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.
Building a monitoring and evaluation framework for open government in Argentina
This chapter assesses Argentina’s efforts to monitor and evaluate open government strategies and initiatives. It argues that Argentina has made substantial progress since 2016 in promoting monitoring and evaluation (M&E) practices across government. Nevertheless, it notes that the respective M&E and open government agendas could be further aligned to improve the M&E of open government efforts. Therefore, the chapter provides recommendations on how to foster M&E of open government, considering areas such as the institutional set-up for sharing data, the design of indicators, the development of M&E capacities among public officials and the evaluation of open government initiatives. The chapter also discusses Argentina’s promotion of M&E across governments with a focus on the provinces.