The Recommendation of the Council on Open Government was adopted by Council on the 14 December 2017. The Recommendation is available here in English, French & Spanish.

In the spirit of open government, the OECD launched an online public consultation on the draft Recommendation on 10 July 2017.

The aim of the consultation was to reach government officials, civil society organizations, international organizations and interested citizens from all over the world in order to ensure that the final text of the Recommendation reflects the experience, needs and aspirations of the global open government community at large.

Colleagues within the Public Governance Directorate in the Secretariat were also encouraged to participate in the consultation in an effort to improve internal consultation mechanisms. The consultation was closed on 10 September 2017 and generated significant interest on social media, with related posts being extensively shared and commented.

The OECD Open Government Team would like to thank all participants for their interest in the public consultation on the draft Recommendation of the Council on Open Government.

The OECD Secretariat has updated the draft Recommendation based on the input received. If you would like to browse through this input, it has been made available in an anonymised, open and reusable manner.

• Data file (csv)
• Feedback report (pdf)

Participants overview

General overview

• 105 participants submitted their response.
  
  
• Participants came from 44 different countries and territories, including 19 OECD countries, 25 countries and territories which are not members of the OECD and 2 participants who did not specify their nationality.
  
  
• 78% of participants indicated they were currently working in the area of open government 22% of participants were not 
  
  
• 39 years: Average age of participants
  
  
• 13%: percentage of participants below the age of 29

Details of the draft Recommendation and online public consultation

The Recommendation will provide future adherents with a comprehensive overview of the following five areas:

1) how to develop and implement open government strategies and initiatives

2) how to establish a specific environment to enable open government to flourish

3) how to promote open and inclusive policymaking through stakeholder’s participation

4) how the government can foster a culture of monitoring and evaluation of open government practices

5) how to encourage a paradigm shift from open government towards open state.

The draft Recommendation was circulated publicly for consultation from 10 July to 10 September 2017.  

For more information/any issues faced, please contact opengov@oecd.org.

OECD WORK ON open government

• Open government
• Report: Open Government: the Global Context and the Way Forward
• Highlights