Tbilisi. Georgia has recently started working on its third Open Government Action Plan, while it has yet to complete the main commitments of the second one. The study presents the reasons why second Action Plan commitments were not met, possible consequences and recommendations to be considered in the future.

"The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is an international initiative that was launched in 2011 and currently includes 69 states. OGP member states develop annual action plans and voluntarily take on commitments to promote open government principles of transparency, accountability, citizen participation, and technology and innovation. Georgia joined the OGP in 2011. The action plan development process is coordinated by the Open Government Georgia Forum (Forum), which unites representatives of government, international and non-governmental organizations, and is co-chaired by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI).

The goal of this study is not to offer an alternative evaluation of the OGP Georgia Action Plan for 2014-2015. It rather aims to discuss the reasons for the failure to meet its commitments and develop effective recommendations that can be of use to the Forum moving forward. For this purpose, IDFI decided to present a simplified version of the evaluation conducted by the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM). IDFI, as the Forum co-chairman, together with other members shares the responsibility on the completed and unfulfilled commitments. Our goal is to assist the Forum to better plan future action plans”, is noted in the statement.

Source: idfi.ge