
Africa and the Middle East Regional Meeting
The 2022 OGP Africa and the Middle East Regional Meeting is taking place on November 1-3 in Marrakech, Morocco.
2020-2022
Action Plan 4
South Africa’s fourth action plan aims to reinvigorate the OGP process in the country after several years of inactivity. The plan’s three proposed themes are relevant and a good foundation on which to build. However, at present the commitments lack clarity and ambition. To strengthen its in-country impact and global leadership, South Africa can take advantage of an opportunity to submit a revised action plan, with clear implementation roadmaps and stronger government engagement.
South Africa had not submitted an action plan since its third ended in 2018. The new fourth plan (2020–2022) is an attempt to revive the OGP process in the country.
All three of the commitments are quite mature in that they build on previous open government plans and have strong civil society leaders supporting them. However, changes in the OGP government point of contact, timing, and complexity of deliberations impacted the quality of the action plan. Two out of the three commitments lack verifiability, do not have clear potential for results, and resemble initial deliberations rather than concrete commitments. For example, the commitment on transformative fiscal transparency provides significant background to understand why it was important to include in the action plan but does not define activities or expected results.
The 2022 OGP Africa and the Middle East Regional Meeting is taking place on November 1-3 in Marrakech, Morocco.
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Point of Contact
2023, Letter, Web page
2022, IRM Report, Web page
2021, Research Product, Web page
2021, IRM Report, Web page
2021, Report Comments, Web page
2021, Action Plan, Web page
2020, Letter, Web page
2019, Research Product, Web page
2019, Perspective, Web page
2019, IRM Report, Web page
2019, Report Comments, Web page
2019, Letter, Web page
2018, Letter, Web page
2018, IRM Report, Web page
2018, Letter, Web page
2018, Report Comments, Web page
2016, IRM Report, Web page
2016, Self Assessment, Web page
2016, Action Plan, Web page
2016, Research Product, Web page
2015, IRM Report, Web page
2015, Action Plan, Web page
2015, Action Plan, Web page
2015, IRM Report, Web page
2015, Research Product, Web page
2015, Resource, Web page
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.
No IRM data
Pending IRM Review
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.
Stars (Global average 7%)
Focus on implementation
Focus on design
Pending IRM review
No IRM data
Focus on objectives and impact (ambition/potential impact)
Focus on relevance to open government
Focus on verifiability
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.
Participation was closed
Participation was open to any interested party
No IRM data
Forum
Pending IRM review
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
The data below is drawn from the 2019 OGP Global Report. You can view and learn more about the report here.
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.
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.
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.
Reflect “real-world” performance, i.e., performance outside of the OGP framework. Scores are comprised of various indicators collected by respected organizations.
IRM-Based Findings
IRM-Based Findings
IRM-Based Findings
IRM-Based Findings
IRM-Based Findings
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