Overview

At-a-Glance

Action Plan: South Korea Third National Action Plan 2016-2018

Action Plan Cycle: 2016

Status:

Institutions

Lead Institution: Ministry of the Interior

Support Institution(s): Central government ministries, local governments, educational offices, public institutions, etc. general public, civic groups, etc.

Policy Areas

Access to Information, Anti Corruption and Integrity, Capacity Building, Fiscal Openness, Open Data, Publication of Budget/Fiscal Information, Right to Information

IRM Review

IRM Report: Republic of Korea End-of-Term Report 2016–2018, Republic of Korea Mid-Term Report 2016-2018

Early Results: Marginal

Design i

Verifiable: No

Relevant to OGP Values: Yes

Ambition (see definition): Low

Implementation i

Completion:

Description

Constantly developing and providing useful information in original form; Commitment Start and End Date: Ongoing / 1 July 2016 ~ 30 June 2018; Lead implementing Ministry, Department, Agency: Ministry of the Interior; Person responsible from implementing agency: Jeong, Min-sun; Title, Department: Public Data Policy Division, Deputy director; Email: msjeong40@korea.kr; Phone: +82-2-2100-3448; Other actors involved: Government Ministries, Department/ Agency Central: Central government ministries, local governments, educational offices, public institutions, etc.; CSOs private sector, multilaterals, working groups: general public, civic groups, etc.; Status quo or problem addressed by the commitment: The amount of disclosed information is constantly increasing through full-scale amendment of the Official Information Disclosure Act, introduction of world’s first system disclosing information in original form, and increased number of institutions disclosing information. Even though the environment has been already established for citizens to easily use information they want regardless of time and place, there are still concerns that the level of information disclosure has not yet improved to meet expectations and demand of citizens.; Main Objective: To ensure citizens’ right to know, contribute to enhanced government transparency, and develop and provide useful information that can help citizens in their everyday life.; Brief Description of Commitment: Useful information for citizens will be collected and selected from government and public institutions in original form and the best practices of such efforts will be widely publicized; OGP challenge addressed by the commitment: Improving public services and Increasing public integrity; Relevance: This commitment is relavant to access to information, but also relavant to civic participation and public accountability.; Accessibility will be improved to public information that citizens need so they can actually feel the benefit from using open information

IRM End of Term Status Summary

For details on this commitment, see South Korea End-of-Term Report 2016–2018.

Information in Original Form (KR0023)