without the need application required by citizens, in compliance with the recommendations formulated in the Multisectoral Technical Roundtable. | July 2023 - January 2024