Open Government in Argentina
Argentina is undertaking an ambitious reform to move beyond open government to become an “open state”. This review assesses Argentina’s progress with implementing the 10 provisions of the 2017 OECD Recommendation of the Council on Open Government. Based on extensive data gathered from all branches and levels of government, as well as civil society, this review assesses the progress made to date in these reforms and highlights good practices. It also provides guidance on how Argentina can better align its public sector reform with the Recommendation to achieve its vision.
Creating a sound policy framework for open government in Argentina
This chapter takes stock of Argentina’s policy framework for open government and provides recommendations for its consolidation. It includes a discussion of the usefulness of a single definition of open government and provides an overview of existing policy documents that refer to open government principles, including the State Modernisation Plan, the Federal Commitment for the Modernisation of the State and the OGP Action Plan. It finds that the then Ministry of Modernisation acted as the driver of an open government agenda that can be characterised as a “big bang approach”. Within a short period of time, it developed a broad range of open government initiatives with the involvement of a number of new institutions. The chapter concludes with guidelines and practical recommendations for the development of an open government policy framework for the future – a National Open Government Strategy.