Building an Open Nuevo León: Institutional Openness Plan (MXNLE0005)

Commitment ID

MXNLE0005

Commitment Title

Building an Open Nuevo León: Institutional Openness Plan

Problem

In Nuevo León, gaps persist in the availability, quality, and focus of open data, particularly regarding information that helps make gender inequalities visible and address them. Although a state open data portal exists, only 11% of datasets are currently disaggregated by sex or incorporate a gender perspective, limiting their usefulness for analysis, informed decision-making, and citizen monitoring. At the national level, the deterioration in perceptions of corruption (26/100 in 2024) and the restructuring of the transparency system in 2025 have increased the challenges of ensuring accessible, useful, and reliable information. In this context, Nuevo León scored 0.47 on the 2023 Open Government Index, below the national average (0.53), highlighting existing gaps in institutional openness. This situation limits the ability of citizens, academia, and civil society to influence public policy—especially policies aimed at closing gender gaps—and underscores the need to strengthen the open data ecosystem through an inclusive approach.

Status quo

Since the beginning of the Action Plan, Mexico’s transparency and access-to-information ecosystem has undergone institutional reconfiguration, creating challenges for ensuring the availability, quality, and usefulness of public information. The decline in transparency and participation legislation (from 49.8% in 2020 to 38.9% in 2023, according to the Latin American Network for Legislative Transparency), together with the disappearance of independent oversight bodies, has increased the risks of reduced accountability and discretionary practices. In Nuevo León, these conditions are reflected in the limitations of the state’s open data portal, where currently only 11% of datasets are disaggregated by sex or include a gender perspective. This highlights shortcomings in the generation and publication of useful, accessible, and reusable information, limiting its use by the public, academia, and civil society. As a result, barriers remain for citizen oversight and policy influence, particularly regarding policies aimed at addressing gender inequalities.

Action

The initiative “Building an Open Nuevo León: Institutional Openness Plan” seeks to strengthen the open government ecosystem by improving the state’s open data portal, with an emphasis on the quality, accessibility, and gender responsiveness of published information. It is structured around three pillars: capacity building, regulation, and outreach. The capacity-building pillar will strengthen public sector capabilities to generate, manage, and use open data with a gender perspective. The regulatory pillar will establish guidelines to increase the publication of datasets in open, accessible, and disaggregated formats. The outreach pillar will promote use of the portal through inclusive communication strategies. As a result, the initiative is expected to increase both the availability and use of gender-responsive open data, strengthening citizen participation and evidence-based decision-making.

How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem described above?

This commitment will help address the problem by strengthening institutional coordination and improving the state open data portal as a strategic tool for transparency. Expected outputs include the development of guidelines for publishing open data with a gender perspective, strengthening public sector capacities, and designing an outreach strategy to promote its use. In addition, the quality, accessibility, and timeliness of published information will be improved. The commitment aims to increase both the proportion of datasets disaggregated by sex and the use of these datasets by citizens, academia, and civil society. This will enable greater influence on public decision-making—particularly in policies intended to reduce gender gaps—and contribute to a more coordinated, effective, and sustainable state open government agenda.

What long-term goal as identified in your Open Government Strategy does this commitment relate to?

Nuevo León’s strategic documents identify participation and open data as priority areas for strengthening transparency and public trust in institutions. In this context, the Institutional Openness commitment is framed within the Strategic Vision for Open Government, with the goal of coordinating efforts and best practices among government agencies and society in the areas of transparency, participation, and innovation. Building on this foundation, the initiative promotes the adoption of a standardized model of institutional openness, in which open government principles guide the design and implementation of public policies. In the short and medium term, the objective is to consolidate institutional coordination, standardize processes, and generate public information in open data formats with gender and intersectional perspectives. In the long term, priority is given to training public officials and promoting the strategic use of open data to improve decision-making, strengthen public management, and foster a more collaborative and sustainable culture of transparency.

Primary Policy Area

Digital Governance, Open Data, Right to Information

Primary Sector

Cross-sectoral, Public Services (general)

What OGP value is this commitment relevant to?