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Liberia

  • Member Since 2011
  • Action Plan 4

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Current Action Plan

2020-2022

Action Plan 4

  • Number of Commitments: 12
  • Policy Area Focus: Not specified

Liberia’s fourth action plan continues ambitious reforms—including beneficial ownership transparency, open contracting, and whistleblower protections—that were not implemented in previous plans. The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Liberia Secretariat sought to strengthen government ownership of these commitments. However, the Independent Report Mechanism (IRM) recommends responsible government agencies establish clear roadmaps and monitoring plans to address obstacles that have inhibited successful open government reforms and to deliver on Liberia’s ambitious aims.

Liberia’s fourth action plan contains 12 commitments, six of which were carried over from previous action plans. Continued commitments—such as those for beneficial ownership and open contracting—are ambitious, clear, and largely identical to previous versions. Yet these ambitious reforms had a low rate of implementation in preceding cycles. Therefore, achieving comprehensive implementation should be the Liberian multistakeholder forum’s focus moving forward.

Point of Contact

Daniel Gayedyu Deputy Minister of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism ogpsecretariatlib@gmail.com

Commitments

Resources

  1. Liberia Co-Creation Brief 2022

    2022, IRM Report, Web page

  2. Data Protection in Africa: A Look at OGP Member Progress

    2021, Research Product, Web page

  3. Liberia Action Plan Review 2020-2022

    2021, IRM Report, Web page

  4. Liberia Action Plan Review 2020-2022 – For Public Comment

    2021, Report Comments, Web page

  5. Liberia Action Plan 2020-2022

    2021, Action Plan, Web page

  6. Liberia Implementation Report 2017-2019

    2020, IRM Report, Web page

  7. Liberia Implementation Report 2017-2019 – For Public Comment

    2020, Report Comments, Web page

  8. Liberia Design Report 2017-2019

    2020, IRM Report, Web page

  9. Liberia Design Report 2017-2019 – For Public Comment

    2020, Report Comments, Web page

  10. Liberia – Cohort Shift Letter – February 2020

    2020, Letter, Web page

  11. Seeking Synergy: OGP & EITI

    2019, Research Product, Web page

  12. Implementing SDG16+ Through the Open Government Partnership

    2019, Perspective, Web page

  13. Liberia End-of-Term Report 2015-2017

    2018, IRM Report, Web page

  14. Liberia End-of-Term Report 2015-2017 – For Public Comment

    2018, Report Comments, Web page

  15. Liberia End-Term Self-Assessment Report 2015-2017

    2017, Self Assessment, Web page

  16. Liberia Action Plan 2017-2019

    2017, Action Plan, Web page

  17. Liberia Letter of Intent to Join OGP

    2017, Letter, Web page

  18. Liberia Progress Report 2015-2017

    2017, IRM Report, Web page

  19. Liberia Mid-Term Self-Assessment Report for 2015-2017

    2016, Self Assessment, Web page

  20. Liberia First IRM Report – Public Comments Received

    2016, IRM Report, Web page

  21. Liberia Action Plan 2013-2014

    2015, Action Plan, Web page

  22. Liberia Progress Report 2013-2014

    2015, IRM Report, Web page

  23. Liberia, Second National Action Plan, 2015-2017

    2015, Action Plan, Web page

Current Data

The data below is updated periodically, most often after large numbers of new action plans and IRM reports.

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

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Major
Outstanding
Starred Commitments
Action Plan 1
1
Action Plan 2
2
0
2
Action Plan 3
1
0
0
Action Plan 4

Global

Most per action plan
4
7

Regional

Most per action plan
0
3

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

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Action Plan 4

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

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Collaborate
Involve
Consult
Inform
No Consultation

Development

Action Plan 1
Action Plan 2
Action Plan 3
Action Plan 4
Collaborate
Involve
Consult
Inform
No Consultation

Implementation

Action Plan 1
Action Plan 2
Action Plan 3
Action Plan 4

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.

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Anti-Corruption

Beneficial Ownership
Action Implications
Implement for Results
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
No data
Open Contracting
Action Implications
Implement for Results
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.48 Sources

Civic Space

Freedom of Assembly
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
2.03 Sources
Freedom of Association
Action Implications
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
3.06 Sources
Defending Journalists and Activists
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.93 Sources

Open Policy Making

Participation in Lawmaking
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.72 Sources
Regulatory Governance
Action Implications
Implement for Results
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
0 Sources

Access to Information

Right to Information
Action Implications
Implement for Results
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
2.54 Sources
Open Data (Water / Sanitation)
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.00 Sources
Open Data (Health)
Action Implications
Implement for Results
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.67 Sources
Open Data (Education)
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
0.80 Sources

Fiscal Openness

Transparency
Action Implications
Implement for Results
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.80 Sources
Participation
Action Implications
Implement for Results
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
0.24 Sources
Oversight
Action Implications
Implement for Results
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.64 Sources

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