Policy paper

London summit: summary of commitments

Updated 1 November 2013

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On the 31 October and 1 November, London hosted over 1,000 delegates from civil society, business and government at the Open Government Partnership (OGP) annual summit.

At the summit, 37 governments made ambitious new commitments to open government, covering a wide range of priorities, including commitments to:

1. Open Data: Radically open up government data to boost entrepreneurship, growth and accountability

  1. Philippines - 鈥淟aunch Open Data Philippines: Transparent, accountable, and participatory governance through open government data鈥�
  2. Panama 鈥� 鈥淥pen Data Charter鈥�
  3. South Korea - 鈥淕ovt 3.0 Initiative鈥�
  4. Ghana 鈥� 鈥淕hana commits to implement a new initiative to transform the way government administrators work and empower citizens for feedback on governance鈥�
  5. Moldova - 鈥淒evelop an Open Data Policy鈥�
  6. Canada - 鈥淥pen Data Canada鈥�
  7. Trinidad & Tobago - 鈥淏uilding an Open Data Approach in the Public Service of Trinidad & Tobago鈥�
  8. Greece - 鈥淔urther open up public sector information with a view to enhancing government integrity and transparency and developing an ecosystem of open, interoperable services for government data sharing and re-use鈥�
  9. Chile - 鈥淩egulation of a national archives and records management which is the responsibility of the Council for Transparency鈥�
  10. Georgia - 鈥淭aking Freedom of Information to the next level: New FOIA, Proactive Publication and E-request at data.gov.ge鈥�
  11. Ireland - 鈥淚reland will sign up to the Open Data Charter鈥�
  12. United Kingdom 鈥� 鈥淐reating a central registry of company beneficial ownership information鈥�

2. Government Integrity: Open up their governments further to fight corruption and strengthen democracy

  1. Albania - 鈥淚mprovement of the Public Administration Recruitment service through more transparent, merit-based and efficient process鈥�
  2. Estonia 鈥� 鈥淐reation of Database Aggregating Declarations of Financial Interest to Optimize Prevention of Corruption and Conflicts of Interest鈥�
  3. Uruguay - 鈥淐itizen services: close, easy and modern鈥�, 鈥淣ew stage towards paperwork reduction鈥� and 鈥淓volution of public procurement鈥�
  4. Romania - 鈥淥pen contracting in Romania鈥�
  5. Serbia - 鈥淧revention of corruption: Adopting the law on inspection control鈥�
  6. Colombia 鈥� 鈥淗igh Level Reporting Mechanism - A mechanism for the participation of the private sector in identification, prevention and prosecution of corruption cases鈥�
  7. El Salvador - 鈥淚ntegrated government, integrated public. Public institutions ensure accounts and budgets are public, maximise the availability of public information, citizen participation and prevent corruption. Establishing coordination between departments. Achieving this through information technology and new technologies鈥�
  8. Latvia - 鈥淓mpowering Citizens鈥� & 鈥淚mprove Corruptions Perception Index鈥�
  9. Norway - 鈥淢unicipality reform鈥�

3. Fiscal Transparency: Greater fiscal transparency to ensure taxpayers can follow their money

  1. Brazil - 鈥淩estructuring the Brazilian Transparency Portal鈥�
  2. Dominican Republic - 鈥淐ontinuing E-Procurement Implementation鈥�, 鈥淐ompleting the Process of Creating Single Account System of Treasure鈥�, 鈥淎ccess to Information Single Application鈥�, 鈥淧ublic Vacancy Portal鈥�, 鈥淥pen Data Portal鈥�
  3. Croatia - 鈥淥pen Spending - Development of the searchable online database on all payments executed from the State Treasury Single Account, according to the prescribed budget classifications鈥�, 鈥淕OV.HR 鈥� Launching Single Government website鈥�, 鈥淪trengthening the implementation of new Access to Information Act鈥� & 鈥淓-consultations 鈥� Single Access Point to Public Consultations on new laws, other regulations and acts鈥�
  4. Mexico - 鈥淓nsure transparency and accountability in natural disaster relief expenditure鈥�
  5. Turkey - 鈥淓nhancing integrity, transparency and accountability of public institutions is one of main objectives of our national OGP agenda鈥�

4. Natural Resources - Extractives: Work towards a common global reporting standard for natural resource transparency, ensuring that payments for extractives and natural resources are transparent and used for public benefit

  1. Armenia - 鈥淓lectronic Mining Database鈥�

5. Empowering Citizens: Further empower citizens, transforming the relationship between people and their governments

  1. Mongolia - 鈥淢ongolia succeeds to develop first Action Plan Draft of the Open Government Partnership鈥�
  2. South Africa - 鈥淪chool鈥檚 Connectivity Project鈥�
  3. Tanzania - 鈥淓nabling the Public to Access Public Information鈥�
  4. Lithuania - 鈥淐ontinuously improve public services for citizens using new technologies, best management and good governance practice鈥�
  5. Czech Republic - 鈥淎doption of an Act on Civil Servants, to ensure depoliticisation, professionalisation and stabilisation of the public administration鈥�
  6. Finland - 鈥淎 Clear Language Campaign for Civil Servants in the Finnish Public Sector鈥�
  7. Azerbaijan - 鈥淭o increase the number of electronic services and expand the geography of 鈥淎SAN-Service鈥� Centers (Public Service Halls)鈥�
  8. Indonesia - 鈥淐atalyzing Sustainable Change: Meaningful Youth Engagement on Open Government鈥�
  9. Spain - 鈥淣ew Action Plan鈥�
  10. Costa Rica - 鈥淒evelop a Judiciary麓s Open Government Policy鈥�
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