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  • Member Since 2013
  • Action Plan 3

Current Action Plan

2018-2020

Action Plan 3

  • Number of Commitments: 12
  • Policy Area Focus: Participation in Democratic Processes, Participation in Policy and Service Design, Trust in Government Information

New Zealand is currently implementing 12 commitments from their 2018-2020 action plan.

This action plan features commitments related to youth engagement, public participation in policy development, algorithms transparency and open procurement.

Point of Contact

Larry Fergusson Performance Review Manager, State Services Commission larry.fergusson@ssc.govt.nz

Commitments

  1. Engagement with Parliament

    NZ0012, 2018, Capacity Building

  2. Youth Parliament

    NZ0013, 2018, Capacity Building

  3. School Leavers' Toolkit

    NZ0014, 2018, Capacity Building

  4. Making New Zealand’s secondary legislation readily accessible

    NZ0015, 2018, E-Government

  5. Public participation in policy development

    NZ0016, 2018, Capacity Building

  6. Service Design

    NZ0017, 2018, Capacity Building

  7. Official Information

    NZ0018, 2018, Legislation & Regulation

  8. Review of government use of algorithms

    NZ0019, 2018, Science & Technology

  9. Data practice transparency

    NZ0020, 2018, Capacity Building

  10. Monitoring information management practice

    NZ0021, 2018, Legislation & Regulation

  11. open data government organizations

    NZ0022, 2018, E-Government

  12. Open Procurement

    NZ0023, 2018, E-Government

  13. Open Budget

    NZ0005, 2016, Capacity Building

  14. Improving official information practices

    NZ0006, 2016, Capacity Building

  15. Improving open data access and principles

    NZ0007, 2016, Capacity Building

  16. Tracking progress and outcomes of open government data release

    NZ0008, 2016, Capacity Building

  17. Ongoing engagement for OGP

    NZ0009, 2016, Capacity Building

  18. Starred commitment Improving access to legislation

    NZ0010, 2016, Capacity Building

  19. Improving policy practices

    NZ0011, 2016, Capacity Building

  20. BPS Result 10 – New Zealanders can complete their transactions with the government easily in a digital environment

    NZ0001, 2014, E-Government

  21. ICT Strategy Action 13 – Open by Default: Active Re-use of Information Assets

    NZ0002, 2014, Capacity Building

  22. National Integrity System Assessment

    NZ0003, 2014, Anti-Corruption Institutions

  23. The Kia Tūtahi Relationship Accord

    NZ0004, 2014, Capacity Building

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
0
0
0
Action Plan 2
1
Action Plan 3

Global

Most per action plan
4
7

Regional

Most per action plan
2
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 3

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
Collaborate
Involve
Consult
Inform
No Consultation

Implementation

Action Plan 1
Action Plan 2
Action Plan 3

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
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
2.00 Sources
Open Contracting
Action Implications
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
3.00 Sources

Civic Space

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

Open Policy Making

Participation in Lawmaking
Action Implications
New Initiative
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
2.53 Sources
Open Regulations
Action Implications
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
3.40 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)
2.75 Sources
Open Data (Water / Sanitation)
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.20 Sources
Open Data (Health)
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.40 Sources
Open Data (Education)
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
2.20 Sources

Fiscal Openness

Transparency
Action Implications
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
3.56 Sources
Participation
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
2.36 Sources
Oversight
Action Implications
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
3.12 Sources

Resources

  1. New Zealand End-of-Term Report 2016-2018

    In 2019, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the end of term report for New Zealand's second action plan. The…

    2019, Documents, Web Page

  2. New Zealand Action Plan 2018-2020

    2018, Action Plan, Web page

  3. New Zealand End of Term Self Assessment 2014-16

    2016, Self Assessment, Web page

  4. New Zealand End-of-Term Report 2014-2016

    2017, IRM Report, Web page

  5. New Zealand End-of-Term Report 2016-2018

    2019, IRM Report, Web page

  6. New Zealand End-of-Term Report 2016-2018 – For Public Comment

    2019, IRM Report, Web page

  7. New Zealand End-Term Self-Assessment 2016-2018

    2018, Self Assessment, Web page

  8. New Zealand First IRM Report – Public Comments Received

    2016, IRM Report, Web page

  9. New Zealand Letter of Intent to Join OGP

    2017, Letter, Web page

  10. New Zealand Mid-Term Report 2016-2018

    2018, IRM Report, Web page

  11. New Zealand Mid-Term Report 2016-2018 – For Public Comment

    2018, Report Comments, Web page

  12. New Zealand Mid-Term Self-Assessment 2016-2018

    2017, Self Assessment, Web page

  13. New Zealand Second National Action Plan 2016-2018

    2016, Action Plan, Web page

  14. New Zealand Self-Assessment January 2016

    2016, Self Assessment, Web page

  15. New Zealand, First Action Plan, 2014-16

    2015, Action Plan, Web page

  16. New Zealand: 2014-2015 IRM Progress Report

    2016, IRM Report, Web page

  17. OGP Letter – New Zealand – March 2016

    2016, Letter, Web page

  18. OGP Letter to New Zealand Regarding Late Self-Assessment: March 2016

    2017, Letter, Web page

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