The OECD Secretariat wishes to express its gratitude to all those who made this Open Government Review possible, especially the Government of Argentina. Throughout the process, the government has shown great dedication and commitment, including by mobilising all relevant stakeholders. In particular, the OECD would like to thank the team of the Government Secretariat of Modernisation in the Office of the Chief of Cabinet of Ministers, headed by Andrés Ibarra. Special thanks go to Rudi Borrmann, Undersecretary for Public Innovation and Open Government as well as Carolina Cornejo, Director for Open Government, and her predecessor Natalia Carfi, for their continuous support. The Review team also wishes to acknowledge the important contributions by Verónica Ferrari, Antonella Guidoccio, Lucas Gamarnik and Nuria Franco.
The OECD would like to thank the respondents to the different questionnaires that allowed the evidence base for this review to be built. Overall, 24 ministries submitted their answers, as well as 15 provinces and 6 institutions from the other branches of power and independent public institutions. During the fact-finding missions, the OECD conducted interviews with more than 50 institutions from the executive, the judiciary, the legislature, independent public institutions and non-governmental actors, including a wide range of civil society organisations and academics. These in-depth interviews were instrumental in further improving the OECD’s understanding of the Argentinian context and helping to recommend courses of action that reflect local and sectoral priorities.
The team also expresses its appreciation to representatives from the Provinces of Santa Fe and Mendoza, as well as from the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires who kindly received the OECD Secretariat during the second fact-finding missions. The OECD would especially like to thank the Governor of Santa Fe, Miguel Lifschitz, Diego Gismondi and his team, as well as Álvaro Herrero, Maricel Lonati and the entire team in the government of CABA. The OECD would further like to extend its gratitude to the team in charge of open government in the Province of Mendoza, especially Ulpiano Leandro Suárez.
This Review would not have been possible without the important contribution of the Peer Reviewers, who shared their extensive country-based knowledge and experience during the process:
Canada: Jaimie Boyd, Director of Open Government, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, and Sarah MacLeod, Senior Project Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.
Colombia: Alice Berggrun Comas, Advisor, Secretary of Transparency, Presidency of the Republic.
France: Amélie Banzet, Project Officer for Open Government, Inter-ministerial Directorate for Digitalisation, Information Systems and State Communication (DINSEC), Prime Minister’s Office
The Public Governance (GOV) Directorate of the OECD, which is headed by Marcos Bonturi, prepared this Open Government Review. The Review is part of the series of Open Government Reviews developed by the Governance Reviews and Partnerships Division, under the responsibility of Martin Forst. The report was drafted under the strategic direction of Alessandro Bellantoni, Deputy Head of Division and co-ordinator of the OECD Open Government Unit. The review process was co-ordinated by David Goessmann with the support of Simon Schmitz and Johannes Klein. David McDonald provided editorial work. Roxana Glavanov and Ciara Muller prepared the manuscript for publication and ensured the quality. Caroline Semery and Lauren Thwaites provided administrative support.
A number of authors drafted the report. Johannes Klein wrote Chapter 1 on the context of open government and Chapter 3 on the legal framework. David Goessmann drafted Chapter 2 on the policy framework, Chapter 4 on implementation and Chapter 7 on the open state and provided feedback on all chapters. Simon Schmitz drafted Chapter 5 on citizen and stakeholder participation and Chapter 8 on linking digital government and open government, and contributed to Chapter 4 on implementation. Iván Stola wrote Chapter 6 on monitoring and evaluation with the guidance of Eva Beuselinck. Barbara Ubaldi and Arturo Rivera Perez provided input for Chapter 8. Patricia Marcelino provided inputs for Chapter 4 and Chapter 7. Nicolas Comini and Felipe Gonzalez Barlatay contributed to the background research and provided input for Chapter 7.