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Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Member Since 2016
  • Action Plan 2

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Current Action Plan

2018-2020

Action Plan 2

  • Number of Commitments: 5
  • Policy Area Focus: Financial Transparency, Improving Public Service Delivery, Brexit Transparency

Scotland is currently implementing 5 commitments from their 2018-2020 action plan.

This action plan features commitments related to financial transparency, participatory budgeting, citizen participation, access to information and data and improving public service delivery.

Point of Contact

Doreen Grove Head of Open Government, The Scottish Government Doreen.Grove@gov.scot
Madeleine Fleming Open Government Policy Officer, The Scottish Government Madeleine.fleming@gov.scot

Commitments

  1. Financial and Performance Transparency

    SCO0006, 2018, Open Contracting and Procurement

  2. Open Policy Making and Participation in Service Delivery

    SCO0007, 2018, Participation in Budget Processes

  3. Improve Data Use

    SCO0008, 2018, Public Service Delivery

  4. Public Service Accountability

    SCO0009, 2018, Public Service Delivery

  5. Transparency and Participation

    SCO0010, 2018, Marginalized Communities

  6. Financial Transparency

    SCO0001, 2017, Open Contracting and Procurement

  7. Measuring Scotland’S Progress

    SCO0002, 2017, Human Rights

  8. Deliver a Fairer Scotland

    SCO0003, 2017, Marginalized Communities

  9. Participatory Budgeting (Also Known as Community Choices in Scotland)

    SCO0004, 2017, Participation in Budget Processes

  10. Increasing Participation

    SCO0005, 2017, Public Service Delivery

Resources

  1. Scotland IRM Report 2017

    2019, Documents, Web Page

  2. Scotland Action Plan 2018-2020

    2018, Action Plan, Web page

  3. Scotland Design Report 2018-2020

    2019, IRM Report, Web page

  4. Scotland Design Report 2018-2020 – For Public Comment

    2019, Report Comments, Web page

  5. Scotland IRM Report 2017

    2019, IRM Report, Web page

  6. Scotland IRM Report 2017 – For Public Comment

    2018, Report Comments, Web page

  7. Scotland Preliminary Review 2017 – For Public Comments

    2017, Report Comments, Web page

  8. Scotland, United Kingdom Action Plan

    2016, Action Plan, Web page

  9. SCVO Endorsement Letter

    2016, Letter, 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
0
0
Action Plan 2

Global

Most per action plan
4
7

Regional

Most per action plan
4
7

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 2

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
Collaborate
Involve
Consult
Inform
No Consultation

Implementation

Action Plan 1
Action Plan 2

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
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Open Contracting
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER

Civic Space

Freedom of Assembly
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Freedom of Association
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Defending Journalists and Activists
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER

Open Policy Making

Participation in Lawmaking
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Open Regulations
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER

Access to Information

Right to Information
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Open Data (Water / Sanitation)
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Open Data (Health)
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Open Data (Education)
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER

Fiscal Openness

Transparency
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Participation
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Oversight
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER

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